This is my first batch of soap in probably 3 years, I've been crazy busy and focused on other things! OMG it felt so good to make it :)
I cut it a bit too early so the cut isn't the cleanest :( I poured 3 layers 1st - colored with silk stockings from Just Pigments, 2nd layer was Turquoise also...
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Making soap for about 8 years now and yes, the first couple were all about finding what worked for me and what didn't! Heck that still happens now and then when tinkering with new ideas/recipes!
You can do this, don't give up yet :)
Mine last on average 3 to 4 weeks after a 4 week cure - this is with Hubby and myself using them at least 1 time a day.
My recipes average between 25% and 30% palmitic acid + stearic acid
I just put 2 new bars in the shower yesterday and I'll be good for a couple months, so long in fact that...
HAHAHAHA We work in a restaurant so I RARELY cook at home and we live in FL which means when we do cook at home it's outside on the grill. So yeah, my kitchen has been the "soap room" for months, but hubby has been itching to remodel - new flooring, new appliances...which includes a DISHWASHER...
I was under the impression that in the US we always have to include sodium hydroxide. We label with the ingredients used to make the soap, not what's left in the soap when completed.