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What do you guys think of this recipe? DOS potential? Stearic spots potential? Or any other foreseeable problems? 5% superfat 2 tbsps powdered sugar 2 tsp sodium lactate 16 grams sodium citrate

I recently made a batch of soap using black mica. It has grey lather and some gray streaking in the tub... sad days. Can someone help me with my math to hopefully avoid that in the future? Math isn't my strongest suit. I've been able to get away with estimating how much colorant to use but for...

I bought a few fragrance oils that I haven't used yet because they discolor to a light beige. I don't have any vanilla stabilizer but really want to use them. I think my base is white enough in general with the higher lard and other white fats in general. I haven't worked with many discoloring...

What exactly does DOS smell like to you other than bad? I made a batch of soap two months ago using this recipe thats attached. Oils are still good, none smelled bad. Used nature's garden Bite Me FO (love love love it, smells exactly like the Zebra chewing gum) and for shits and giggles...

Was curious about what you experienced soap makers think about this subject. Not sure if it's been discussed before or not, I imagine so though. What do you think of selling soap that isn't "perfect"? Does it make you question someone's skill level? Just moved to WV and was checking out some of...

Hey soap makers, so I have been going nuts with soap making and now have accumulated a boat load of soap. I have started giving them away to friends and family. You know, here's some free soap, tell me about what you think of it so I can tweak the recipe sort of thing. I write the ingredients...

For those that use it in your soaps, where do you like to buy it from?

So, made some castile soap in January. All olive oil, madder root to color it pink. Then a few months later I made another soap, used annatto seeds to infuse the oil to a cheddar cheese color lol They have deleoped these large white spots on them. They arent soft or smell bad. Just weird...

When I visited MO a few months ago, I purchased a tallow bar of soap scented with spearmint eucalyptus from a local butcher shop. Smelled amazing, made the whole large bathroom smell like spearmint gum. I assumed it was EOs that was used but now I'm wondering if it was a FO. I bought a big...

I had fun making this one. Going for an ocean theme. Did a in the pot swirl. I have a problem with being patient, I wish I had waited a little longer to pour the other colors into the pot but still came out good. Would like to try for a thicker batter and see what effect that gives. I stirred it...

I made a batch of soap using boiled beer as the disstilled water replacement a few months ago. Besides some streaks in the shower from the dark stout used, its a really nice bar of soap. Issue was that it did overheat on me and formed a 1 inch deep crack in the center. I used a spicy fo, full...

I was excited to try a taiwan swirl technique. I think this came out good, even with the hiccups I had. I used Mad Micas snow white, hot lips mixed with some pretty kitty, tahitian teal and snake island. Used their eco glitter in I think color me aqua on top. I brought it to emulsion, hand...

First attempt at making pine tar soap. Absolutely a I did the method of splitting the oils, mixing the pine tar into one half of split oils, then added my eo/fo to. Second half of oils I mixed the lye solution into, brought to emulsion, then mixed in by hand 2 tbsps of achivated charcoal. Was...

I wanted to post this pic of this batch of soap for the attempted technique. Has anyone else tried it this way? I used fresh cut grass from nature's garden. With a homemade wood loaf mold and brambleberrys multi pour tool dividers. I did four colors instead of 3 like in the video but same...

I've tried quite a few recipes, by no means as many as you others have tried I'm sure, but so far I like this one the most. It makes a stable, creamy, dense medium bubbles lather. I haven't tried it with sodium lactate or the sodium citrate additives yet but hopefully improves lather and easier...

This is the recipe I used. At 33% lye concentration. I did add I think about 13 grams of sodium citrate to the distilled water and let it dissolve, then my lye was added along with tussah silk. When the lye solution cooled down I stirred in 2 tsp of sodium lactate. I used 3 oz of BB wild rose...

33% lye concentration, 5% superfat, 2.5 oz Coffee FO, 8.55 Goat milk, 1.3 Distilled water, tussah silk, sodium lactate This is my first time attempting to make a milk soap. I froze my measured out milk. I used the distilled water portion to dissolve the tussah silk in. Strained the milk/lye...

I made a castile (just olive) batch of soap 6 months ago, still letting it cure for 6 more months before using. I didn't use any additives as it was my first soap. Tried it a month ago and still very slimy. I want to make another batch but with canola oil to help with cost and supposedly it's...

Can citric acid and sodium lactate be used in the same batch? Want the citric acid to help with water hardness and the sodium lactate for soap hardness and lather boost.