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Its all good. I might have to email the supplier so I can recall what precisely its made out of before i put it in a soap. But I'll post my results either way.

I make very small batches, firstly. All my oils are bought from Walmart or Walmarts shopping app (trying to compete with Amazon, and doing a good job of it IMO), with the exception of shea, cocoa, and tamanu oil (that one I snagged from BB on sale). High grade shea and cocoa butters are easy to...

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It prob won't be sticky in 5 weeks, but I don't think it will quite reach its potential by Christmas. Also, I think you'd better not cure them in your bathroom. Its pretty humid in there, even next to the vent. I cure mine on my front landing (my apartment is very dark and cool; I live in...

Fortunately, I'm set up to make pretty small batches of soap. Even if the first try isn't enough to make it feel minty-cool, I think it probably won't ruin the soap either. Hopefully, I run a low risk of wasting my oils. Even so, I think I'll try it in body lotion first. I'm trying to make up...

I bought a bottle of Liquid Menthol from SaveonScents (product id 203758; I'd link it, but its not listed right now, and I bought it on clearance so maybe it never will). Does anyone else have experience with this product or a similar one? I love cooling menthol products, and I want to...

The -mary in rosemary refers to the sea (marinus) in Latin, so I second the suggestion to use a blend with rosemary.

It has a good bit less menthol, not lacks menthol

And minimal unsaponified oils going down the drains just to clog up the sewers in a big fatberg in a few years. Don't Google pics of fatbergs, by the way.

I hope the other users soap recipe suggestions help out. Ive read some research that ceramide lotions will help as well. Not all are created equal, but I saw the majority of articles recommend CeraVe and Aveeno ceramide lotions. Something to do with the ceramides in the skin layer of people with...

Cool welcome! I'm one of the other newbies from TX. My fiance has real sensitive skin, and I partly decided to make soap so they can use something they won't have a reaction to. Whats your field, if you don't mind me asking?

That sounds adorable! I can't seem to DM you, so I'm sorry for being a little off-topic in this thread: do you sell the bunny soap online?

The people have spoken! Why are you trying to cut out lard, out of curiosity? I'm honestly open to trying palm, but I don't have it on hand yet, because if I can do without it, I'd like to be palm-free. Everyone who uses animal fats has told me so far that they vastly prefer it to palm anyways...

Cross back aprons saved my neck when I was a cook and spending long hours over a cutting board. They can be a bit more expensive to buy, but the ones I bought online are much sturdier than the basic loop aprons restaurants will give their employees. And they just feel that little bit cuter...

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Do you mean infusing the water like when you make cucumber water/spa waters? You could do this, but I doubt it'd have any effect on the final soaps color, smell, or skin benefits. I imagine the water soluble compounds in fruits and veg don't survive saponification. Purees of fruits and veg are...

Lard isn't hard to find here in Texas, but beef tallow is just as inexpensive. Certainly the beef industry here (and i imagine in Aus) makes that so. You guys have some very good and informative insights! I'm not going to sell any soap for a long time, but I was wanting to hear about the label...

I've mostly been planning castile bars, but I'm a bit intrigued by beef tallow and lard in soap. I see a lot of people on this forum swear by lard in their soaps, but I read early on in my research somewhere that lard has low lather. I'm looking at their fatty acid content and their "properties"...

I hopped up from reading this post to go put my new batch (resting on a metal rack) onto a piece of parchment LOL thank you for the info!!

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