I ordered my scents from wholesalesuppliesplus.com. I got about 10 different trial-sized scents so I could play around and see which ones I liked best. So far I like all of them!krisac said:Berry vanilla? where did you find that? sounds great!
Do you ever get a porky (or beefy) smell in the bars? I render lard, but then sometimes it still smells pretty porky.Farmfresh said:I personally use lard and tallow.
I can get lard ready to use from my butcher shop cheap and/or get the lard from hogs we buy or hogs friends buy (ground like hamburger for easy processing) free. I can also get suet from the butcher for free and they grind it for me for just a small fee. Then I render my own tallow and lard. Not much cheaper that that.
I know some folks are against animal fats in their soaps, but both produce a nice hard useful bar. My laundry bars are only made from this free fat and work great.
I'm curious to see how the berry vanilla soap looks when I cut it tonight. This will be my second batch in my wood mold, and the first one didn't get any discoloration but I'm curious to see how it does w/ the vanilla.valmom said:I also find I like the vanilla scents, but they do turn the soap dark brown and accelerate trace.