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I LOVE LOVE LOVE rice soaps.

That color is gorgeous! May I ask what you used to get that vibrant color?

I was at 30% salt for my last two batches - but I have been considering dropping the salt a bit more so 20-25% would be a good range. Sorry for the delayed response!

I think it you are right - the high CO, coupled with the higher SF really makes a beautiful dense lather.

I like the lather and the way my skin feels after using salt soaps. I don't sell, but I give away a lot of them. They are GREAT shaving soaps and that is what I mainly use mine for (legs, underarms). I use 70% coconut oil, 20% almond oil, 10% castor, Salt @ 35-50% of oil weight, and a 15%...

Workshop Heritage also makes a 2.5” wide TS mold: Mini Tall Skinny Soap Mold

I have a lot of unread pages to read to get caught up in this thread, so that will be soap thing #1. Soapy thing #2 is that I lather tested a bar from a batch I made a week ago. It was supposed to be a salt soap batch, but the fragrance oil I used accelerated so fast that I couldn't stir in the...

I have not tried Xylitol for soap - but I use sorbitol in every batch now because it is the BOMB for boosting bubbles.

I used sorbitol in a couple recent batches, and early lather testing is pretty impressive. I mean these bars are only a couple weeks old and they are really producing nice lather. I cannot tolerate too much coconut oil so my recipes don't register high bubbly numbers and tend to have more creamy...

I made soap today! Just my simple tallow based soap, and I *thought* I was making a 2 lb batch. Poured into my mold and it's only half full. What!?! Instantly I am concerned that I have measured something wrong. I double check my check marks ... nope, it's all good. I just wasn't paying...

I have been using regular granulated sugar, but I have a couple small batches curing that I used sorbitol instead. Lather from the bowl scrapings is very promising!

Pretty! I bet they are going to smell fantastic. I love cranberry.

I made dish soaps yesterday. I included sodium citrate for the first time as well since I have hard water. 100% coconut oil, 0% SF. Rather than wash my soaping dishes yesterday, I let the scraped bowl sit and today I used the soap residue as a test of the cleaning capabilities. No greasy bowls...

I made a tiny batch (1 lb) of salt soap today. I used pink kaolin clay to color it - first time ever using clay in soap. I also went through my fragrances today. I blended a few fragrances together to consolidate some near empty bottles and to try to improve some scents that needed some help. I...

I made a couple batches of shave soaps for my son this weekend. Yay!! I haven't made soap in months and it felt good to get my equipment out and make something. I have been taking a break from soaping purely to force myself to use up my ridiculous huge stockpile of bars. I find myself lathering...

I have only tried one of the sample micas they sent me - it was a gold mica. It was ..gold. :) I tend to stick to Mad Micas, Nurture Soap, or Micas and More for mica colors. And I have so many I don't need to order any more lol. Patchouli - ew. I use it as a base note for blends on occasion...

Dropping to see what everyone has been up to. I haven't been making soap because I'm completely loaded down with it lol. My son informed me he needs shaving soap though, so I will probably be making some this weekend. If I can figure out which recipe version it is he likes - kicking myself at...

Was it from Workshop Heritage? (looks like mine from your picture) If it does cut uneven, be sure to contact them right away. I have had good service from that company. They are a bit slow to ship but I think that is because their business has really taken off and they make everything themselves.

I got a new acrylic mold and some new fragrances, but did not feel well enough to make soap today. Maybe this weekend. I really want to try out the new mold.

I found a one year old bar of an almost castile soap I made with 75% OO and 25% SAO - it was fantastic. Lathered like crazy and no slime. So I made it again about a month ago and it is already a great bar, but needs more time to hit the sweet spot. I used a 40% lye concentration. Even at 25%...