Search results

Actually I should have said Dali...it reminded me of his painting that had a watch or clock melting...but the only painter I could come up with was Picasso and some of his strange faces. But with the colors sort of drooping off the top side of your soap, to me it looked like everything had...

Picasso art?

I found that 6-8 weeks cure made my lard soaps nice. But once I was able to wait longer, they became nicer. I think that generally it's the same for all soaps, but you do have to watch out for DOS and how you store them. I don't have a problem here but know others in various places have...

@Tammyfarms I add some sorbitol for bubbles and sodium gluconate for hard water scum...my SF is 2%....I'll have to remember to try out aloe vera as a water substitute or at least some of the water. My recipe variations show longevity at 37-41 depending on the other ingredients, so I do not add...

I'm part of the forum that uses lard in all my soaps. I also have old sensitive skin so my version of @AliOop 's recipe would be no more than 10% CO. I'd put the other 10% in a butter, or into the lard or the liquid oil....your choice. My preference for liquid oili RBO as I find that olive oil...

We live in the high desert and the only time there is moisture in the bath is when the shower is running full tilt! Which is why I went to 2% SF. It still forms a bit of soap scum but takes longer to form. That's the place where my skin feels clean but not drying. And I don't have the feeling...

I tried 100% CO soap once...don't remember the SF number but it was high. My skin did not like it. Neither did my shower walls...our hard water produced a lot of soap scum for the walls and I always wondered if it was also leaving soap scum on my skin at the same time! LOL It sure felt that way...

I'm late in replying but try soaping at least once a month for a while. I'm not sure about the 100% CO soap, but my bars last long enough that once I got through the first year of soaping, I wasn't using it fast enough...or giving it away...and now I am using soap that is 2 years+ old, and I no...

You obviously don't have old lady skin. LOL But I started with the Trinity recipe of 1/3 each of CO, OO and PO But coming from commercial soaps they felt like heaven. After finding this forum and learning that I didn't know anything about soaping, I started playing with all the numbers and have...

Nope. I watch my numbers for longevity and that seems to work quite well. Along with using low numbers on CO...5-7% other than the ones I make for hubby and grandson.

I added silk from some old kimonos that I had torn apart for a project. I may not be as discerning as others, but I don't see a great deal of difference. I have always felt my lard RBO combination soaps have a soft feel to them anyway, so it's hard to find a diference. Send me a message and a...

I will include all of you in prayers. So sorry to hear this news. Take care Carolyn

I"ve tried just about every type of commercial soap there is on the market...along with most of the lotions because they all dried out my skin and no combination seemed to work. Then a friend gifted me a bar of her own soap and that started my journey into both hot and cold process soaps. I...

I found palm to be a little drying on my skin and went to lard as my main ingredient for most of my soaps...it is also easy to buy locally in most stores. Most of my recipes are close to @Tammyfarms but rarely over 15% coconut oil. My go-to substitution for replacing lard is rice bran oil...40%...

My go-to recipe has a longevity number of 38. I don't do anything fancy to my soaps because I'm lazy...or all the fancy stuff went out the window as I aged! LOL Lard 50% RBO 30% Cocoa Butter 15% Castor oil 5% For my hubby and grandson the number is 33 and I know that this recipe takes quite a...

This brightened my day! What wonderful news. Now to get your house sold and back to your new life too. You are still in my thoughts, and loved seeing this message this morning.

I made my first batch of triple rice soap right after I saw the @Dawni post. I was doing mostly HP at the time. Now I'm doing mostly CP and am still doing my version of triple rice soap. I make it to gift since it is very mild and creamy and a version for my hubby and grandson which is high in...

I have a very fine strainer that I use for getting tiny seeds out of jelly and it doubles as my flour sifter. Since this is melt and pour I am assuming that it will be very liquid when you pour it into the molds. I would probably use that kind of strainer as I was pouring into the mold. That...

In my family my hubby and one daughter rarely get mosquito bites and if they do, they don't itch. However, me and my other daughter get bites which swell up to the size between a quarter and 50 cent piece and itch for days. I was given advice in the Caribbean years ago to use gin. I asked if it...

So glad to hear that it has started. I will still keep you and Cheryl in my thoughts as you are progressing. Take care as it is a huge endeavor to move.