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What a GREAT gift. I love

Andie — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:51:30 -0500

What a GREAT gift. I love homemade soup and always pick up a few bars at the farmers market.
You amaze me yet again.
a.

Wow! I really love these

casey — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:11:06 -0500

Wow! I really love these photos. They draw you into their depths; their natural symmetry and peacefulness. Really inspiring. I need to find an evening to do this!

Looks heavenly!

Cori — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:34:20 -0500

Looks heavenly!

Lye, yes absolutely! That's

renee — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:29:17 -0500

Lye, yes absolutely! That's the only way you can make soap. Even non-lye soaps, such as glycerin are a derivative of the basic lye&water mixed with oils soap process. No lye, no soap (unless you use soapnuts)
Renee

Heartwarming............your

jfrancis — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:04:57 -0500

Heartwarming............your clove(now brand)i use it
for purposes other than soap.

Doesn't sound anything basic

Dawna — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:02:17 -0500

Doesn't sound anything basic to me! LOL
I'm also grateful for those little treasures I receive from all your hard work.
I think buying more tools for my kitchen is the first throw-off for me. Maybe in time. It is very appealing to me.

Do you also use lye?

Now that's very green of

Wayfaring Wanderer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:05:30 -0500

Now that's very green of you....haha....okay, I know. But these are exactly the ideas I hope to find with the giveaway from fellow bloggers :o)

Thanks for sharing the great post!

I threw a load of laundry in

Karen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:56:39 -0500

I threw a load of laundry in this morning (in hopes of catching the sun-drier advantage) and was thinking how I could use the bag of washing soda I just bought. Then your blog appears - reviewing the laundry soap recipe I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit to cooking up a batch yet. However, I'm interested in researching the soap nuts option - cost, availability here, performance. Looking at the whole soap process makes me even more thankful when I can use your bars - I love them. Thanks.

I also suspect that making

Amy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:55:59 -0500

I also suspect that making your own soap will be cheaper than the soap nuts, and will probably get your clothes cleaner, but do let us know! I'm curious.

Amy
Author, Making Soap In Your Own Kitchen and Best Soap Recipes

Thought for the

jfrancishill — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:09:56 -0500

Thought for the day:

Freedom
rides on the back
of all voters.

There are lots of places to

damien — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:39:30 -0500

There are lots of places to find them, here are just a few:

Straight Razor Place
Classic Shaving
Vintage Blades
Orphan Annies in Auburn (if you are willing to restore it yourself)

Where in the dickens did you

Myke — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:18:09 -0500

Where in the dickens did you find a straight razor??? i have been looking for a decent one for some time with no success. Any help would be appreciated.

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[...] recipe for sautéed cabbage makes the list here. If you’re feeling bored, you can make your own moisturizing cream, and FIMBY’s version not only looks very appealing, it doesn’t seem to contain any [...]

Thanks much for the info

Learning the ropes — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:47:18 -0400

Thanks much for the info Renee. I can't wait to try it out.

Ingredient notes: Find the

renee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:51:22 -0400

Ingredient notes:

Find the unusual food oils (avocado and the like), cocoa butter or coconut oil, beeswax, grapefruit seed extract and essential oils, if using, at a health food store. GSE is expensive, something like $10 for a little bottle but it lasts a long time.

Find Borax in the grocery store with the laundry soaps. I use it for making my own laundry soap, scrubbing the toilet etc... So, kind of surprising that it's in cream but that little bit is necessary to keep it from separating.

By the way, I've never had a mold problem yet with making cream and this last batch has lasted 3 months and is going on strong. Keep extra containers in fridge just to be safe though.

Just so you know what you're looking for the cocoa butter I buy is NOW brand. There's others but this is cheapest at my health food store.
Renee