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I live in northern Michigan and we know alot of bear hunters. I put the word out last fall before season that I wanted some fat or lard to try on a batch of soap. Luckily one of our friends came through with the lard (I really did NOT want to render fat into lard). I just wanted to try it for something different.

Thanks for the sap calculator link

Youre welcome. Drop by anytime! Let me know how that soap of yours comes out. I wonder how it soaps...?

Hello,I am new here, And I thought I would introduce myself,
My name is Sarah and I live in Alliance, Ohio USA I get into making alot of differant things and alot of things just come from my head... Well, anyway I have never tried to make soap and
I have read alot of your stuff on soapmaking and really sounds like fun. Can you tell me more.

Hi. I am new here. I have been looking to find information on soap making. I am so glad to see that ppl here don't mind using herbs and stuff for soaps.

anyway, I want to start out using m&p for my first endeavors and I hope this doesn't upset anyone, my experience today and yesterday on a soap board was awful cuz I wanted to start out using m&p.

is there anything bad i need to know about using m&p soap base?

thanx.

Hello Jo Annie:
Quite frankly I dont know of anything negative to say about melt and pour soaps. I do not know why it is so villified by some soapmakers. I love using and making both kinds of soap. If you look on the the high end supermarket shelves and in bath and body type stores, you will find some - but definitely not the quality ones you can craft...?

And lets talk about fragrance... no other soap holds and exudes fragrance like melt and pour. Right?

I remember the first time I noticed that soap could be really creative and different was when I saw a loaf of melt and pour with gorgeous jewel colors and a luscious fruity scent that made me want to eat it...that was the kind of soap I wanted to make!!!

You can put your own spin on your melt and pour soaps...there are so many creative ways to make it your own. I have a friend who embeds them with cowrie shells and makes them into a cake and calls them African wedding cake soaps... Checkout her website below Colored Woman and her Cookie Factory

hello, im also new. I have been making cp and hp soaps for almost 2 yrs, addicted! Iam a mother of twoand "nana" of two. I live in Mn and work at a clinic and love harley riding.