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I read once that it was because soap comes in contact with our private bits, whereas lotion will not. This made sense to me, but there could obviously more to it than just that.

I posted last week about constant issues with my palm recipe. I was beyond frustrated and on the fence about lard. Well, yesterday, I revamped everything I have been doing. I swapped out my palm for lard, soaked at 90* (my studio was about 95* and my oil would cool any lower...and I may have...

I appreciate everyone's thoughts, so much! @Zany_in_CO when I was soaping at a lower temp, I was getting terrible stearic spots. Other than that, I loved how everything was coming out. Any ideas on how to prevent them? I do make sure my palm reaches 150-160* when I'm melting it, and that there...

Thank you for posting that. It didn't necessarily answer these questions, but it was really interesting to see, and did answer some other questions. My recipe is 45% OO 30% PO 25% CO I use a 15% water discount to avoid my original soda ash problem. I add the GM powder (0.5 oz ppo) into the...

I have been using a po/co/oo recipe with powdered GM added to the warm oils that my friends and family have absolutely loved. My only issue had been soda ash and some partial gelling. I stopped making it for a while, as I had no outlet for it. I finally scraped up the money to buy enough...