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Its really fun using a spoon to mix the lye and the oils

https://books.google.com/books?id=nNSJDzezG0UC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=starch.in+soap&source=bl&ots=Zc5jJvRn1I&sig=20v7vaP_SQFdtz7_BdzNyHmn51Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HyLeVN_CC5S7ogTF24KICA&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA

When you put more food into your soap than yu do into your body.

Hey starda dancer! Im in the bay area as well! Nice to have a fellow soapers close by. I know this post was awhile ago, but maybe we'll cross paths soon! There's so muchb in the bay area and yet as a soaper I feel so isolated!

Maybe mine.

Now its charcoal and slight metallic bronze with purple tints ! I was at the studio today and took pics of the rebatch version of this monster. Ill post some in a bit. I also found out the CULPRIT of this mishap ! Poor hibiscus, I blamed it for naught ! It was rancid HEMP OIL that Is GUILTY ! &...

I was guided by other soapers on here and fb that a preservative would need to be used , like suttocide A.

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?p=460180

I made a base comprising of coconut, mct, and castor oils only. I divided the base into three 19oz batches , and added 11oz each of coconut milk, rosewater, and distilled water, respectively. An experiment. But I wanted to see if anyone else had done it before.

I have a similar thread on asking about rosewater . I know this post was long ago but I'd like to speak with someone who's diluted their paste with a liquid other than water.

I DID however rebatch this log and it turned out a rustic charcoal color. Havent tested the lather yet but its curing like normal soap as we speak. And smells like fresh wheatgrass. Guess it won out.

Hahaha yea. The dents are from me pressing my fingers into it and not thinking to take a picture until after. Had the soap been fully cured and that color, I would have been amazed. Because it kinda looked like a galaxy. But I had a hibiscus acidity mishap and . . . Yea .. oil was trapped at the...

Bee pollen hibiscus wheatgrass charcoal hahaha

Thank you so much . Knowledge is power. Off to buy some now !

What are good preservatives for ph above 8?

But duly noted FGOriold

I haven't tried my hand at it but I heard that combination soaps are the creamiest !

Right on that front. If you're asking this question expecting the same results with naoh as for koh then you will be disappointed. But naoh liquid soap can be done.

Speaking of that I did forget to put that I used optiphen as a preservative . In all three batches. I was so focused on the dilution part of the experiment when explaining.

I asked because I made a base comprising of coconut, mct, and castor oils only. I divided the base into three 19oz batches , and added 11oz each of coconut milk, rosewater, and distilled water, respectively. With some ps80 for the coconut milk dilution. An experiment. But I wanted to see if...