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Thanks!! :)

yes! Here is my salt bar... Since it is such a hard soap, I actually use a chop saw to slice it, a soap cutter will just break it into a million pieces. Chop saws slice right through, leaving it amazingly smooth. :D

your site looks awesome!

I think the best reason to want to use foods is to get the feeling of "wholeness" equaling healthy. I did some experimenting with foods....and found the following: shredded carrots with spices and vanilla make a great carot cake soap...has never gone bad on me... and this was in a...

I made some tonight.... it was mostly coconut oil with a little palm oil. I colored it with red and fragranced it with raspberry guava. I will unmold in the morning. I'm excited to see how it is!! oh, and yes, it did harden fast, but it also held heat for a long time too

wow....thank you for the great info. I have no idea what to do now. :lol: I bought some, but now I'm afraid to use it!! I thought maybe the fact that its so good for skin would make it worth it... ugh!! I'll have to look for some ideas on how to mask it.....other ocean stuff...

I know kelp powder is good for the skin...can it be used in soap? Will it smell bad? I imagine it maight make a nice color.... I'm just worried about the scent... anyone know?

well, thank you everyone!

I like this method, it seems to go real quickly. and I love the color of your soap !

I have used it quite often in soaps. Since soaps are not meant to be like a perfume, where the scent stays with you all day, it won't have a very good effect on mosquitoes. However, I do find it is a nice deodorizing soap, and is great at taking off unwanted smells form your skin. I have...

So I did my first layering on some goats milk rebatch. Coconut and mango. I think it turned out really nice. It smells fantastic. So I wanted to share, see what you guys thought of it

:) have fun with it!!

thanks to you both. artisan, wow...I could never do all of what you did...the little we do is hard enough sometimes. I'm impressed. Well, we'll see how the lavender does next year. Yes, it is a thick leaf, and I also believe it was just establishing itself this year. Sooo, we shall see.

rvan, I agree with you, but at the same time, people all over the world learn from each other's crafts, creations, skills, and labors. If someone wanted to try and create an african soap, I say let them...no, its not african anymore, so they shouldn't call it that...but maybe african...

We grow concordes and make wine with them too. It is more like a table wine, I think...very yummy. So cool how we can find so many common interests