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My sea salt soap is forming a fuzzy, dusty layer ontop while curing. Ive researched it and found some other people have had the same problem, but im not sure how to fix it. They've said its soda ash. I mix between 90-100 degrees. I bring it to a light trace. I use a loaf mold so I have to...

Hello, So Ive been using polysorbate 80 at 1% along with 1% essential oil in my liquid soap. With peppermint essential oil it works great! My soap is clear! However, with my own blend of pink grapefruit, lemon and orange essential oils it still manages to separate, cloud and have a...

I have poured my finished liquid soap into glass bottles. The strangest thing, when I go to tighten the pump it slowly unwinds by itself. Practically, completely loose. I tried a different bottle and pump and same thing. However when I tried it when the bottle was EMPTY the pump...

Hello, So I made a batch of LS and separated into 2 bottles. I scented 1 with peppermint EO and it turned out great! I scented the other one with a combo of Lemon, Orange and Pink Grapefruit essential oils. After a week I now have a milky layer on the top and some of the bottles...

Hello! I stayed up late the other night to make a batch of soap. It was 2am when it was time to test for clarity and clear it was not. It needed another 30mins or so. I was so tired that I decided to pack it in. I put it away in a glass container. Can I reheat it in the crock pot and...

Ive never tried the glycerin liquid soap method before, it sounds great! I read through most of the thread. Do you completely avoid insolubles/sedament this way? Cause I hate them. Any recommendations on how to get rid of them? Can you use any combo of oils to achieve this as long as you do...

Does anyone have a great method with using xanthan gum to thicken their liquid soap? I've tried several times and I'm left with big jelly blobs.

I made olive oil liquid soap for the first time. I added the water to the paste to dilute, brought to a boil and let it sit over night. In the morning the paste had not melted. I re heated it and let it sit again. This time when I checked it, the paste had absorbed ALL the water and tripled...