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Zaney, Thank you so much for your advice! I did take @TheGecko up on the recipe offer. I am really interested in the methods you listed for making the GM soap, such as refrigerating the lye solution overnight. However, is there another reason for that step other than chilling it? I use frozen...

Thank you so much! I would love to take you up on this offer. Those are the ingredients in my current recipe, except mine calls for avocado oil and not palm. I have an interest in trying to add (or replace something with) tallow, since it supposedly makes a harder bar of soap. But I think my...

Thanks lenarenee, for all the suggestions! And thank you for your note about my nephews. I have a feeling they will try to return to public school when middle school comes around, but we'll see. I'm very grateful there are options and that we can give this school a try. My nephew is like a whole...

Thanks artemis! I will look into all this. Regarding cure time for hot process vs cold process, it seems to me that soapmakers are often split on this topic. I know someone who used hot process so that she could make and package large wholesale orders ready to go within a few days. A lot of...

Hello! When I started writing out the many questions I have to prepare them for this forum, I realized it would be so nice to be able to speak with a knowledgeable person in this field and have a conversation about everything. I would love to engage in a phone conversation or email...