Haven't done anything soapy yet because I'm still trying to recover from the Thanksgiving food-coma but I may do a batch of shaving croap tomorrow. I did make a small batch of un-petroleum lip balms last night to test out some new flavor oils. They will probably end up as stocking stuffers for my guinea-pig family members. I gifted everyone with a Lemon & Rosemary salt scrub at Thanksgiving so hopefully they won't be burned out on the homemade goodies.
I was also inspired by a recent thread about lard/tallow lotion bars so decided to experiment with a whipped tallow body butter. It was 90% beef tallow, 10% avocado oil with some tapioca starch (to cut the greasy feel) and essential oils to mask any hint of 'beefy' smell from the tallow (peppermint, spruce, rosemary, cedarwood & sweet birch). I think it will be awesome for my scaly winter legs and it already seems much lighter than my whipped body butters that actually use a blend of butters (shea, cocoa, kokum usually). I'm also thinking about using this stuff like a cold cream/makeup remover just for kicks.
