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Hello and welcome! :)

Happy early birthday! I'm going to wait to sign up until I know my soap life is back under control lol but the wheels are already turning :D

These are all gorgeous! That yellow, wow! I love the feathers, too. The only split cups I’ve seen seem too small to me, do they hold more than they seem or did you find a big one?

I did, and raised the superfat a tiny bit. The coconut oil is definitely noticeable, but it's not been too drying for me or my husband. I wouldn't use it on my 6-year-old with more sensitive skin, though.

Is your base soap fairly yellow? That might do it. I haven't used much red yet but I hear great things about True Red from Mad Micas.

It's so pretty! Fingers crossed for not going rancid!

I learned in another thread recently about legal cases that set a precident for castile to simply mean doesn't use animal fats :oops:

I cut some soap today. This one smells just like roses! I liked the wet color of the green better, haha. Imagine my surprise when I checked on it this morning, and it had gone so bright! The swirls got a little muddy, but all in all, I like it.

Hello and welcome! I'm also a general crafter and huge nerd <3

Oh I'll have to try this one too lol, I'm trying to find the perfect lard recipe for me :) Can I ask what superfat you all prefer for the lard/coconut/castor?

I feel your pain on the temp! I got impatient with the two soaps I made yesterday and soaped hotter than I usually do, and ended up with silicone rash on them both :(

Hello, and welcome! Lard makes such a wonderful bar of soap, this will be a great way to use up your stores :) Reading around is for sure a great place to start, there are a few great threads on using lard in soap around here. I bet you've already got a handle on lye safety with your...

I didn't think I was going to be trying out a new recipe today but now I am :D Anyway, to the question! I recently made a similar bar (I did 32% for the trinity and then 4% castor), and I found it to be a decent bar. I'm personally finding that I prefer lard to palm, but we're all different so...

Today I used coconut water as a partial water replacement and my lye turned bright orange! I’m making a high super fat coconut oil and mango butter soap I saw here, I think it’s @IrishLass that posted it.

Yep, my lye solution heats back up to about 120 when I add the extra water to it, so I usually do that first and then by the time I'm done getting everything else ready, it's back in the 80-ish degree range, which is about where my oils end up as well.

Thank you :) It took less soap batter than I thought it would. I was using leftover from another batch of soap I mixed up (I made a bigger batch and just used a smaller mold) so I don't have great notes about how much I had left, but I would guess I had roughly 18oz of extra batter, and then I...

You'd need to look at the IFRA to make sure. As far as I know, all FOs that can be used in soap can be used for candles, but not all that can be used in candles are skin safe. It's category 9 that tells what the skin-safe usage rate for soap is. The one linked looks to be tagged skin safe but in...

It's really fun! I did it recently for the Soap Challenge Club, this one was mine. I think the technique is great for making like, a little gift set or something for a special occasion.

Congrats everyone! I loved seeing what you all came up with and how encouraging people were in coming up with ways to let more people squeeze in last minute <3 I wound up sleeping a couple more days and missed that too lol, but finally feel like a human again!

I'm not IrishLass but I do use masterbatched lye :) The idea is you mix up a big batch of lye solution ahead of time that is enough for multiple soap batches, and then use what you need as you're soaping.You may want smaller batches, but when I make my 50/50 solution, I do 6lbs of lye and 6lbs...