Hi everyone, I am new here and in the process of buying my ingredients, choosing my recipe etc. I am trying to figure out cost effectiveness if I decide to jump in and do this. We have a dairy goat farm and want to put this milk to good use. We planned this year to try our hand and soaps and cheeses. I was looking at a recipe that was coconut oil, palm kernal oil, caster oil, and olive oil. I just want to make a essential oil, laundry bars, and a man bar to start but wow the prices are making it hard to be able to justify it! I have it figured out and it looks like it would be about $5 per car in materials and ingred. I would have to charge like $8 per bar to even make any profit. Where do you purchase from? I looked like Brambleberry was good but I found wholesalesuppliesplus to be the best deal. Most of their stuff was a little less than brambleberry but they have free shipping if you purchase $30 or more. I plan to use all goats milk vs water.