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  1. Drchurchillsoaps

    Your Black Friday list

    Disappointed with sales the Black Friday. I was going to order some micas from mature but the shipping was OUTRAGEOUS and to me totally screwed the sale. Paris fragrance has butters mark down 20% if bought in 8 pounds and got a couple fragrances bogo50% off. Free shipping over $75. What was your...
  2. Drchurchillsoaps

    Soap calc error ucuuba

    So if anyone wants to use ucuuba butter in soap, may I suggest adding your own values. Soap calc has ucuuba butter entirely wrong fatty acid makeup. If you used it you wouldn’t know you’re adding cleansing value. soap calc= steric 31 oleícola 44 Linoleic 5 Actual estimate value is = MYRISTIC...
  3. Drchurchillsoaps

    Batch variation

    I ordered some red palm oil, I received two packages that both contain the “same” thing. however one product seems to have more oil and one seems to have more fat. At room temp on 3kg bag is almost full liquid and the other 2kg bag is more like coconut oil consistency @ 72 degrees F. Would you...
  4. Drchurchillsoaps

    Mystery ingredient.

    So if you were to get an oil/butter that you had zero data on. How would you go about using said product? I have a friend that wants me to use his cannabis “butter”, he runs a c02 extraction setup and ends up with byproduct of pounds of plant fats, lipids, and smaller chain terpenes. So it has...
  5. Drchurchillsoaps

    Too much thickening.

    Used a recipe that called for Distilled water Shea Mango Btms 50 Steric acid Fragrance and preservative so I made a test batch last night. Wife prefers it much to the anhydrous body butters I have made. So today I make a larger batch….. I did a 1/8 recipe first time, so I decide a 1/2 recipe is...
  6. Drchurchillsoaps

    Shea okay?

    I received Shea today that came much different than last supplier. I have attached a photo is the white crust on the product. Is this normal? Cut into it and even stranger
  7. Drchurchillsoaps

    Soap mold evolution.

    Made my first mold yesterday and it was okay nothing great. So today I like the size and wanted to make a model a little more up scale. First three are yesterday’s primitive model Other two photos are of today’s model. I’ll use this and see what I do and don’t like meow!
  8. Drchurchillsoaps

    Midwest fragrance

    Decided to give them a shot. I ordered over 30 fragrances to test. Looking for any input on fragrances used from them. I used two different ones last night. cedar musk+ lavender. The smell is not too strong but a good overall smell. I am terrible at describing scents. It did not accelerate or...
  9. Drchurchillsoaps

    Ucuuba body butter

    I’m dreaming of a Christmas themed body butter with ucuuba. Love the smell of this butter. Any idea on a good EO combo for this butter? My daughter said it smells like cookies and wife thought it smelled like nutmeg.
  10. Drchurchillsoaps

    Time to make tallow

    I will be rendering and making my own tallow today. Found a local butcher that gave me a cut I wanted for cheap!
  11. Drchurchillsoaps

    First successful swirls

    We have made a few attempts that all included errors. While these bars aren’t perfect, they are our first batch that went very smooth without seizing and plenty of work time. Wife and I had a lot of fun with this batch. New soap cutter is much nicer than individual slicing! Not happy with the...
  12. Drchurchillsoaps

    New toy!

    Got this on Etsy: shipped fast from Croatia. Less than a week. Now I need to make soap so I can test the cutter! More excuses to make soap! Haha
  13. Drchurchillsoaps

    Hair day labels/packing

    Just about to hand pour 60x 16oz of various hair products. Just trying a bunch of new products. The printer is not so amazing at speed but I have been happy with my generic labels I had in the garage. Hope all goes well and I don’t have an accident! Update later/tomorrow
  14. Drchurchillsoaps

    First batch dealing with bacuri butter.

    I decided I wanted to try my hand at a bar with no coconut, palm, or animal products. I have nothing against any ingredients listed just trying something different. For anyone that hasn’t used this butter it has a strong odor that would not work with just any fragrance. I was not a fan of the...
  15. Drchurchillsoaps

    First attempt

    Will be making a couple batches today. I have one recipe that I know will be a winner gifted to me, however, what I am about to post is a total makeup of me playing in the calc and playing with oils I have available. Any input is great. Rice Bran Oil, refined %25 Coconut Oil, 76 deg %20...
  16. Drchurchillsoaps

    Hello everyone

    I have recently decided to take up soap making. I am currently in the stage of collecting data so I can order what I need to get started. I have been playing with soap calculators and ideas of what soaps to start off making. Also need to dive into making liquid soaps. Purchased 30 pounds of...
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