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So cute :tub:.

Thank you @Mobjack Bay, @shunt2011, and @earlene. I got confused seeing conflicting statements all over the web. :) This clears it out for me.

Genny's Shampoo bar remains a dream for me as of yet. Avocado oil is soooo expensive. :( Yay! That's good to hear. Will give this a go then. Thank you @shunt2011. Should I sun dry the used grounds? Or is it unnecessary? Will do as suggested for the oils substitution.

Thanks Dawni. Ok will revise to include castor. How did your soap cure given the 40% butters?

I'm thinking of fine coffee grounds. Will just put a little since what I have in mind is gentle exfoliation. I'm a good student am I? I followed your advice to leave the coconut oil from my recipes :hairpulling:. I'm thinking of adding sugar to the liquid too for bubbles. Got the idea from...

So, I'm thinking of doing a coffee soap. Gonna use a super strong brewed coffee as liquid and the following oils (5% SF, 35% liquid as percentage of oils): OO 33% Cocoa butter (refined) 14% Sunflower 17% Shea butter (refined) 14% Mango butter 11% Sweet almond 11% Your comments and suggestions...

I sure will. Oh and credit should be given of course. :nodding:

Cee you are amazing. Ahhh! The upcoming baby of the family will be very delighted. Errr, I mean my sister. Sooo lovin' this. Will buy more POO and make some more for the baby... :tub:

Thank you @Marilyn Norgart. Thank you @Mobjack Bay. Ahah. You're into white soaps. Thank you @runnerchicki Will do my 4th and fifth run today. One I will try to color with dried and powderized dragonfruit meat whilst the other I will use pink clay. Still going to put actual dragonfruit meat...

Thank you @Nanette

Been busy with my dragonfruit trial and error for three days straight. Hah! No luck with getting a color. Might have to give up and use pink clay instead. Thinking of an ombre pattern. Today's batch produced a similar result as attached.

Thanks @Lin19687. Product of trial and error. Lol! I might try steeping the peelings and use it for lye water or some more just to experiment. Else, will have to surrender and move on to another project Ahah! Thanks for the list. Will try my hand on everything that you mentioned. Thanks @Dawni!

Is there a way for me to retain (if not all some) color of the dragon fruit? Is there a technique to do so TIA @Dawni

Tried my hand on adding fresh fruits (handpicked dragon fruit from a local producer). No designs, no anything 'cause I just really want to learn how to incorporate fresh produce. After mashing and stick blending the the fruit slowly, I add oils in it and eventually incorporated it in my oil pot...

This got me inter sted. How much cocoa powder do you use ppo? :) I actually am thinking of making a cocoa soap as well as coffee and tea to be given to dear feinds and family who's addicted to eaither/or any of the three :). Looking forward to your reply. :)

ahm, not sure if this is what you call soda ash? Thank you! I just want to confirm my doubts as I am fairly new to soap making.

Interesting. Once before I asked my colleagues to donate soaps we've collected from hotels (since we're always out of town). Would be nice, once I did zap test on all of my soaps, to donate it to local orphanages. Thank you so much for the idea. :)

Me too! This is addicting. Not sure what to do when they all finish curing.

@earlene , @Mobjack Bay , @cmzaha , @Marilyn Norgart thank you

hi! I am new to soap making and is doing this learning through the web (confusing though due to lots of different opinions). Here comes the questions: 1) is it really necessary to use TD when you're using mica powder? How much should i use per lb of oil? 2) how much mica, activated charcoal and...