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Thanks for the input. Really appreciate it.

I see what you mean about the waxy coating. Is the castor oil a problem as long as the bar turned out nice and hard? What is the issue when it's too much? Thanks

I'm certainly no expert, but all the soap I've made I always use 100% goats milk, frozen, dissolving the lye on top. It always dissolves fairly quickly. The last bits do take a while, but eventually there is definitely no crunchy bits left, but sometimes there are the tiny milk fat particles. In...

I came up with this recipe as a shampoo bar. I was really trying to maximize the castor oil and beeswax, for conditioning, lather, and maintaining hardness. Olive Oil 30% Palm Oil 30% Coconut Oil 15% Castor 15% Beeswax 5% Canola 5% About 1 tsp honey per bar Used all goats milk in place of...

Would superfatting a shampoo bar be putting too much oil back into your hair, or would it help moisturize it? Does anyone do this, or avoid doing this? Could you offer different versions: superfatted for dry hair, not superfattted for oily hair? Thanks!

Perforated wrap Is the micro-perforated wrap commonly used? Does it get the job done in terms of ventilating? I can't find any pictures of soap wrapped this way.

Has anyone tried something like this. It looks like basic pallet wrap, except there are large holes throughout. It looks like it might work, though the holes may possibly be too big. http://www.shrinkfilmwholesale.com/Vented-Pallet-Wrap-Prodview.html There must be something similar with...