SOAPFREAK

She's right! I'm buying 50 from her. Yippee! Ana, you should try to attend. It's a blast and you learn so much. You could shoot right up Rt. 71!

You can also try companies that make car wash soap. That's where I get mine.

I guess because it was an oil you cook with.

When I opened this thread, I said "Oh that's purdy!"

Bethany, it's really hard to get it flavored so you won't taste the soap. That's why i grind it and add it later. After it's already saponified.

Yes I do add for hardness. Actually you will find out that toothsoap has the opposite effect. Toothsoap makes you so clean and slick. You will find that your teeth are clean and slick into the next morning.

Yes you definitely could do that Angel. You could actually take that castile, shred some, let it cure for another week or so and then melt it down to add your eo to.

I wanted to taste the flavoring more so that's why I made it more like a paste instead of using the hard soap.

Yes you could sub lard. It wouldn't be any different. Using the animal fats help make a harder soap. It does foam in your mouth but not excessively. About the same as toothpaste.

I have been using toothsoap for about 6 months now. Your teeth will never feel so clean. I convinced Barbara to try toothsoap. You should have seen her reaction when I told her about it. It is very important you do not use coconut or palm kernel. It gives that soapy taste. Trust me, leave it out. Here is the recipe I used. And believe me it does lather despite the absence of coconut oil. Most people don't realize you don't need palm kernel or coconut to get a great lather. 50% Tallow 30% Olive oil 10% Rice Bran oil 5% Cocoa butter 5% Sesame oil At trace add: 1/2 tsp. bentonite clay I used the tallow to get a harder toothsoap, but if this freaks you out substitute it with Crisco. If you don't have rice bran oil then you could triple the sesame. Anything works as long as you don't include a palm product like palm kernel, palm or coconut. That's what gives it the soapy taste. I do a 12 oz. recipe on the soap calc. but this makes alot. If you make less I wouldn't use the stick blender and downsize your at trace additives. Any amount you make will last forever. I pour this into individual tiny tart silicone molds. I think one mold holds 36. I place the mold on a cookie sheet first then after pour I put into a turned off oven. Cure for 5-6 weeks. I cure them for a long time then I shredded them in my salad shooter. I spread it out on a cookie sheet to further dry. Then chopped well in the coffee grinder until it's dust. I added a about 1 T. of shredded soap in a small bowl. I add a little distilled water microwave until a paste. Microwave for only a few seconds and watch it closely because it climbs out of the bowl. If you prefer some sweetness, add a little liquid stevia. I add about 1/2 dram of spearmint eo to flavor or whatever flavor you like, stir well and cram it into a small 1/2 oz. jar. I like mine strong. Doesn't taste like soap in the least and I can taste the eo that way. I will never go back to toothpaste.

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Starting a new thread in Soapmaking.

Barbara, those are awesome!

Oh no, don't lose sleep!

Very pretty, I love the color!

Yes I did.

Very pretty, I love that lavender!

Barbara, those are so cool! I love the lines! What a nice touch!

Very beautiful soapies! Nice lightbox too!

I lay in bed at night and things go around and around in my head until I try it. LOL No books.

I wish I could cozy but I don't have the slightest clue how to go about it or have the time to do it.

Actually no Louise, Sw BRV doesn't turn brown. There supposedly was a lot of oil that was turning brown on people and I was afraid to use it. Well we had a soaping party a couple weeks ago and a lady wanted this scent. I told her that it is possible it would turn brown. It didn't! I was so happy!

I'm not real happy about the way this turned out. I ran out of rasp. color before getting to the end. I'm going to space them closer together next time and take out my toothpick at the end of each row next time.

You would be more than welcome to come over to my house!