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  1. runnerchicki

    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE rice soaps.
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    Rubbing Alcohol 😅

    That color is gorgeous! May I ask what you used to get that vibrant color?
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    How popular are your salt soaps?

    I was at 30% salt for my last two batches - but I have been considering dropping the salt a bit more so 20-25% would be a good range. Sorry for the delayed response!
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    How popular are your salt soaps?

    I think it you are right - the high CO, coupled with the higher SF really makes a beautiful dense lather.
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    How popular are your salt soaps?

    I like the lather and the way my skin feels after using salt soaps. I don't sell, but I give away a lot of them. They are GREAT shaving soaps and that is what I mainly use mine for (legs, underarms). I use 70% coconut oil, 20% almond oil, 10% castor, Salt @ 35-50% of oil weight, and a 15%...
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    Perfect mold dilemma

    Workshop Heritage also makes a 2.5” wide TS mold: Mini Tall Skinny Soap Mold
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I have a lot of unread pages to read to get caught up in this thread, so that will be soap thing #1. Soapy thing #2 is that I lather tested a bar from a batch I made a week ago. It was supposed to be a salt soap batch, but the fragrance oil I used accelerated so fast that I couldn't stir in the...
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    Xylitol (rather than Sorbitol) in soapmaking (for bubbles) - NOT tooth soapmaking

    I have not tried Xylitol for soap - but I use sorbitol in every batch now because it is the BOMB for boosting bubbles.
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    Sorbitol

    I used sorbitol in a couple recent batches, and early lather testing is pretty impressive. I mean these bars are only a couple weeks old and they are really producing nice lather. I cannot tolerate too much coconut oil so my recipes don't register high bubbly numbers and tend to have more creamy...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I made soap today! Just my simple tallow based soap, and I *thought* I was making a 2 lb batch. Poured into my mold and it's only half full. What!?! Instantly I am concerned that I have measured something wrong. I double check my check marks ... nope, it's all good. I just wasn't paying...
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    Table or powder sugar?

    I have been using regular granulated sugar, but I have a couple small batches curing that I used sorbitol instead. Lather from the bowl scrapings is very promising!
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Pretty! I bet they are going to smell fantastic. I love cranberry.
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I made dish soaps yesterday. I included sodium citrate for the first time as well since I have hard water. 100% coconut oil, 0% SF. Rather than wash my soaping dishes yesterday, I let the scraped bowl sit and today I used the soap residue as a test of the cleaning capabilities. No greasy bowls...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I made a tiny batch (1 lb) of salt soap today. I used pink kaolin clay to color it - first time ever using clay in soap. I also went through my fragrances today. I blended a few fragrances together to consolidate some near empty bottles and to try to improve some scents that needed some help. I...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I made a couple batches of shave soaps for my son this weekend. Yay!! I haven't made soap in months and it felt good to get my equipment out and make something. I have been taking a break from soaping purely to force myself to use up my ridiculous huge stockpile of bars. I find myself lathering...
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