I soaped today.  4 batches and 3 had lard in them.  #1 had 70% lard, #2 50% lard, and 3# 25% lard.  I am curious to try them.  I purchased some Pop Mica colors from TKB trading in Oakland.  They sell micas, glitters, oxides, etc used in cosmetics and some of them work great in soap too!  Their Pop Micas are bright and shimmery, really nice.  I guess I could make my own eye shadows if I wanted to. 

I used the Staples boxes and a Pringles can. I did not secure the bottom of the Pringles can as well as last time so there was LEAKAGE!  I'll have to clean up the oven tomorrow.  At least it will be soap tomorrow!  The heart shaped cupcake mold I used to collect any tiny left overs from the lard batches.  I don't know what I'll do with it, but I collected it. 

The tiny boxes I used for unfragranced uncolored samples of the lard.  I forgot to get sample from #1, but I got them for #2 and #3.  It's unfortunate, because I really wanted to know if the 70% lard batch would smell piggy without any fragrance.  I have read that some people can smell the lard.  I didn't really smell anything in the lard to begin with.  I bought it at the super market and it's been rendered and filtered and it white and smelled faintly oily, but not too piggy.  I really made sure I didn't overheat the lard when I melted it.  I hear that overheating will cause the fat to smell.  Well I'll see tomorrow. 

Lard soaps                                     non-lard Yuzu FO, Pringles can leakage!