Recent content by nreynolds

Seawolf, this makes total sense. How would this work with fragrance oils? For example, I was using a FO that discolors and only wanted to to scent half the batch. If my recipe recommended 1 oz of FO, would I use .5oz instead? Thanks again for all the clarification, it really helps!

Seawolf- thank you for your thoughts on this. I am not sure why, but I thought for some reason that if the lye calculator told me to use 11.4 ounces of liquid that I would just subtract from that amount if I was using another liquid to substitute. Yes, the honey was a lot wasn't it?! Whoops...

cmzaha- Thanks for your reply! Yes, that makes total sense. I didn't incorporate it well- just until it look mixed really. I was also unsure of how the ingredients would behave together, so I tried to move quickly. In my mind I wanted to add the honey and the FO to just one layer because I...

Hello all, So, I am a newbie to the whole CP soap making. I have made 4 pretty great batches, so I tried to challenge myself by making a batch which involved coconut milk, honey, and layering. I did run into problems though. One layer never came to trace, and I ended up burning out the motor...