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I use it in my version of @ealene's blacksmith/ mechanic bar recipe. The scent does fade considerably, but I can still smell the scent when washing my hands with it even at 6 months post cure. The smell disappears entirely if I make the recipe with lard, though, for some odd reason. I use...

I agree with @Tammyfarms. I don't add fragrance or color to any recipe until I've tested the performance of the soap itself enough to know the recipe is a keeper. Fragrances are just too expensive for me to waste on soap I don't love. It also helps me troubleshoot which ingredients are to blame...

Oooh, that does sound lovely! May I ask what SF and lye concentration you use for this? I'd love to try it out. Do you use any salt or salt water to combat slime or is that just a 'high olive oil' thing? I like your definition of balanced because it means I've been doing something right. 😎

For most of us, it is way easier to write our recipes in percentages. This makes it easier to customize your recipe to fit any size mold with consistent results. What you made: 40% olive 25% coconut 25% shea butter 10% castor What your OffTG recipe states: 50% olive 20% coconut 20% shea butter...

I'd love to know your favorite recipe if it isn't a trade secret. It sounds lovely. I'd also love to know what exactly constitutes a "well balanced" recipe. I might already know this, but I'm sleep deprived at the moment and it's just not coming to me right now. I am also a ZNSC fan. Low coconut...

This is actually partly why I don't mind buying it. I've been wanting to experiment with it in the kitchen for a while now to make nachos. 😋

I actually don't mind buying sodium citrate and will likely order some now that I know it doesn't have the same bubbly reaction. I bought the citric acid a while back when reading about hard water, soap scum, and chelators because it was easy to find/ buy locally. I didn't buy a lot, just a...

Thanks. Yes, I remember @Zing using ALL the salts in @earlene's blacksmith soap. This was a while back and I just wasn't thinking. It was my first time adding citric acid at 1 or 2% as a chelator and it just so happened to be the first time I used your math figures for the baking soda and salt...

Does sodium citrate have the same reaction in Zany's faux sea water as citric acid? The last time I made ZNSB and added citric acid, my bubbles ranneth over and out!

I am officially beyond grumpy and on to the land of grrr. My latest batch of ZNSB is at 4 weeks cured and some of the bars are starting to develop those same yellow/orange spots yet again, so it wasn't the questionable stainless pitcher. Now, I'm starting to wonder if something was wrong with...

Hmmm. Well, my oldest son bought me a big aloe leaf to use in soapmaking and I've already portioned it into ice cubes and calculated that there's enough there to make four 5lb loaves of soap. I was so proud of him for thinking of it. I ordered some fragrance oil samples, craft boxes, and 8oz...

Thank you, I figured it out. I was stuck on how to list emulsifying wax nf and figured out I don't have to separate that one as long as it's 'NF'. I used the INCI for Optiphen Plus.

Thankyou! I considered listing that way but wasn't sure if that was right. Yay. Time to get to work. Nothing like last minute labeling. I want to label a small bottle of lotion to give as a sample when a customer stops by to pickup some soaps she ordered.

Do you list e-wax nf or separate into the individual ingredients and do the math to put them in the correct places in the list? I just ordered Marie Gale's book, Soap and Cosmetic Labeling. Whether I ever sell or not, I want to label my soaps and lotion properly.

I made a batch of honey and oats lotion. Now, if I can just figure out the ingredients label. I might need a thread for help because it's nothing like making a soap label. I cannot figure out how to list emulsifying wax NF and Optiphen Plus since they each have more than 1 ingredient themselves.

Have you tried this one? https://lonestarcandlesupply.com/gunpowder

@QuasiQuadrant is the only one I can think of here that MIGHT be making batches that large. Out of curiosity, does RBO have a smell? And if so, does that smell remain after the lye monster? I've been intrigued by this oil since reading on here about Dawni's (I think that's her name) triple rice...

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I don't see any sodium hydroxide on that label, Zany. Do we not have to put that in the ingredients list? I'm literally refining my first labels (a variation of your ZNSC recipe, actually) and I've seen the 'what goes in the pot' method and the 'what comes out of the pot' method for listing...

I've been geeking out over fonts and labels. I think I finally have a soap label I like with my newly created logo and ingredients list. Now, if I can just get the labels to print in the correct places on a piece of paper first, I might actually get to print some soap labels! Update: It was my...