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@Cinnamon Square I've never done it either but Its worth a try. Especially with the cocoa butter! Just be sure to wear gloves when you chop it up.

@Cinnamon Square you could always rebatch it. That way it doesn't go to waste.

Also Amazon sellers don't give IFRA info so that you know safe usage rates.

If you are going for natural I wouldn't get stuff from amazon. Often people on Amazon will sell fragrance oils as essential oils. Or they do something to the essential oil to make the price lower. If you want to use EOs I would recommend the expensive stuff.

Creamed corn

The nice thing about lotion bars is that if you have a good enough scale you can make a 1-2 bar recipe and if you don't like it you can melt it down and add more stuff to it. Just keep really good notes so you know what you did next time. I actually took my leftover experiment bars, melted them...

Also cold bars and cold skin can contribute to drag. Where I'm at it's starting to get colder at night and my lotion bars definitely drag more than they used to.

@pjknight I would try reducing the beeswax if you want less drag. Beeswax will make the bar harder and not melt as easily. I've found that for me powder additive contribute to drag some people find the opposite. It's all just personal preference and experimentation. You could try it without the...

@GuacamoleSalad They are beautiful!

Pictures please! I love seeing what everyone makes.

Cats Never Get Angry KPOF

I got this one off Amazon. Works well for me.

Congratulations! 🎉 💕❤️🥳

Fight club

Probably Zany's no slime bastille soap.

Pressure cooker

Seaweed was eaten daily BNAP

I disolve 1% sugar before my lye and I do 33% lye concentration. My plan was a 3% superfat but given my loaf is still soft 48 hrs later I think it's either a high superfat or the cocoa powder I used for coloring decided to do something.

This one from Amazon. It's my third batch with this lye and the only one that acted like this.

We changed the filter about a month ago and it lasts about a year, but that is good idea. Maybe something did happen there. Thanks! I didn't expect it to actually turn out that well on the inside since I had issues with the dividers I'd made. So I was very happy that it all worked out. I'm...