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So I made my first batch with lard today. I rendered the fat, and had enough to use 20% in a one pound batch. In addition I included CO, OO, Palm Oil and castor oil. At trace I added NGs Deb' s Flower Garden FO and poppy seeds. I have heard some nice comments about lard, but am wondering if...

Can anyone suggest a good candy corn FO for CP? I love the smell, but NG states that theirs doesn't work in CP, and I haven't read any convincing reviews elsewhere.

Hoping you could share your favorite supplier and colorants for CP soaps. So far I have only used natural, but would like to be able to make holiday reds and greens, as well as blue and bright yellow. And, do you prefer powdered pigments or liquid form? Thanks for sharing.

Just wanted to share my latest creations. These are only my 7th and 8th batches, so I'm pretty proud. This is my chocolate amarreto.... And this is my pumpkin spice....

I was able to get a pound each of bayberry and Laurel WAX (not oil). Any suggestions on how to best incorporate these into soaps? I would love to retain the scent, but know the saponification may destroy that. I was thinking I could use either to replace beeswax in a recipe. I was also...

My family LOVES their bacon. I always keep the drippings for cooking. Now I see I can use it when I don't have palm oil. What is the best way to "clean" the drippings so I have something useable for CP soaps? Thanks.

:roll:Spent three days making a beautiful recipe for carrot and honey soap. It included sunflower, palm, coconut, olive, castor oils and shea butter. While my lye was dissolving in my carrot juice ice cubes (man, that took freakin forever!), I mixed my powdered goats milk into my base oils...

I recently made some dish washing liquid using a recipe I found online, but it never gave any suds. Kept squirting more on my sponge because I wasn't sure if I was really cleaning my dishes. The only good part about it is my dermatitis cleared up. I could really use a good sudsy recipe if...

Can't really find the answer. Probably not looking in the right places, but can I use ordinary ground spices, such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove to color and scent my soaps? I'm sure they will leave specks, but will there be any scent, or will saponification eliminate the lovely...

So I thought I would try my hand at coffee soap. Used a very basic OO, coco oil and PO, then used double strength coffee instead of water. I know I read this someplace else, but pew, that stuff stunk when I started adding the lye. I pressed on, brought it to a light trace, then added coffee...

Today I made my second batch. One pound with 96% OO and 4% castor oil. I used my immersion blender on low, but after 4 minutes of no trace, I started to panic. After switching to high, still no trace after 2 minutes. As terror started to creep in, I rushed to my trusty Kindle to check the...

So I'm new to this group, but just have to share. I made my first batch yesterday morning, and before I left to go to work tonight I took a peek. It looks AMAZING! So creamy, and smells like orange cream soda. Forgive me if this sounds trivial to you seasoned soap artisans, but being that it's...

Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Michelle. I live in Williamsburg, VA. Very much a newbie at soap making. I became interested in making my own soap because I have terrible eczema and dermatitis which is worsened by all the cleansers and detergents I use. Just made my first cp...