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I asked for a sample of this with my last order from Aussie Soap and added it to 100 grams of my last batch. Wow! I've been trying for months to come up with a nice salty, briny, sea-type mix of essential oils but couldn't seem to get it right. Bugger it, I thought, I'll just try a FO. I...

Well we did it, my mum and I. My mother, determined as she is, has been tirelessly scouring shops, supermarkets and butchers for tallow for a couple of weeks now and thankfully some SMF Aussie soapers sent us in search of Supafry from Coles. Yay, we found it! Mum, bless her, bought 3 kilos...

I'm pretty happy with yesterday's soaping session - all unmoulded, sliced and stamped today. Peppermint & Clary Sage; Sage & Lemongrass FO; a spotty rustic looking Cedar & Orange. That last one was meant to be a more fluid drop swirl - I got that a bit wrong :D The smell is pretty awesome...

What brand/s of lye do soapers in Aus use and where do you purchase it from? I was told the Diggers brand is ok to use therefore that is what I have been buying from Mitre 10, but I have just realised it is only 98% caustic soda. Is there a brand easy to find that is 100%?? I read...

Oh boy ... here goes ... It's taken me a while to get up the nerve to join up ... My name is Suzie and I'm a soap-a-holic ... :shock: Hah!! I did it! :lolno: Okay, I've been soaping for a short while now - a few months - and oh what a wonderfully satisfying creative occupation it is...