Hi All,

I thought I would write up my soap making activities in a seperate thread. Maybe someone will be interested.......

So far I have made two batches of bath soap (1 to Colleens recipe on her main thread and the other from a book I purchased). Both these soaps are wonderful. The one I made to Colleens recipe is just a plain unfragranced soap but is wonderfully creamy and has made a noticable difference to my skin condition already. The second I made from the book is a morning fresh lemon and oat wake-up bar. Its so refreshing to wash your face in the morning with this beauty!

Shaving soap so far has been a slight dissapointment. I did one recipe off the internet but it is too foamy and the bubbles make your face tingle as they gradually pop (the pH is OK). I have obtained 2 more recipes however (one which includes more emmolients like shea butter and castor oil and the other is a really old recipe from the 1800's that is based on tallow) and will give both recipes a try in the next few days. The only problem is you have to wait a couple of weeks at least before you can try them.

I will report back.

Rob