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Oh my goodness, so much cuteness in one photo!! Are they working dogs?

Do you have the HP shave soap bug now? Next you'll get into your own additives (may I recommend a bit of lanolin and yogurt (fresh or powdered). The white spots are probably steric, nothing to be concerned about. Mine did the same thing, and the soap works brilliantly regardless.

This is the first time I've used it, but I'm in love, this cleansing oil works so well. Even my daughter, who has balked at doing oil cleanse tried it and now wants a bottle of her own.

You can use plain oil to cleanse, but if you want a wash off, I don't believe that you can make it without a surfactant. Plain oil can leave quite a lot behind on the skin, if you don't want this, then you'll need to double cleanse to get that off. In the past, I had been using plain mineral...

This sounds lovely, and I'm excited to learn about Viamerine. I recently made a balm with lanolin (one of Swifts recipes) that feels amazing, but the smell... I've been thinking of getting the ultra processed version that they use for nipple balm, but this sounds like a great option. Thank you...

I feel kind of silly, but I'm actually reading a series for young adults. Gail Carriger is my new favorite writer, I find her works to be light and easy reads.. With her feet planted firmly in the steampunk genre, her heroines are smart, sassy and develop as the novels progress. Even the side...

1. traderbren - (am I really first? Can I plant an earworm? Cuz this challenge will spin me right round baby, right round) 2. MySoapyHeart (Never done this, I don`thave the right mold. Sure, sign me up!) 3. Misschief (wasn't going to...nope, nope... oh, what the heck!) 4. McGraysoldtowngifts...

Room temp is fine, being too cool can slow the saponification process. I keep mine in my craft room so I can close the door and not have to worry about mischievous little paws, but wherever it can sit undisturbed works.

Oh goodness, some of these "fails" are jaw dropping. I will be making my second attempt tonight, fingers crossed.

Oh wow, that is the soap I dream about making.

The non-biodegradable gets used in oversized pottery planters, you pour them in the bottom, a layer of newspaper then your potting soil and plants, it makes them so much easier to move, gives good room for roots to grow, , takes les potting soil, and, in this instance at least, doing something...

I often think I should be more mindful of things like this, but when I made a similar soap not to long ago (100% CO, 1% super fat) it really just boiled down to availability since I already had kerosene for lamps.

One person's fail is another's masterpiece for sure, and Sonya, yours is certainly a masterpiece in my eyes! This is a great challenge for me since my husband is licorice scent obsessed, but my first batch didn't work out. I used a FO from The Candlemaker's Store which behaved quite nicely...

This is a major anger trigger for me. I live in a heavy Do It Yourself/Work from home state and it seems that everybody is selling, I can go into a mom & pop shop and there they are, but the actual knowledge (and a healthy dose of respect) is sorely lacking. I give these individuals wide...

Oh ow! My hands started hurting looking at this, but really I can't begin to imagine how much it must hurt. Are you habitually around poison oak in the middle of winter so that was a valid diagnosis? That just seems so odd. I hope that your recovery is speedy now that you've gotten the...

I'm jealous, it's the coldest winter that we've had in a while, and I'm not a cold weather person. Just poured my New Years Castile, and working on the recipe for my B&W Challenge soap.

It helps if you push it to the furthest, darkest corner of the closet where you're the least likely to look. ******* My first batch for 2016 is poured and set to cool. I ended up with about a 1/4 size bar (I'm using individual molds) that I may use for a 3-6-9 month tester just for...

Cute! I keep seeing things that remind me that I need to get back to sewing. So many projects, so little time.

1. TheDragonGirl (this should be fun!) 2. Dixiedragon (houndstooth, y'all, my fellow Alabamians get it) 3. BlackDog (just finished my first one! Ice storm here today, so.....) 4. Seawolfe - woop woop! 5. Obsidian- this is one I can do lol 6. MySoapyHeart (would love to do this, now that I...

My first batch of castile (adulterated with a bit of silk in the lye water) is three months old now. With so many other soaps to try, it's not been too challenging to keep it on the curing racks. I love the idea of New Years soap though, I may be off a day, but will put this on my list for...