Recent content by goc253

Hmmm, here's something I found interesting. I'v just read on another forum that some colours can cause problems. Both batches that went wrong had the same colour in them. It's pink water based colourant from Just A Soap (uk), I wonder if that might be it? Fiddletree, now you mention it, I...

thanks blue, yes I'm surprised also! I made another batch after I last posted and it went wrong AGAIN! same temps, same water, (different fragrance though). When I tried to pour it into the moulds it had a kind of thick skin on the top already and had to be rammed in. It felt like rubber when I...

Thankyou everyone :) Blue... when you made the recipe that went wrong for me, did you use the same amount of water as I did (227g) or the 323g that Judy suggested? I'd love to know if you used more water that me because I think that is why things went wrong. Although it could be temps like...

oh dear, i'm not very good at loading photos, try again! Hope this works :\ Stinkydancer, I just meant that I don't think I could bear it if another batch turned out badly, so a completely new recipe seemed like my best bet. Soaplady - YES YES YES!! I am definitely hooked...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater these are made with the second recipe, i'm soooo pleased with them! The soap that i thought had gone horribly wrong is actually looking lovely now too, it gelled and looks so creamy. it was a dream to cut, can't wait to use it.

Hahaha!! Soap gremlins - 0, Gina - 1. well just to let you know, I've just made a 500g batch of the second recipe and it's turned out beautifully!! I'm so pleased! I'm assuming it was the water and high shea content, because I have used the mango and passion fruit fragrance again and I had...

Thankyou ladies, I feel like I'm wasting my precious shea butter so I'm going to try the second recipe I posted. It looks quite nice on paper and if it goes wrong I will still have enough ingredients left to try something else. I have a feeling it may be the water, or lack of, that was...

Hi Judy, thanks for your help. I didn't realise I had that much of a water discount, I'm pretty new to soap making but I always run my numbers through soap calc first, wonder how I missed that?! I'm missing nearly 100g of water then, I can certainly see how that could make a difference. I...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me their thoughts on this recipe, and why it using it may be ending in disaster for me! My recipe is: 298g coconut oil (hard) 255g shea butter 298g olive oil 227g water 119g sodium hydroxide 17g fragrance oil I have made this...

How optimistic of me (or just plain silly i think) Planning what to make for all my female relatives this year, I thought...."why dont i make them all bath and body hampers" The plan was, soaps, body scrub, body butter and little lip balms. Got my supplies delivered 2 weeks late due to the...

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hi, im new to all this soap making malarky too. for my first go at cp soap i made a layered soap, bottom half white (juniper scented) top half yellow (lemon scented). I made a full batch of soap then split it into 2 bowls, coloured and scented the first half and brought it to quite a thick...

hi cocoon, how funny, i just chose exactly the same title as you for my intro post, im not hijacking your idea i promise. thought something had gone wrong when i saw your title a bit further down the page! Great minds......! xx

hi everyone, im new to this forum (and soap making in general), so i thought id better say hello! im sure i'll have plenty of questions for you all (stupid ones probably!) and hopefully some success stories shortly :) I'v al ready posted a question in the recipe bit, if you wouldnt mind...

thanks meadowyck, ill convert it in a bit and see what that comes out with. Carebear, i used: the sage - 120g lye, 227 to 340g water soapcalc.net - 140g lye, 345g water I think iv got the jist of the calcs, percentages of superfat correspond to how much lye to use right? what do you guys...