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My First Batch of Soap: When Theory Met Practice
My first batch of soap began long before I actually made the soap. For about two months, I studied the process for roughly three hours a day. I watched countless YouTube videos, read books from my local library, took notes, and kept a running journal of questions that came up along the way. Whenever I…
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Learning Before I Make
When I first became interested in soap-making, I was drawn in by the beauty of it. The colors. The textures. The scents. The artistry of turning simple ingredients into something people use every day. But as I began moving from curiosity into actually preparing to make my first batch, I realized something important: soap-making is…
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From Kitchen Staple to Daily Ritual
Some of the best discoveries are the ones we never set out to make. A few months ago, I rendered beef tallow for the first time. My intention was simply to look for an alternative to seed oils for cooking. After sourcing beef fat from a local farm, I spent hours slowly rendering it by…
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