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by only adjusting the base oils. For example, i love the smell that coconut brings and i wish my soaps where a little more tan in color. White is fine but a tan appearance would feel more natural. How can i bring a tan color with base oils and which base oils do you feel add the best aroma?

for those of you who do CP or perhaps have done HP and CP with EO's, how much do you feel the reaction breaks the EO's down?

does anyone have a link to a tutorial for rebatching? Im trying to save some overcooked batches.

this is a 35/35/30% pko/co/oo at 45% water and 10% fatting. i used soapcalc.net to figure. On edit: I should also mention that this was a CPHP process that cooked for about 7 minutes. I stickblended to heavy trace then cooked until the ring migrated from the edge to the middle. I took...

Take a look at this photo and help me understand whats going on here. To much cook, to little. Not enough mixing? this is a 35/35/30% pko/co/oo at 38% water and 10% fatting. i used soapcalc.net to figure. On edit: I should also mention that this was a CPHP process that...

my most recent batch of CPHP soap ( my third batch so far) is complete and the results are much better but i still had some odd results. Specifically, the soap has some small clumps that are well integrated into the soap. Is this perhaps not enough blending or overheating. Also...

ok, so my second batch was a fail. The didn't seem to gel up over time, cooked for a long time, and ended up being very crumbly. It falls apart into particles. My recipe is pretty simple using around 50 ounces of 50/50 coconut and palm kernel with about 7.5 ounces of NaOH. I think...

I'm trying to calculate the amount of oil to use in order to fill my hand made mold to an appropriate level. I have calculated that i need 128 fluid ounces of end product. Applying the .40 modifer i believe that i need to start with 51.2 fluid ounces of base oil. SO i can melt my...

i want to make Eucalyptus and Tee Tree soap and i want the EO concentration to be strong but not too strong. Since I'm a newbie, i thought i would ask what the common concentrations used may be. Thanks in advance.

I see a number of recipes that include these two oils plus olive oil. My understanding is that coconut may dry skin while olive oil makes for a softer soft. Do you guys have any input on the effects of leaving out the olive oil or the benefits that adding it provides?