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I did 100% tallow with the suet from our beef cow last winter, she was soap less then 12 hours after butcher.. Anyway, I normally do the thermal transfer method for melting oils and did not take into account the high melting temp of beef tallow, so that was a bit touch and go for a few minutes...

Also in WA although I am one the better East side of the state. You could do a lot of great things with the local micros!

28 percent coconut is way to drying for my skin, I try and keep it around 12-15

We had our cow butchered and I rendered the suet same day, so I have some super fresh tallow I would love to make into a great batch of soap. I have nearly 15 lbs of it right now and only make 3 lb batches at the largest. I know I am going to try a 100% tallow bar, other oils and butters I...

I have, but I soap at pretty cool temps (termal transfer) not sure I would use plastic if I were into the precise temps.

I do, because I have not put the research into acid values that I need to. I personally keep my cleansing values between 11-14 for my skin, and cant seem to get a higher then 18 for bubbles, but my creamy is in the 30-40 range and conditioning is also 30-40, which I would love to boost.

Look up the oil cleans method for your face, I love it.

Hike, walk the dog, trail run, swim, yoga.... Takes me 15 minutes to hike a mile with a 30 lb pack.

Not really.

I use Henry Hefewizen and guiness. I have the rest of a 20oz that i let go flat I will be using.

I use hot lye and room temp soaps, so much less time involved then heating oils, cooling lye.

Of it were a brand new bar of soap that I unwrap I would vey no harm no foul. I will agree that on a professional level it says a lot, I take a lot of pride in my peronal life and my things always look clean and in good use. and I would personal be mortified if someone contacted me to say...

It is soap, not food this is not The Jungle... The most I would do would send a picture say Hey I don't really care, but apparently dead cells in handmade soap is apparently a big deal. If you all feel this way about hair, please wear glace while handling your soaps...the amount of skin cells...

Personally I would not be bothered by it, but I get farm fresh unwashed eggs, shovel tons of cow and horse manure onto our garden, then eat the shaggy mane mushromms that pop up after a rain fall.

HA, I just did my first "mixed batch" GM and Coffee today. I am sure it is going to be pretty ugly though!