Guspuppy
Well-Known Member
This morning I made a soap in which I used two new micas from Nurture. I mixed them with a little oil before adding the lye, as always. They seemed to mix well in the oil, but when I added the batter to the containers with the micas, it did not seem to mix together very well. I was getting largish 'flakes' of mica in the batter no matter how much I stirred and even after hitting it with the stick blender briefly.
I only just started adding sodium lactate to my soaps and had added it to the oils before adding the lye. I did stick blend the SL into the oils before adding the lye, as well. Do you think the SL affected the mica mixing? I've never had that happen before.
Also I have aTD question: I mixed water soluble TD with water in a squeeze bottle to have ready in future, and it separated out. Is that normal?
I only just started adding sodium lactate to my soaps and had added it to the oils before adding the lye. I did stick blend the SL into the oils before adding the lye, as well. Do you think the SL affected the mica mixing? I've never had that happen before.
Also I have aTD question: I mixed water soluble TD with water in a squeeze bottle to have ready in future, and it separated out. Is that normal?