It could be also that your percentage of castor oil is a little high. I've only recently been working with castor oil, but I've read numerous times that it will make a really soft soap and the recommended usage rate is 4-6%.
Annie
Thank you for the welcomes! Oahu is beautiful and the people are very friendly and the atmosphere has been wonderful for my two teenagers, but at heart I am a mountains girl:-) I was born and raised in Oregon and didn't expect to be uprooting to Oahu at age 39! - but the adventure is the...
My name is Annie, and I am a new resident of Hawaii- a big and unexpected midlife change for our family 3 months ago! I love making soap and lotion bars, and I look forward to participating in the exchange of ideas and advice in this forum. Mahalo!