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Ugh!! Last night's experiment failed!! Ash on top and zappy liquid beading along the edges. Guess it's time to research what went wrong!! Tomorrow & Monday I'm making some soaps & bath bombs with the girls. And a couple of their friends. I'll let my failure sit for a couple of days....

This was a total experiment for me. I found that keeping the mixture in the double boiler was the most important part. Then after trying a few things, I settled on a medicine syringe. (the kind you use to get your kids to take icky liquid meds) I'm sure there are other ways--but this is what...

http://www.pvsoap.com/recipe_beeswax_lipbalm.htm Ian--this recipe is very close to Burt's Bees. My family LOVES BB, so this is the recipe I used for my first try @ lip balms. Everyone loves it and wants to know when I'm making another batch. Maybe this will help you!

I've just finished a batch of soap!! Made up it recipe using lard, coconut oil, shea butter & castor oil. Added some Butter Rum FO from Aroma Haven and shavings from a previous batch of coffee/Madagascar vanilla soap. Fingers crossed!! What's in YOUR soap pot??

Wow, mandolyn!! All things I will be showing to my daughters (almost 16 & 14). We had considered selling at local craft fairs, but we decided to just stick to giving away our projects to family, friends, co-workers (mine & hubby's) and teachers/coaches (theirs). We're getting requests to...

mandolyn--I will try to find some of those. I just used what I had on hand. I offered to use some beeswax to make it more "firm" like Vicks, but he liked the idea of it being used as a rub on sore muscles as well. Tabitha--another great idea! I'll pose that to hubby as well. I ended up...

http://soap-queen.blogspot.com/2009/10/ ... touch.html Is this what you're looking for??

So I tried an experiment today, and checking in with you guys. Hubby gets congested like you wouldn't believe. Obviously, snoring is a huge issue as well. Today he asked me to pick up some Vicks. I offered to make some & he agreed to try it. I mixed some shea butter & avocado oil with eucalyptus...

I wanted to thank everyone for their help!! What a great group I have found to help me through this new hobby/obsession. Although my hubby & his cousin were succesful (two beautiful elk!), there was NO FAT on those critters!! We couldn't believe it! Maybe next year. :lol:

Hmmm....Crystal Light. Never thought of that! My girls have been in heaven eating Pringles lately. My hubby cut some PVC pipe for me, but I haven't used it yet. He's beginning to think my looking at containers as molds is a sickness!! :roll: My girls are starting to see things my way...

I'm going to attempt shampoo bars!! And making them using CPHP. Experimentation all the way around tonight. Wish me luck!! I'm also thinking of a salt bar either tonight or after I drop the girls at school tomorrow. :shock:

I'd juice those chokecherries and make a beautiful jelly!! To heck with the soap. :wink: I honestly wish I knew what to tell you here, but I will follow. What a great friend you have to bring you all those yummy & beneficial goodies.

Just for info in case you didn't know. Bear is a member of the swine family...would their fat be considered lard? Or tallow? Bear makes the BEST EVER ham!! And there ain't nuthin' wrong with being a redneck woman. Gretchen Wilson owns her redneckin'!!

Thanks, Deb! That sounds like a super easy way to go. Now if my hubby will just get an elk.... :lol:

You're right. Wild game has a tendency to be "over-powering"!! Elk isn't quite as bad as deer. I hadn't thought about doing it outside. Good thought!! What's the difference between wet & dry rendering? I didn't realize there were 2 ways. When I rendered a 5-gallon bucket of pork fat, I added...

Has anyone rendered trimmings from wild game for tallow? I'm thinking of trying this if my hubby gets his elk this month. Anyone done this before? I'm assuming it would be treated as beef tallow?

Love the color of the 3rd bar. Much more natural looking!! Thanks for the test runs. My daughter loves drinking green tea...I wonder if she'll want to bathe with it. Could you add green tea leaves as a scrubby?

I never thought I would see myself sold so much on the natural side of soap. My hubby and I do alot of our own food processing...gardening, canning, freezing...he's a hunter & we have friends who raise pigs. We even make our own bacon & sausage!! Making soap didn't cross my mind until my...

Thanks for that!! It may be something to add to my arsenal in small amounts then. For those rough spots especially! My family right now is totally digging my first ever batch of soap. I made pvsoap.com's basic cold process and added some oatmeal & honey to it at trace. Even my 15 year old...

Ok...here's a stupid question from a newbie. What are the benefits of a salt bar? Exfoliation seems obvious...but is there more? I'm trying so hard to learn as much as I can. Still experimenting to find that "perfect" soap for my family.