Iluminameluna

Well, from what I heard on tripavisor, there is a large number of expats in Vallarta, so no surprice there is someone there making soap...

Hello everybody! So, story time. About two years ago I came across some youtube videos of people making their own soap. They seemed...

Thanks, Fig. Not rude at all. Good to know! I think I mentioned in another thread that I personally don't use Borax any more because...

Hiya Candy. Good question! All 3 of those fats, palm, tallow & lard, tend to produce opaque soap when soaped at a higher %. That...

Is that usage rate for the diluted oakmoss? I'll probably eventually try lard in soap, but the lard I've bought (for cooking) had that...

Thank you Zany, you are an encyclopedia of soap knowledge! :clap:

:headbanging: <<<BUMP for Biarine and others who don't like the piggy odor of lard. OT: We don't seem to have a BUMP emoticon! ???

I thank you for the advice but I will have to abstain for now. YOu know how Life and bills work.

Not necessarily. Personally, I enjoy playing around with recipes. It’s 50% of what I enjoy about cold process soap making. The bigger...

I'll check that recipe. This is the lard soap I made over the Memorial Day weekend: Lard: 1,925 g Water: 560 g Lye: 252 I haven't...

I can see that. But, now you know to wait until you're at a thicker trace before adding something like that. (Also, have you considered...

So, no bats in the belfry, just on the clothesline? 😁 Well, now that you mentioned bat poo, we can agree, no bats in the shower, either.

Ok, I will if you will. No, I thought about it, I won't, I got pooed on by a bat in the rainforest in far north queensland years...

AliOop, don't think I want to wash with a bat that has a soft and creamy lather and bubbles . lol The mind boggles . hehe

Palm is very controversial in some areas of the USA, and not at all in other places. It tends to correlate with the prevalence of...