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I bought some micas that morph in CP. When I use them after the cook in HP, they are still vibrant.

Wow, thats beautiful.

I love the soap, the stamps, and the fabric. Very clever.

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I love the green/yellow one.

If I saw that beautiful bar at a boutique, I couldn't keep myself from buying it.

Love it!

Im only guessing, but since its an 18 bar mold, you're probably using 72 ounces of oil. Since you don't know your superfat %, I'd guess you used the standard 5%. By changing out 2 ounces of oils, you could have changed your superfat to only 2%, which would be a really drying soap. (I'd only...

If I were going to do it, I think I'd boil the whiskey a little to get the alcohol out. I'm pretty sure you won't get much whiskey scent into the soap. You'd have better luck if you could find a whiskey scented fragrance oil.

Soap safe is not the same as soap stable. It only means that its safe to use in soap applications. Soap stable means it will hold its color in high ph. I made the same mistake. I know the difference now.

I see a hoot owl in the bottom right of the sweet grass

I opened this post and thought, "those are gorgeous" and then read that you wanted to throw them away. They might not be how you expected them to turn out, but they are stand alone beautiful. Look at them with new eyes.

I hope Im understanding this correctly. You say the castille called for 9.26 oz lye. You used 9.26 oz of lye solution, since its a 50/50 solution, you only used 4.63 oz of lye. Probably the same problem for the other soap too.

I have one of the hobby cutters. Its wonderful, unless my loaf is too long. I built myself a cutter for my longer molds, and with spacing of 1 1/4 inches.

I add my milk to the oils. I don't get a butter, its all liquid. Then I add a 50:50 lye:water solution. I've never had separation, or discoloration.

The lye is not toxic, but it is caustic, which means it can burn or corrode living tissue. (So just don't drink it) You need to take precautions to not burn yourself (wear gloves, goggles) but I wouldn't say it was hazardous to your health.

Those are beautiful. If mine turned out that pretty, I'd be doing ITP all the time!

Those are really nice. What is the liner made of?