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Sounds like you already have! ;)

@BB25 Zany is no longer a member of the forum. Hopefully someone else will come along and have some answers for you. :)

🤣 Me either! They do make a deodorized lanolin, which I did not find out until I'd already purchased what is likely to be a lifetime supply of the unrefined stuff. 😆 ETA: here is a link to the deodorized one.

Some oils tend to create more scum than others, as well. My favorite soaping oil, lard, is unfortunately one of those, with tallow being a close second. After one of my sisters who lives in an extremely hard-water area complained about low lather and lots of scum, I began using sodium citrate in...

Now don't you go ruining my new fun! Besides, I'll probably have to ring you up when I'm hopelessly stuck and need help. ;)

@Misschief that is very, very sad. You are probably suffering from secondary trauma. Please do what you need to do to take good care of yourself.

i do that, or take it out of another oil.

Just finished cleaning up and labeling all my mini-twist-up lotion bar sticks. To distract myself from the tedium of it all, I watched some wreath-making tutorials. This may become another crafty rabbit hole for me...

Great detective work there, @KiwiMoose! I agree, their marketing is pretty slick. I couldn't find any complete ingredient list for the soap. They have all kinds of medical claims in there, so I'm guessing this is probably not a true soap, but a syndet bar.

Look up Kaleidoscope Soap on YT and you'll find some good instruction videos. :)

I have both of them, and like them both equally on my hair. The pourable one is easier for me to make, so I end up with that one most of the time. The upside of the pressable bars is that they last longer. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with either. Maybe check the ingredient list on...

That sounds like an odd shampoo bar recipe to me. None of my shampoo bars contain any BTMS; my conditioner bars do, because BTMS is a great conditioner. I stick pretty closely to the DIY B&B shampoo bar recipes. Even the ones for dry hair have a max of 3.5% of the total recipe in oils. The oily...

Great idea! I have used AVJ instead of distilled water, but hadn't thought about dissolving the powder in the water. I have a big bag of it, too. 🤔😀

Hmm. If that is a true soap, it is missing a few ingredients, like sodium hydroxide, for instance. Can you share anything about CSC compound? I wasn't able to find anything about it online.

Are you sure it was actually soap (oils + sodium hydroxide), or was it a syndet bar (made with synthetic detergents)? A lot of the recipes for syndet bars are labeled as "shampoo bars." However, they are quite effective and gentle for washing the body, as well.