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That looks to be good for the skin. The smell may remind you more of dinner than of a good shave though :)

Topically, it is supposed to help heal skin and ease pain.

I found another recipe that looks to have a great lather. Here is the recipe and picture from the web site.

You will have to excuse my ignorance, but I don't know the history of that oil.

It's getting about time to make another batch of soap and I'm trying to decide on the recipe. My biggest question right now is the scent. Lavender is a decent scent and it is good for the skin, but...

Well it hasn't quite been 4-6 weeks, but it's close so I checked on the soap. It look good and cured so I gave one a try. Wow, that stuff is great! The clay made all the difference in the world. I...

I am going to shamelessly "borrow" the instructions from the web site where I learned from. It includes all the appropriate safety warnings and such about lye. The web site are recipe that I use as a...

OK sure, I can post the steps. It will be later tonight though after I get my real work done and gather up all the instructions. This is not a "melt and pour" recipe where you are simply melting soap...

That is interesting about the sunflower oil. I have been kind of wondering about the olive oil as well. The castor oil and coconut oil help make a good lather though. I'll definitely look into the...

I've been using the same basic recipe without the Bentonite clay for a while and I really like it. The trick that I find is getting the right amount of water. I just get the brush wet and whip it...

For those interested, I have posted the ingredients below. It is really fast and easy to make. We probably spent $5 to $10 including the bowls to make about $60 worth of soap.

Tallow (We used...

We made a batch of shaving soap today. I have been using our homemade tallow soap as a shaving soap for sometime, but this is the first batch that we have made specifically for shaving. The addition...