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Soap Fail! I wanted to make soap tonight. I used up all of my master batches oils, so I carefully measured out my lye and water mixed those. Measured out all my oils, mixed those and heated them to 115°. Measured out my FO. Mixed my colors to perfection with oil out of my main batch. Checked my...

So I have been searching the old posts, and can't find any posts on this. I made a double batch of my normal recipe with Lemon Verbena FO from BB and I think I forgot to double the lye water. It is still pudding soft after a week. I have not rebatched before. Is there a way to tell if there is...

Ok, so this might be a silly question. For those who sell soap, and have been, when testing a new FO. Do you wait a year to see how it holds up, or do you know how your base recipe holds up and sell it? I have been reading a huge ton of old posts on here, and it is very often repeated that you...

OMGoodnes my 3yr old DD just tried to "smell" a batch of soap I made on Thrusday. She pushed a chair up to my curing rack, got a step stool and put it on top of the chair, climbed up and stuck her nose in the soap. It is still zappy. I have been rinsing her nose with cool damp paper towels for...

So I made a batch of a recipe I have used before with success, with 3 changes. The recipe is in the photo below with the addition of BB sensuous sandalwood fragrance oil at 7g, and vitamin E oil at 11g and Mica mixed with some of the soap oils. The problem I am having is that the soap will not...

So, I posted backwards, I saw the introduction forum after I posted in another group. Sorry about that. So, hello! I'm from Oklahoma, I have three kids that are still little-ish (9, 5, and 3). My 5 year old got me into soap, he has severe skin sensitivities. He has ended up with chemical burns...

So I am new to the group, but I have been reading for about a week. I hope this is okay to post. So most of the soap that I have made was special for my son who was allergic to all over the counter soap, including laundry soap, body soap, and fabric softener. Along with diapers. So I started...