Recent content by Maricelih

First of all thanks so much for all the input. I have been making soap for a short period of time. It turned out that when I reorder the lye I got the wrong kind. I got the right one and added the FO before the lye and stir it just a bit with stick blender and keep stirring with a spatula which...

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That is my understanding too, so when I added the oils I expected it to come to trace fast. I will try again.

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Thank you. I will try again and make sure I measure well the oils. I do use a stick blender and the temperature of both oils and lye were around 100 degrees both.

Hi! I have been making soap for almost a year now. So far all my batches have work out good. However I made a batch yesterday and when I realized I didn't have the whole amount of essential oil needed for the recipe I used fragrance oil instead. The soap never came to trace. Is fragrance oil to...