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Natural handmade tallow soap recipe: salt spa

Jun 22 2016 0 Comments Tags: soap

Every time I get confident with soapmaking I try something new and find that its not as easy as I thought.  I have pretty well perfected my basic soap recipes, so I tried using salt in soap and this is what I learnt.

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Natural handmade tallow soap recipe: black magic

May 16 2016 0 Comments Tags: soap

Adding activated charcoal to natural tallow soap makes this a very striking and effective detox soap.

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Handmade natural tallow soap recipe: neem oil soap and salve

Feb 24 2016 1 Comment Tags: salve, soap

After my success using neem oil to control insects around the farm and to cure my toenail fungus, I did a lot of reading about neem oil and I was keen to try to harness its properties as an anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory to help heal skin.

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Handmade natural tallow soap recipe: shaving bar and tins

Oct 26 2015 1 Comment Tags: men, natural soap, shaving, soap

How to make a natural tallow shaving bar or tin of shaving soap, to use with a traditional shaving brush and optional safety razor.

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Why use natural soaps and salves?

Sep 21 2015 0 Comments Tags: herbal, salve, soap

Now that I have tried homemade soap instead, I'm convinced that its better for your skin, and here's why.

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Natural handmade tallow soap recipe: coffee grounds

Jul 15 2015 0 Comments Tags: natural soap, soap

Before I started making soap I used to buy a soap with coffee grounds in it.  It was a "gardener's soap", the coffee grounds were supposed to help with scrubbing dirt off your hands.  Recently I decided to try making something similar.  I found a few recipes (here and here) to get an idea of how much coffee to use.

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