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If only I had a super-duper soap cutter that cut the whole log…  if only I had all my labels printed out for me on beautiful rolls... if only I could order 1000 cream tins and/or lip balm tins and bring the cost down and not worry about running out… if only I had that awesome Kitchen aid mixer for my creams… if only…   I could go on and on. Then my daughter reminds me “Mum, remember what Grandma always tells us?   Enjoy the phase you are in, because one day you will miss it.”   Then she also reminds me “Remember when we use to play those computer games like Diner Dash or Cake Mania and you would build your business… at the beginning it was so addicting because you were working towards getting something to improve production, like a new faster oven, but then once you had everything the game got boring?”    She’s right.   So’s my mum. I remember when my soap moulds held 3 soaps, then I upgraded to 6, then 9… now my moulds hold 48 bars.   I remember...

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Castille Soap sounds like the simplest soap of all to make... but it hasn't been so simple for me! My Castille soap has only 2 active ingredients - local organic extra-virgin olive-oil and water, once the lye has evaporated out.  Gentle, moisturizing, low, gooey lather... when my skin is feeling its driest in the winter, this is the soap I use on my face, then I follow up with my Serum.   Simple to measure things out and begin mixing, but it takes forEVER to trace.  As I pour at a very light trace, sometimes it leaks if I don't get the mould liners perfect... so now I Saran-wrap the insides of the moulds first, when I make Castille soap, then the liner...     Then it needs a little under 3 days in the moulds before removing... as it is still very soft if I remove it after 24 hours.  If I remove the soap logs at the right time, my fingers can still sink into it, it is still slightly buttery, but I need to cut at this point. If I wait even just 4 mo...