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So, did the lotion smell weird right from the beginning or soon afterwards?

Well, I made soap with up to 10 % of castor oil and haven't had DOS on any one (yet). But then again, I started soaping in April. What else is in your soap?

Well, you didn't say it separated, just that it didn't harden, but that it did turn thick. That makes me think there was too much water. How much water did you add?

I used lavender EO.

I can't imagine why you couldn't use it, provided it isn't lye heavy. Soap is a soap, so you will get clean. :wink:

Oh, believe me I did! I had the same problem even when I washed my pots first with dishwashing detergent, didn't rinse and put in dishwasher. And there I thought I was so smart for putting some detergent (for dishwashing by hands) to help clean my pots better in dishwasher.

I don't recommend putting raw soap in dishwasher. What happened was all of my dishes and glasses (still few loads after I washed soapy dishes) were cloudy, I had to wash everything by hand. Later I found out that too strong alkaline solutions can cause etching. It was very hard to get rid of...

Well I am NO expert on HP either, I only did one, by accident. :lol: I did get similar effect. I think you get this effect when the soap is already thick and when pouring in the mold, you don't press the bather down. So you get some air pockets.

The first time I made soap the same thing happened to me. What I did was put my soap in double boiler, until it was liquid enough to stick blend and then pour in the mold. When the soap gels it's more runny, so it was easy to blend and then pour. I guess it's too late for this now for your...

I don't think your soap will melt at that temperature. If it would, rebatching would be so easy. :wink:

Actually, rubato456 is making vegan soaps, so she uses soy milk instead of goat's milk. She has many soaps made with soy milk posted in photo galery. :)

I am making lotion without stearic acid. It isn't too thin and not too thick. It looks as a cream, but when you apply it to the skin it behaves as a lotion, if you know what I mean. I use e-wax at 6-7%.

I bet your oatmeal drank up your water, that's why it got so hard. My bars with added oatmeal seem harder too. Nice soap! I don't know what to say about the gentleman. :roll: :lol:

Tabitha, I get what you are saying. Thanks for letting me know from sellers point of view. Mine is more along this lines:

I skimmed over this thread so it might've been mentioned already... I use icing/confectionery sugar, it dissolves in no time.

Of course! I just have to do it first. :wink: I am not at home yet, but will be in few days. I don't have any bar of pure castille, so I will try with other soap I have.

Wow, how come I haven't seen this before? Can't wait to try it out! Just like cooking jam. :D

My kids got bath time fun package of stuff. So, I can tell you what was in it. There wasn't anything bubbly unfortunately. So, it had bath bombs and one fun thing was that in middle of it there was a capsule (gelatinous stuff that surrounds medication). When it melted out popped a tiny sponge...

I haven't made lip balm yet, but judging from what use, I guess that lip balm usually doesn't contain water. Is that right? If that's so, then when you add liquid stevia, you add water, which doesn't mix well with oils and butters, so you get emulsion that separates. So, you would need to add an...

How about colloidal oatmeal? It's also natural remedy for itchy skin.