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I know that there is A LOT of mixed info out there, but raw is the way to go for cat. I put my kitten on it as soon as I brought her home. Many foster parents here have the fur babies on gain free or raw diets. Many of the indy pet stores advocate for a raw diet. There are many premade raw...

Thank you everyone for your input! With your help I was able to formulate 2 recipes and try them out this past weekend and they are absolutely beautiful! Well except 1 XD I don't know what caused it but I caught it in time, my second batch of soap, volcanoed [emoji33], no animal fats here #4. I...

I’m absolutely shooked and excited at the same time! I’m allergic to mangos (yeah I know sad) and because of that I’ve avoided mango butter. Little did I know that for the past few years I’ve been using a product with mango (seed) butter in it, better yet, the product soothes my skin when...

Holy moly! And this ladies and gents is why you always ask to have a recipe revised! Thanks @shunt2011 , I didn't realize I had done that I adjusted it accordingly but now I have a problem, my cleansing property is down in the dumps and i don't know what to do to bring it back up :/ I added back...

*tweek* *tweek* *tweek* Thank you everyone for your input, castor oil and I have not gotten along very well but I did bump it up to 5% since I will have more hard oils. I took out olive oil since it seems to be a miss for me when animal fat is NOT involved and subbed in SAO and a bit more Shea...

I kindly ask that the vets look over my newest creation and give me some pointers I can run with, thanks! I'll come back and explain my reasoning later tonight

Thank you both for your suggestions! As for the guild I’m kind of on the fence about and for the other info that @SunRiseArts gave me, Thanks! Too bad I won’t be able to go to the June event but the soap guild is a must (just like how I found out A-Kon is in Dallas ) I will contact you later...

*Disclaimer: mods.please move this if it's in the wrong spot* Hi guys! When I moved to TX I gave away my soap pile to make friends and to get feed back (family loves it but that's a small sample size, and my new acquaintances like the hot process more than my family DX) long story short I...

So I didn't run away, life was moving at a fast pace for me and ultimately I have been in the process of finally moving! I'm so excited and I'm a couple hours from my new home city. I can't wait to set up my new home and start soaping again. I've been itching to make soap since the start of...

*raises hand* ok I'm going to ask for for all of the other newbies around here, other than acting as a buffer to make sure that the lye has something to eat and not make lye heavy soap what is the point in adding oil after cook in hot process or adding oil at trace? Also how would you super fat...

I got to thinking and since I have 2 new 1lb molds this is the perfect time to try. I, going to make a batch each of lard and GV shortening and see how they turn out. Once I get my tallow in I'll make a another batch to add to the test subjects. This did bring up another question of mine but I...

So I grabbed my container and I'm a bit miffed, it says" prepared from meat fats & vegetable oils with mono and diglycerides",so probably soy oil, welp let see what happens in 6 months. Now I don't want to use it anymore :( so how bad is soy oil for DOS?

That's my next step, going with a lard/tallow mix. I'm also experimenting with goat milk(aloe will be eventually down the road) so that might help the creamy factor as well

I use the GV shortening, with the animal fats, stuff is a pain to find in my area XD Soy oil? Now I need to go check

So I'm a couple of batches in now and I wanted to try some suggestions/ideas/searches regarding tallow (read I ran out of tallow and it's going to be a while before I get more XD). I've made two batches so far with GV shortening and since I've taken them out of the mold I'm a little...

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Ah makes sense now, I have plenty of boxes around I will try that next time with my next batch. Thank you!

Cling wrap? Like how do you no mess up the tops? I put parchment paper on top of my mold and it still messes up the swirl below if the towel falls :(

Lol I just washed my hands a little over 10 times just now makeing notes XD This is bubble production and lather of my first soap. Our water is a bit on the hard side, its not hard hard per se but there is calcium deposits if you leave the water on a sufrace too long (days/weeks, like our...

Hello fellow GA soaper, I was just in Atlanta at the beginning of the month. I'm so jealous that you have some many ingredients that you can access so easily. When I come back up my aunt is taking me shopping for more soaping ingredients. If you haven't already, swing by the newbie forum and...