Recent content by Meena

Love your soaps! Did you post the cuts yet? The colors are wonderful to me. To remind anyone who cares, FOs are chemical scents, though can sometimes contain EO (s) in the blend. Yes I know everything technically is a chemical, but it's not the same. In a world where we are bombarded with...

Saves a lot of money, not to mention heartache from seize or discoloration. ;)

Massively cool soap! Like several, never saw GOT, but a dragon lover, too. Great work!

I wanted opaque LS, and used stearic acid which was supposed to pearlize, or that was my understanding,, but still got clear, so I'd say it's more difficult to get opaque LS. A superfat of 1% didn't change it, either.

Congratulations, well done!! I Love my LS and just thrilled to not buy it anymore! Plus, it's fun to make. ;) Store your undiluted paste in the fridge, if you can.

@Rune, If I recall, I added my white kaolin at trace. When I used Rhassoul clay, I also added at trace. I don't recall noticing any change to the thickness or speed of my batter from either clay, but those batches may all have been HP, which has 38 to 42% water. Bingo, Rune - Have you tried...

In English, the fat of all animals except pig/hog/porcine is called tallow, whereas pig fat is called lard. Reindeer is not listed in SoapCalc, and I could not find an SAP value on line (although I only spent a minute looking). Reindeer are not so common; not many countries are blessed to...

Forgive me if this has already been said, @Rune but this is my suggestion. I would remove everything from your soap recipes except oils, water, lye, and colorants. Work with the basic ingredients until you determine either what is causing your soap to over thicken, or you develop a recipe...

Nothing soapy lately -- busy with other things, including a new obsession I'm having fun with whilst enjoying all the wonderful soaps I've already managed to produce. I have 8 half or quarter bars in the shower and honestly love every one of them. :cool: Meanwhile, the soaps from Jan - March...

Don't undercut yourself, hon. It is beautiful!! So nice to see your face, too, Terri. ;)

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Looks like Florida or the Caribbean. ;) Gorgeous!

Fantastic entries! I loved all the winning soaps. Just tremendously cute, all of them. Marnie's dragonfly is to die for! :D

Why, thank you so much, Zany! :D I've wanted to mention this for a while, now, how I appreciate the old posts so much -- 2011 to 2014, when there was sooo much learning, experimentation, and lots of technical stuff being discussed ('science galore'), so we REALLY should be thanking YOU and all...

This is not meant to be funny. I had a gripe yesterday and thought about this thread ... but now I can't remember what it was!! I guess I got over it. :rolleyes: