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It already smells much much better! Thanks again for all the reassurance. Why don't they mention that in the recipes online, it would save a lot of worrying? Honey is not technically vegan, but I was only willing to go so far. He said honey would be ok :) Thanks again! My next attempt...

Thanks!!! Ok, I will not worry about it and just let it cure for awhile, hopefully it will smell good later. Have anyone ever done coconut milk with honey and oatmeal? For some reason that sounds weird to me, but I guess what I would eat together is not the same as what I would soap...

My husband is vegan, so I tried making a soy milk, oatmeal and honey soap so he could use it (rather than using the traditional goats milk). I took a basic 4 oil recipe that I have made plain before and liked, then used soy milk instead of water and added the honey and ground oatmeal at trace...

! Thanks again for all your help! I just unmolded the soap and cut it up today. it's still kinda squishy, but I think it'll dry out more now that it's cut up.

Awesome. I will try not to worry about it and just give it extra time. It was a batch with 630 g (22 oz) of olive oil and 8oz of water with the lye measured out. Gosh, this soapmaking takes patience ;) Do you get used to waiting so long for the bars to cure once you've made lots of...

I would estimate it was 1/2-1 cup extra water. Should I just leave it in the mold for a couple of days and see if it hardens up?

I decided to try this CP soapmaking thing as an alternative to making sweets for my family for the holidays. I made one mixed oil batch on Sat and it turned out fine :) Then I decided to make a pure castille and I accidentally got water from the tap into my oil as I was trying to cool it...