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Thanks DeeAnna, I appreciate your expert opinion. The first trial bars are curing atm :)

thanks Penelope :)

South Australia

Forgive me if I don't explain this idea well, I have mulled over a few parts, but am not sure of the feasibility of the whole. I am hoping the brains trust will show me where I am right, and where I am wrong in my thinking, and the all important...why I am wrong or right. salt water soap I am...

congratulations on your first batch McLasz! sure things went wrong for you, but when you sit back later and re-live it...you really should pat yourself on the back for all the things you did do right. You soapcalc'd, you wrote detailed notes, you made clear calculations, you coloured...

working well for me. I use honey though.

have you considered using liquids other than water to thin it for a squeeze bottle? what 'thinning' substances have you tried so far?

the Shea Butter M&P I have tried does not lather with bubbles when compared to the other M&P I have tried.

I use SFIC Goats Milk Base (Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerin, Goat’s Milk, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, Sorbitan oleate, Oat Protein, Titanium Dioxide) Its about as 'natural' as I can find, and I like the soap properties more than other brands I have tried

If you add water you will activate the reaction between the acid and base. Humidity may also activate the bomb, but adding water imho is asking for an 'event' :)

I also like 'Little Goat Soapery'. It conjours rural, heritage, clean, natural themes. All of which I value. I really like goats (we used to have 3 does and their yearly babies), so will not walk past a 'tickle me' goat display. As for the smell, like all show animals, goats can be bathed. Our...

these were soaps that had cured for 12 weeks, hardened, and lathering beautifully. Yet they have softened over june , its odd. I keep a dehumidifier in my work room too.

I have noticed some of my cured soaps becoming softer, and a few had the beginnings of beads of moisture. My work room is very cold, and though the soaps were in card boxes, they were under a low bench. I am attributing it to the higher moisture levels and cold of our southern winter...cant...

what about a coarse ground oatmeal and coconut flour CP. I have had success with coarse ground oatmeal soap in a Honey and Oatmeal Bar.

if you have Crisp Anjou Pear, it really didnt smell nice to me at all, until I put it in CP. Like nasty type of not nice. Syrupy, chemically, nasty best wishes

'Mild' is also an individual quality. An individual may find a classically 'mild' soap formula irritating, so it isnt 'mild' for them specifically, ie olive oil based formulas can be irritating to some people, even though it is meant to be a 'mild' product

Good point CaraBou, I purchased mine around September 2017, from an Australian supplier.

BB Anjou pear is really lovely in CP soap. I didnt like A Pear much in other products, so decided to use it up in a CP batch. Everyone sniffed and sniffed and said how beautiful it was. I did use BB Tart Apple to make up about 1/5 of the FO content. The scent is very outdoorsy and fruit...

perhaps a 'best before' year would be appropriate?

perhaps you could use an instant coffee instead of the grounds, then everything is soluble. perhaps include something like polysorbate 20 to help with oily-ness