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Hi. Yes I tried it last year. It gave a nice lather. It was a lighter lather and a closer texture than with sorbitol but I wasn’t impressed with the effect it gave as far as a bubble booster. It didn’t give the big bubbles and I’ve since reverted back to sorbitol.

This is the cut of the first aloe soap. The one where I added it to the cooled lye water. I added some kaolin to half of the batter which is the lighter colour you can see. I’m quite liking the colour atm but I have a feeling that it might end up on the brownish side when it’s cured. (Sorry the...

That’s very helpful. Thank you

Thanks for that. I’ll do it that way next time and see if it makes any difference

So far, so good. I added it to the lye water and blended it in but there was a few bits that didn’t seem to want to dissolve. I put it in when it was cool. Should I have added it when the water was still hot? The lye water went really dark brown but I think that might be because I had a tsp of...

I’ll let you know how it goes

I’m planning on having a go tomorrow, I’ll let you know how I get on. Thanks very much for your help

Thanks for your reply atiz, that’s really helpful. That had crossed my mind, but I was worried about it scorching. If I did it that way would I need to freeze the aloe juice before using?

Hi guys, I’m recently new to soaping and hope you can help with a question I’ve got. I have an order due in the next day or so with some Aloe Vera powder in it. From what I’ve read I need to add it at trace for cold process soaping. With it being water soluble do I dissolve it in a bit of...