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Gorgeous!

Stay warm and safe until this dies down.

Hmm... So when trying to come up with a new recipe, those numbers do not even come close to the outcome or they are right about there, in that neighborhood at least? How do we make custom formulations and how do we judge a LS? All my playing on the soap calculators doesn't amount to anything...

I played with the soap calculator trying to get a much higher bubbly number while keeping my conditioning numbers a high as possible. I make a dish soap (recipe posted by a big soaper on YouTube) with 50% Soybean, CO and OO and it is very, very rich in bubbles, it cleans very well and it is...

I tried a new recipe with 65% sunflower oil, CO, Castor and Soybean Oil. The paste took a much longer time to trace, went very slowly though all the stages, stayed very light as far as color and smelled... just like roasted sunflower seeds LOOOL. The paste is now diluting, the liquid soap has...

Thank you Susie. I've done many batches of LS, but never used these oils before. In trying to figure this out, I looked and compared with other batches: it is not the OO, because I made a batch of pure castile from the same oil (100% OO) and didn't have that happen. It must be either the Soy or...

I am finally out of my bastile soap (85% OO, 10% CO, 5% Castor) so I try to tweak my recipe in hopes of getting more bubbles. I go a bit lower on the OO, up the Castor, the CO, I introduce Soy and Canola oil into the formula (I don't have it on hand, but I shall post it later on if needed). My...

Well, I went ahead and experimented a bit with this: I didn't measure, cause I was too sleepy to get my stuff out, but I added about 1-2 ml to about 200 ml pure castile liquid soap that was thickened with HEC. Surprize! The CB acted like a saline solution! It made a pearly flurry in the...

Super! Thanks so much lsg!!

I've had some Cocamidopropyl betaine sitting on my shelf for almost a year now, waiting for me to get to it, but I keep postponing since I don't know what percentage I should add to my LS and how it will be affecting the stability of my formula over time. I've been thinking about using it to...

PuddinAndPeanuts, you cracked me up! I know, right?? I had a terrible chemistry teacher and hated chemistry back in the day. When I started soaping a few years back I was like "****, I have to embrace and love chemistry now??? I thought I would be parting with it forever after high school and...

I love the first one! It looks like wood grain. :)

Pretty!!!

I too use de-ionized water for my CP soap and my 99% pure NaOH produces the same type of scum on the surface of the water. I never had perfectly clear water when dissolving my lye. I do work with a water discount, so I have a more concentrated lye solution. I never filter, never bother with it...

Hmmm... the top layer and the texture left on the bottle looks a lot like what I am dealing with. Yours looks pretty clear on the lower layer, as compared to mine, which is all opaque looking. I am starting to think it's the glycerin PLUS the fragrance that is causing this to happen. I have a...

That's correct! Thanks so much for your input, Faith! I am looking forward to see that pic. In the meantime I am trying to see my options for checking under a microscope for bacteria or mold. I am not sure if we should use this soap or not, I have a few bottles from this batch, and it would be a...

Yes, after adding the glycerin. Maybe a bit over 2 gallons, but not much.

Ooops!!! I wrote my reply in a hurry, while doing something else. Sorry about that! Lye excess that is!! Not discount! Pff... That would throw anyone off. Sorry about that. Here's the exact formula: Pure Olive Oil: 1106 grams (39 oz) Coconut Oil: 283 grams (10 oz.) KOH 90% purity: 314 grams...

Susie, I feel comforted in your words and I hope this is what I am dealing with. There is no bad smell whatsoever. I keep checking all the bottles, no bad smell in any one of them.

Faith, This particular soap was made using Catherine Failor's method. It's strange because I made a lot of soaps using this exact same recipe, but I currently have 3 different fragrances on the shelf from this same batch: - one lot with one of the fragrances looks perfect, - the second lot -...