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Looks too soft of a soap, aim is to have 50-60% hard oils, rest soft ( liquid at room temperature, also coconut oil is great for bubbles and is generally not too drying up to 25% or even a bit more. I would put in lard between 30-40 %, hardens n moisturizes, too much olive oil in my opinion too-...

Excellent points! I’m making soap over at the families house for the holidays, and I’m thinking of making 100% coconut oil soap with 20% super fat. A simple soap but yet fun to make!

Thanks for the responses 1! I’ll keep doing what I’m doing, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

Hello again! So I was just wondering if I had to do the extra step of melting the hard oils and then adding the liquid oils to the melted hard oils. Or if I could just put all of my oils in the container together and microwave until they’re all melted and clear? is there a difference in the...

okay, thanks for the response! I'll just add up the fatty acid numbers to find out the bubbly, conditioning, hardness numbers....saw the calculations online- been soaping for over 8 years and just picked it back up again, starting from scratch on experimenting with diff recipes- its fun and...

Hi all! So I just signed up for the membership year of soap, making friend as a soap calculator. I initially really liked it as it saves so many recipes and has an easier way of reviewing all the recipes at the same time with the corresponding values, etc. But have noticed that the conditioning...

I just did another batch, checked it after 35 mins, and I saw gelling on the outsides- Vaseline, I know gelling starts in the middle so I guess it was completing gel phase? It looked like it was starting to gel from outsides- me and my strange soap!!

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I love gelled soap! It last longer and has a better lather imo

Ok, it seems the ones that gel overheat

Makes sense, thanks!

Thanks so much for the reply! I’ve been spoke soaping for over 10 years and with this new recipe, I have it makes it difficult to determine if it’s gelled unless I see the full gel in the oven and then it just overheats. I’ll just do some more experimentation and if I see a full gel, I’ll pull...

Hi all! I have been experimenting with different temperatures with CPAP and trying to figure out if my soap is gelling. Couple batches definitely gelled and overheated with the alien brain. They are super glossy and shiny, wacky looking. I did another batch and I tested the temperature and the...

So, I stupidly forgot to tare the scale before adding my mold and therefore the soap was half what it should have been, and the FO was really concentrated I suppose- anyway, there's an awful yellow stain in my 1lb silicone mold I know is from the Natures garden cinnamon FO. any suggestions on...

Thanks for the medical information, I'm gonna bring it up to my doc- Just stinks that everytime I get back into soaping, I took a break for a couple years but now am back with a vengeance!, I have these fingernail/cuticle pains....gotta nip in in the bud because I'm a verified soap addict, relate!

Well, actually I'm positive its the lye...forgot to mention that my fingernail turns yellow-its right after soaping...I've used the gloves to cut onions/garlic before with no adverse reaction... I'm thinking its in the cleanup, after I've taken my gloves off :( I shall work toward safer...

Hi everybody!!! First question I know you have is "do I wear gloves?", right? Yes, I wear those disposable gloves that come in a box, found in laundry aisle. I like those as opposed to the more rigid, reusable gloves because I theyre more flexible and its so much easier to soap, add colors...

Thanks all!!! It’s about 4 days since pouring- how long can it sit before being piped?

Hi all! I soaped with “shave n haircut” FO from B.B. and it accelerated and riced a bit- by time I was texturing my top all the colors blended together and made an ugly colored/ alligator skin- yuck! So my question is how to pretty up the tops?? Should I carve off the top to reveal a nicer...