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Oh that is really pretty.

Thank you to everyone who helped. I have had another go this weekend and soaped at a slightly higher temperature and made sure i had reached a slightly thicker trace and this is what I made, so thank you all very much for your help xxx

No, I’m not too confused!!!!! I am going to try again next week and get to a medium trace if that doesn’t help I’m going to try changing the lye concentration. I only want to change one thing at a time so I can start to learn what has an effect on the outcome!!!! Thank you very much for your help xx

Hi madscientist, thank you for your help. I think I need to mix for a bit longer as well as soap at a slightly higher temperature, I think I only just had a light trace and I would have done better to get to a medium trace. Also, My house is not terribly warm at the moment so maybe I should...

Hi Dawni, Thank you so much for you help, now I know what I am looking for I have had a good look and I think you might be right. I will try my next batch at a slightly higher temperature and see how that goes, you have been very helpful, thank you xx

Hi, Dawni thank you for helping. I did take temps and both oil and lye were at 105f when I mixed them.....is that about right!!?? I will look at the links to the other threads, thank you for linking to them for me. Hi soulboy1973 I was so excited when I had actually managed to make soap and...

hello, I have had my first go at soap making and I have a bar of soap!! However it has some strange white swirls in it which I think may be glycerin rivers but I am not sure. Please can someone help me identify what they are and what I can do to prevent it. The recipe I used was 50% olive oil...