Recent content by sapphire74

Yeah I'll give it a go, you can follow my page on Instagram @figandpearl where you can keep up with my soapy endeavours. The photo is an actual cake, but it's not mine, I just got it from Google for a reference :)

Perfect thanks, I'll try that out! Totally makes sense, thanks!

I know! I saw a cake making video and just had to turn it into soap somehow :D Ok thanks, is it better to use clear or white M&P though?

I want to make a soap that looks like it has gold drip on it (like those drip cakes), I don't know if I should use clear melt-and-pour or opaque melt-and-pour. Any suggestions?

I did some more research and think it's the vanillin in the FO, anything to do to fix that?

Yeah that would really help. I suspect the FO is to blame here, my supplier ran out of stock and when it finally came back in I grabbed all of it but maybe they changed something up. The rest of my ingredients were bought in bulk and have never given me trouble

Ok thanks for helping. I don't think it's the recipe though because I've used it a lot with no issues. And I've made this exact soap before twice with no problems, so I don't know what happened?

I've used the same fragrance oil before and it never did anything. however I noticed when I used it this time, there was very slight ricing in the pink soap better. But is there any actual definitive reason the soaps turned yellow and will that fade for sure?

Yes I cut it on the 4th and it's the 9th now. I don't know if the yellow is going to go down, is there any reason it turned yellow in the first place?

Yes it's freshly cut. I added colour (titanium dioxide, mica powder) and a fragrance oil, that's it

Wow this is all so helpful, thank you so much!! I've checked out your lye calculator and it is a Godsend, pretty much answers all my questions. Thank you once again!

Hey there, I'm a newbie to the soap making world and needed some help on a few topics. 1- What is the ratio of lye solution to oil blend? 2- What exactly is water discounting and how important is it? 3- If I want to add fragrance oils to my soap batter, do I have to reduce the amount of water...