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I bought a bottle of Sandalwood FO from WSP, and it's been sitting around here a couple months. I've decided to put it to use - I'm going to split a batch and use straight sandalwood on half and (in case that is a little too "manly" smelling for me and I have to give all that to my husband) I'd...

Hey everybody, It's been a while since I made soap and haven't been around much. I'm getting low so I was making a big batch of my go-to recipe tonight and did a boo-boo. Here's the recipe: 50% lard (38 oz) 28% OO (21.28 oz) 17% CO (12.92 oz) 5% Castor (3.8 oz) 34% lye concentration, 5% SF...

I made my second-ever batch of sugar scrubs last night. The first I made almost a year ago, and turned out just fine, but I had some things to tweak. OF COURSE, I searched my house high and low, and could not find the recipe I used the first time around. Here's what I used this time -...

I've been reading every liquid soap process thread over and over in preparation for trying my first batch of LS. It is so overwhelming! I'm going to try the OO/CO/Castor recipe IrishLass kindly shared in the "big thread" but my question is regarding what happens after you combine the lye and...

After soaping for many moons now, I'm amassing quite a collection of empty FO bottles, most of which are brown glass. They don't have a recycling number on the bottom so I'm assuming I can't send them out with the regular recycling, but I hat to just throw them out to rot in a landfill...

What's the best way to get soap dishes *really* clean? I'm the type of gal who likes to let wipe out my dishes with a paper towel when done soaping, let them sit for a couple days to saponify any leftover, and then wash them out using any soap left in them, and THEN wash them again with dish...

I haven't been super active on the forum lately because we've been busy helping our new addition adjust to her home. This is Snickers (left, brindle), a 3 year old American Staffordshire terrier, with her older sister and my forum namesake Greta. Snickers came to us from an area shelter and...

I work on crochet projects from time to time and love to do these little amigurumi figures. They are so fun! (Except sewing the parts together; that's my least favorite part) Here's a little bobble-stitch lamb I just finished for my cousin's nursery; she has a little girl due next month. Anyone...

Here's how it's going today. Tried out a 2-color vanilla mint hidden feather swirl. 1. Spilled FO all over scale. Mopped it up, realized later it got under the scale too and ate some of the plastic. 2. Followed my usual procedure and melted the hard oils. I usually add in soft ones before the...

When I left this soap sliver two weeks ago, it was white and purple. Is it DOS, and could it have been caused by sunlight? A little background info: we often stay at my father in law's farm on weekends in the summer. There's a guest bathroom upstairs that only ever gets used by my husband and...

I got a bottle of straight Vanilla FO because my hub loves vanilla smells. What's your favorite thing to blend it with?

I've done blends of all EO and all FO, but not blended one of each together before. I'm planning my first attempt but want to check on operating procedure first. Normally when doing blends, I check the maximum usage rate of each oil, choose the one with the lowest amount, and then keep the...

I'm pet sitting at my parents' this week and my ma has a B&BW "stress relief" body wash called Eucalyptus Basil. I used it for funsies and now I'm obsessed with the scent. I don't know if it's relieving my stress but it sure smells pretty! I googled and WSP has a Crafters Choice dupe of it -...

With the three-day holiday weekend, I was able to try out a couple new fragrance oils. Here we have a top and cut pic of BB's Cucumber Melon with a hanger swirl, and a cut pic of BB's Pomegranate & Black Currant using Auntie Clara's ghost swirl technique. I love both so far; I hope they stick!

Tired of making a hot mess in my kitchen every time I needed to get activated charcoal out of the hideously inconvenient plastic bag it came in, I decided it was time to make life easier and transfer it to some wide-mouthed jars for easy access. The activated charcoal did not come quietly.

Oh, soaping. Never a dull moment with this hobby. I always make my salt bars on a weekend when I have time to sit around and babysit them (I don't have a cavity mold so have to cut them). Every single time, they are ready in under 2 hours. So I'm running low, figure I'll make a batch on a...

I am down to my last two bars of the very first soap I made, an olive/coconut bastille. Even though it turned out pretty nicely after several months' cure, I haven't remade it since I joined Team Lard, but I thought why not try again - this time with a few tweaks to the recipe plus color :)

I tried a sugar scrub (commercially bought) for the first time and I'm in love. So of course the first thing I think to myself is "I bet I can make this." So I've been poking around online a bit for a basic recipe to get my feet wet, but I can't find anything that explains what I need as a...

I had a soapy fail a couple months back where for whatever reason, my recipe traced too fast for me to get my scent and colors in. I gave some of my plain jane bars to my bestie who has sensitive skin and she loved them, requesting more unscented bars. So this is a bar especially for her. I'm...

A lovely article about an Afghanistan war vet who says soaping saved him - fair warning, there's a bit of salty language. http://www.ozy.com/true-story/how-soap-saved-my-life/68580?utm_source=NH&utm_medium=pp&utm_campaign=pp