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Thank you all for the suggestions. I did the different ratio test in small jars and I ended up liking 3:1 :)

Hello all, Need some help with blending Lavender and peppermint eo for cold process soap. Anyone have any idea/ experience how many parts should I divide them? I have read about 3:1, and some do 4:1. Both are top notes and the peppermint seems to over power the Lavender... :-?

Thank you for sharing, DeeAnna! That's some valuable info I can learn from! ;)

Thank you Carolyn and DeeAnna. I just keep having different issues occurring when making batches of gm soap, pooling liquid, oily liquid at the sides when unmoulding, and this time, the rice looking thing when it's cut.... They all looked fine when cut though. No oil leaking from inside. Just...

Hi all, I hope the picture is clear enough to tell. This soap looked weird, like it riced, just a little bit, during saponification and it only happened in the middle part of the soap block. The bottom piece is the end piece which is nice and smooth. Top piece seems to have some speckle/ riced...

I didn't know they can have a honey smell that comes naturally from the goat's milk! May have to give it a try:) I blotted off the sweat and it's looking good now. Thank you all for all the feedback. Really appreciate that! :)

It was made cold processed. Recipe- olive oil 35%, coconut oil 30%, Palm oil 15%, Sunflower oil 10%, Shea butter 5% and castor oil 5%. I used French lavender eo and soap at about 95F, super fat 6% and lye concentration was at 33% (using frozen goat's milk). It set up nicely, did not go through...

Hi all, Has anyone experienced this yellowish pool of liquid on the top of soap? I have left it there for 3 days and it doesn't absorb back. Would like to hear opinions? The humidity here is pretty high and this batch is made using frozen goat's milk. Thanks!

You are right! Should have more faith! Will do the zap test just to make sure.

I am thinking to wait a day or two and do the zap test. I missed out 30% of the oil. Superfat at 6%

Hello all~ Yea, it's one of those days...I forgot to add one of my coconut oil into the mixture and realized it when the soap was already in the mould. As the soap was still 'pudding-like', what I did to try to save it was pouring it back in the pot and add the missing oil and blended it...

Thank u for the list! However, I wouldn't be able to get eo from the U.S. or UK as they would not ship most of them and shipping fees would be very expensive. My other sources are to get them from Australia. When they go on sale I could get them at au$8 for 200ml which is very very cheap...

Hello all, has anyone tried using Thursday Plantation eo- tea tree, eucalyptus, lavender and rose hip oil in your soap? Are they suitable for soap making? I have heard that they are very strong, if so, how much to add ppo?

Thank you all! I did what was suggested, the zap test. The soap seems ok! No tingle. :)

I haven't try zap test before... Too afraid to get zapped! Lol. Maybe I should give it a try...