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  1. mycophile

    odd white streaks/spots in bastille soap

    no zap!! (: thank you for the kick in the butt i needed to try it
  2. mycophile

    odd white streaks/spots in bastille soap

    when I look closely at this batch, I think I see crystals. I'm afraid this is undissolved lye, but I can't find any good reference images for lye pockets that look like this. They don't necessarily look like stearic spots due to the shape. Glycerine rivers would be more pronounced too, I...
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    sourcing fair trade shea butter

    baraka also sells coconut oil, palm oil, and cocoa butter!
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    recipe help, first batch

    I think I've figured out the recipe, it's posted over in the recipe forum under First batch recipe pre-attempt feedback. thanks (:
  5. mycophile

    Hello from an anarchist jurisdiction (aka Portland, Oregon)

    Welcome to the forum! Hello from the deep south!
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    First batch recipe pre-attempt feedback :)

    soon to be soaper here, have all my materials, lurked on the forum, and have a couple of recipes I want to get feedback on. I ran them through soapcalc so you all can see their acid profiles. A is mine, B is from this post (thanks, LillianNoir!). I've wanted to avoid palm oil entirely and am...
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    sourcing fair trade shea butter

    Does anyone have a favored source of fair trade shea butter? The fair trade part is important to me. I've found that SheaMoisture provides fair trade raw shea butter at 1$/oz at 15oz. Has anyone found another supplier that sells at higher amounts? Cheaper would be preferred, but I understand...
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    recipe help, first batch

    I am in the process of making my recipe for my first batch of soap. It's rather important to me that the ingredients remain sustainable and as natural as is realistic. I'm workshopping this recipe, which has way too much coconut oil. However, I want to avoid raising the olive oil as I'd like...
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    Hello!

    I'm yet to make my first batch of cold process, but I'm formulating a recipe and gathering materials. Let's see how my soapmaking endeavors go.
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