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Cold process oven process. You put your just made soap in a warm oven to force gel phase.

That makes sense. and I'll try freezing the embed if it doesn't set after a week. Thank you DeeAnna.

Actually @DeeAnna my batter got thick really quick, especially the main color. I'm thinking the light and dark portions sat on top in the pot and therefore ended up on the bottom. I probably could have avoided that by stirring the soap in the pot first. Alas, hindsight is 20/20. I am overmixing...

That was my attempt at an in pot swirl, but my colors ended up at the bottom. Every attempt is a learning experience I guess.

Thanks SunRiseArts

Thanks for your insight, I can use all the advice I can get.

I did force gel phase on this soap by putting it into my oven that was warmed to 170 deg F. Maybe I'll skip that in the future.

I used orange(50%), tangerine(45%) and clove(5%) essential oils at a ratio of 3% of my base oils.

Yes, it was a silicone mold. So It won't affect the soap then?

This is what the bottom of my soap looked like after unmolding. Has anyone seen their soap do this? Pictures of the cut side. Does it look like air bubbles or lye pockets?

Hi, just started making soap recently. I've made two batches so far. So happy to have found this community. I have found a lot of helpful information on here already. Looking forward to getting to know new people.

Thanks DeeAnna

Hi, just unmolded my 2nd batch of soap. Can anyone tell me if they have seen this before? I'll include a couple of pictures of the cut sides. Would love to hear any comments.