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I have been reading about making tallow from fat from the butcher. Does anyone on this forum make their own or do you buy it already made? I cant find it in the stores in France and was thinking of asking the local butcher for a bag of fat. But would like some advice on your experience with...

I made some batches of soap at the end of summer and they worked perfectly, set quickly and dried out well, except for the one with too much coconut oil (50% - beginners mistake on calc). Batches were either 100% olive oil, or 50/50 Olive/Sunflower (low oleic) and these both turned out really...

I moved to France from Australia, last December, and have spent many months going to classes to learn the language to pass exams to enable me to live here permanently. It is quite a difficult language but eventually I hope to be able to speak it. This language barrier means I cannot easily be...

Hi, very new to soap making and living in France. I can't speak french much at all so decided to delve into being creative at home. I have tried a few recipes with different soap calculators, same ingredients but different results from different calculators. One was a disaster, one was great...