Today I welcome Jan Berry of The Nerdy Farm Wife. Jan's gorgeous new book, Simple & Natural Soapmaking is now available, and she has joined us here to share her Calendula Tallow Soap Bar recipe, similar to the all-natural recipes you will find in her book.   This natural soap recipe features tallow, which adds hardness and skin conditioning properties to soap, along with calendula flowers, for their skin soothing properties. I’ve given a couple of options for scenting with essential oils, but you could also leave the bars unscented, if you’re sensitive to fragrance. Before you make this recipe, you’ll first need to make a calendula oil infusion. To do so, fill a canning jar … [Read more...]