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I made some for my daughter, but I ground it several times until it was a very fine powder. She asked for a little more grit in the next batch. I left a little too much, but we all love it. My daughter for her face, I love it for my feet and hands, and the grandaughter loves it for her feet.

Waste grease was what was used by some people back in the day. When I first started researching homemade soap, I ran across a few articles about cleaning waste oils and grease. It seemed like a messy, smelly job to me, but some people do it. If I remember correctly, you have to mix the...

Hey, I've been reading about neat soap. It is made during the "kettle or boiling" manufacturing process. After the glycerin is taken out of a batch of soap, a caustic solution is added to saponify the excess fats. The batch then separates into two layers: The top layer, neat soap, and the...

I didn't find any. But, I think it would be fun to donate some to my friends. :wink:

Hi, I'm new and still making test batches that I try out on family and friends. Anyway, I am going to make the next batch using Vitamin E oil and black cohosh. Going to call it my menopausal soap. Just for fun. :lol:

The molecule in neat soap is straight (like a line). The term comes from the shape. If you have soap and water, you still have soap, but the water makes it easier to wash away dirt. Hey, I hope I'm not sounding bossy. I switch to teaching mode sometimes. (retired science teacher)

Neat soap is soap and water. The molecular structure is like solid soap, but you have a liquid. Gelled vs Ungelled is neither good nor bad. They both make soap. The temperature of the water that soap is dissolved in seems to make more of a difference in dissolving soap than if the soap were...