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Thank you, Isg. I'm looking forward to trying this out. I'm making note of what you and Lindy shared. Chickens are one of the animals we've got on our farm-- so we've got PLENTY of eggs! Did your soap turn out well, that you used egg in? Did you make it RTCP? I've not done that yet. . . ...

I've heard that egg yolk (sans egg white and even the membrane around the yolk) can be great in a shampoo bar. Who here has done this? I'm wondering how to adjust my recipe to account for the weight of the egg yolk-- do I weigh it and remove that much of, say, the olive oil? (Already...

I'll have to look for one of those hand-held shower heads. And tell her about what you recommend, Melissa, as far as shampooing her hair. Does anyone have a good liquid shampoo recipe that might work for thick hair like this too, then? I've not yet made a liquid shampoo. Are there key...

Thanks, Melissa. Her hair is oily-- but I think it's probably a couple of things. One, that she's 14, and the other, that her hair is as thick as it is, so it doesn't get completely cleaned. She says she has fairly good results with this one shampoo she's been using (don't know if I should...

My daughter has incredibly thick hair. Our hairdresser recommended a special kind of shampoo for "scalp treatment", just to make sure it cleans deep down to her scalp. Any tips on what I can add to my next shampoo bar batch to help with this? The soaps I make are all natural/organic-- I don't...

I'm going to try this either later today or tomorrow. I think I'll experiment with different ways to add the honey. Thanks for the tips about the bar molds-- obviously haven't tried those yet. I have a nice 4-lb loaf mold, some pvc pipe, and a few farm-type molds (they fit well with our little...

Thanks for responding so quickly, Dana! That's exactly what procedure I use with our goat milk when I add the lye-- works great to keep it nice and cold! :-) What do you mean, doing yours in a slab mold? I think I'd be interested in trying something new, if it helps keep the temps down...

Has anyone tried a recipe these two ingredients-- goat milk and honey? I make my soaps usually using milk from our goats. I've learned quite a bit as I've been doing this-- number one being to keep the temperature LOW (I prefer not more than 90F). I've been wanting to try a honey recipe...

Thanks so much-- so far??-- for this information! I'm not a "brand new" soaper. I've been doing it for about a year-and-a-half already. Still, I know I've got TONS to learn. So I'm glad I'm among great, helpful people here! All but my first batch of soaps have been holding up quite well so...

I'm fairly new to soapmaking-- and I've so appreciated the help I've found here when I've posted! And it already looks like I may have found a good customer base already for the soaps I'm having so much fun making using milk from our wonderful goats! :-) I also only have been doing mine CP. I...

Emu eggs are absolutely beautiful too-- the shells are a stunning deep green! - Cathy

Clara – Thanks for the info! We’ve got connections with a meat processing plant nearby (we’re on a farm/ranch ourselves), and they’ve told me they often have tallow available for “pretty cheap”. I really may try this. I’m curious about the duck fat. Our daughter’s just started raising ducks...

Lindy – I hear you. But I figured I’d go ahead and try this little bit that I’ve got. ;-) Judy – Please know I, too, am skeptical. I fully agree that .2 oz is miniscule in a 4 lb batch! The recipe, though, is one I’ve already used for a couple other batches—a simple shea butter/oatmeal one...

You have used emu oil in soap before, then, Maythorn? Have you used chicken fat and lard in soap as well, too? See, I've not used any animal products in my soaps until now. I really like, like I said, what I'm feeling already in this soap. You're saying I'll get this same feeling with these...

Well, I just wanted to let you know here that I decided to just go ahead and do it. I've made a batch of soap and used just .2 oz of emu oil from one of my sample bottles in it. (It's an app. 4 lb batch.) Already, while cleaning up my pans, etc., I got some on my hands, and I think I like what...

Well, everyone's probably BZBZBZ this week-- I know I certainly will be starting tomorrow! I just wanted to let you know here that I just made my batch, working to get a good green color. Piecing together all the info you've shared and I've gleaned elsewhere from here and other places and...

Thanks for this input, "Green Soap"! I'm going nuts right now, trying to find what I did with the pound's worth of annatto seed. I re-packaged into something a bit more "sturdy" than the bag in which it came-- and I haven't a clue where I put that. (Goes to show ya, I suppose. . . . .) I'm...

Thank you, again, Shawnee! I will work with what you've shared. I've just discovered some dried chamomile I'd forgotten I had. Maybe I'll play some with that too?? (I'm slowly getting my palm oil "free-d", by the way!) ;-) - Cathy

Shawnee - you are very clear in what you share! And thanks for the site-- I'll have fun researching into what that presents. At what temp would you be overheating the oil? What is a good "go by" temp for infusing in olive oil?? With annatto, seed, indigo blue powder-- do you think I just...

>For green I add beta carotene or anatto to the indigo blue and make different shades of green. I can get anything from lime green to forest green, >eucalyptus green, aqua green to sage. I did go to art school and know how to mix colors though. I have bentonite clay which gives a grey green, but...