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Bit of a late reply sorry, life got busy, but yes, thanks for the rec., I have already read some of those, still have to read the rest...

I'll keep updating this as time passes by the way. If another month or two goes by and the soaps still act vaguely like clay, then I'll...

I could yes, if my intention was to make a soap specifically for my dad. The goal however is to try and keep the recipe as...

Yeah, that's exactly my problem with commercial soaps. I don't know for sure if it's the oils that bother me, but I wouldn't be too...

That's true yes, but. There also remains the problem on if an oil will make my skin react too lol So not just my dad's potential...

Yes sorry lol, I had to get food for dinner, and kept getting interrupted irl while typing

I knew it's more expensive, but not that it made soaps softer (that or I forgot about the softer bit) So, I've been wanting to make and...

I forget at what point exactly I added it in that first batch, but I know for sure I added it after medium trace. I think I was probably...

Rather neat imo that it's moldable like this at this current stage though. I almost feel like it would be interesting to try and treat...

As @lsg mentioned, this is likely just because it's mostly olive oil, but for anyone curious, here are those pictures.

Literally as I was taking pictures I remembered about olive oil taking longer to cure haha, that's very likely the reason why 🤦‍♂️ The...

Yeah no, when I measured out the oil it was in grams, I just couldn't remember off the top of my head what the gram amount had been haha...

Hello! This recipe is one I've already made, and so far I've really liked how the bars turned out. They don't feel soapy or oily to...

Also, side note, the cruets I have that I was planning to use for any infusions, whether alkanet or otherwise, I'm thinking now that I...

In relation to this, I do have another question. When adding the alkanet infusion to the soap, is it best to add before adding the lye...