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  1. 42things

    How to use Essential Oil in soap.

    I'm going to make a patchouli vanilla soap. I heard patchouli sticks well and I'm going to soak my vanilla beans in the patchouli oil for a couple months before I use it. When do I add this oil? And how much do I add?
  2. 42things

    Very Lye heavy. Can I salvage? Rebatch?

    Anyone? Here's the amounts i used 625 gm Evoo (22 oz) 750 mL water (3 cups) 210 gm Lye (7.4 oz) I was dumb and followed a recipe that did not involve weights so these weights are after the fact. I ran it through the lye calculator for the amount of Evoo I should have only had...
  3. 42things

    My Castile Soap did not harden... any tips?

    I used 3 c cold water, 3/4 c lye crystals, 3 c EVOO mixed the lye with the water, then the lye water with the oil, stirred forever until it was fairly thick, leaving tracks as I stirred and a drop would kind of sit on top. I poured it in the mold and then wrapped it in a towel and put it...
  4. 42things

    hey :)

    Just a little introduction from me My name is Jo, I'm 34, two kids and have been interested in making soap for a long time. I just attempted making my first ever soap... castile with EVOO so now I have some questions!
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