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Yesterday l started a Himalayan rhubarb root-olive oil infusion & gave my Annatto-olive oil infusion a good shake.

I like to add EO to the clay and let that sit some time before adding to oils followed by lye. Theoretically, adding the EO-clay mixture at trace might help better retain the EO scent since saponification has already begun.

Annatto infused oil plus indigo should give a lasting green too as documented here.

Georgeous deep pink! What do you mean by the “second infusion”?

What a beautiful purple! I was under the impression that using a yellowish olive oil would not give purple results. What’s “blueberry soap”? And what are your percentages of infused oils? Thanks

Where can l purchase some?

Try beeswax at 2% for the soda ash and cover with plastic wrap immediately upon pour.

Jasmine fragrance oils just cannot compare to jasmine essential oil, although more expensive

Do you use a heating pad (or anything else) for any amount of time to achieve gel with cavity molds?

Yep, soda ash. Using 2% beeswax and not letting air touch it while it saponifies (I.e. cover with plastic wrap) seems to help.

The last time I tried to gel my cavity molds with a heating pad, l got alien brains! Any advice? I really want my soaps to gel.

These are beautiful! What did you color use to color?

Have you tried indigo?

Sustainable palm oil is a myth. Once ecosystems are disrupted with palm production there’s no going back. It’s cheaper though because the collective cost is not considered.

You must try infusing your oils with a (natural) colorant! I got beautiful pink with alkanet infused oil.

Green clay is natural and keeps its color!

Hurry Up In n Out!

Beautiful blues! So how has the blue held up?

Thank you so much for the feedback everyone! I'm holding onto it based on your feedback. Before using it I will have to see whether it turns solid white in the fridge or not :)

I ordered coconut oil which arrived completely liquified even at room temperature and its color is unmistakably yellow! Has it deteriorated? Should I throw it out? Thanks for your help!