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Thinking of you! Unconditional love is amazing and hard.. Glad she got her pedicure. I hope you have more time with her- and thank you for helping her in her hour of need

Here are ingredients from an amazon product: Dudu Osun Black Soap Ingredients: Pure honey, Shea butter, Osun (Camwood), Palm kernel Oil, Cocoa pod ash, palm bunch ash, Aloe Vera, Lime Juice, Lemon Juice, Water and Fragrance. Using ash for the base? Know it’s done, don’t know details

Here’s a link to DeeAnna’s article on water concentration: https://classicbells.com/soap/waterInSoap.asp Good luck and enjoy the process!

Lovely!

And if you read the article from Aunt Clare’s. Log, SHE links back to DeeAnna’s article related to glycerin: https://classicbells.com/soap/streakMottle.html

Thanks everyone. I was just doing as instructed in the directions. My oven has always been very accurate but it is getting on in years and I may need to check the accuracy. Soaping is a journey. I really appreciate all the help and feedback from all on this forum.

Thank you !!! Reminds me of something I saw years ago as an enlarged microscope picture. I followed the directions in the book since it was a one bar recipe, but will not repeat! Thanks again

I’m following single oil soap recipes in Scientific Soapmaking. My olive oil soap was in a smooth mold but have a very bumpy surface, unlike anything I’ve seen. Any idea what happened? It’s on the bottom and sides but the top is smooth. It was very thinn when I poured it, then was in an oven at...

I’d say it was worth the wait! Lovely

I am a low volume soaper, but have made regular Castile a few times for the grandkids. A few weeks ago I made Zanys Castile soap with 5% castor oil. I added citric acid at 2% following the guidance form DeeAnna at Classic Bells ( thank you DeeAnna!) ...

Found this on the web and love it: Cut a piece of styrofoam the size of the wood mound cavity. Then wrap it like a present on 3 sides, place it in cavity and remove the foam. I did cover foam with plastic to prevent foam shedding.