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They look absolutely gorgeous!

I bought a few fragrances (pumpkin, cranberry citrus, orchids) from a local vendor and one of their suppliers is a company called French Color & Fragrances. I was wondering if any of you have heard of them before. They provide me with the IFRA certificate for each of the fragrances I bought...

Well I just cut the soap and now is feeling quite hard and is no longer sticky. Thank you guys!!

Well thats awesome then. I am currently waiting for an order of sodium lactate to arrive. I Will update on my experience using it, once it arrive. Thanks

I reduced like 5% palm, coconut 2% and olive 11%. That make sense. I will wait longer next time. Thank you so much to both!

Hi guys, I started making soap with lard for the first time this week. Have already made 2 small batches to practice. I have noticed that in those 2 batches when unmolding some parts of the sides of the soap sticked to the silicone mold and the soap feels sticky and soft. Before using lard...

Thank you Obsidian and Todd for clarifying my doubt! I appreciate your help.

There was no oil floating at the top or sides. This is how they look after cutting: This is the recipe I followed:

Hi guys, After pouring my batter I covered the mold with cling paper. I noticed that it was causing some condensation. This is how the soap looks in the morning Would that be because of the cling paper wrapping? The water condensation? Have not cut the soap yet.

Thank you Todd for your kind words.

Thanks Shunt, will follow your recommendations on my next batch. What do you think is an appropriate amount of grapeseed? I'm going to take the opportunity to ask a question that I have on my mind right now... Can your soap get to full gel and still have stearic spots? Thank you guys!

Thanks @penelopejane for your help!! The uncolored spots where by design. I didn’t have the different color micas, so I divided the batter one colored one uncolored. Have to read about stearic spots didnt knew about them so I have something to tonight 😅.

Hey guys i couldn’t stop after making my first batch. So I made another this went a little different since I used fragrance and mica for the first time. The batter did accelerate making it difficult to scoop. This is the recipe used And this is how the soap turned out after unmolding. I waited...

This is it how it came out Can see a very thin crack in the third bar from the top. In the second picture there are some marks in the side. I cut the bars with a kitchen knife without cleaning it between cuts (not sure if that have anything to do with those marks).

Thank you guys for all the info provided. I have made my first batch a few minutes ago. I think everything when fine. The only thing I notice that worried me was the amount of air bubbles in the oil previous to adding the lye solution. This is a picture of my first tiny batch. Any feedback...

No, That was a mistake! I have edited the op. Thanks for pointing out!

Hi guys! Tomorrow I will be doing my first ever CP test batch. I will be using a 22oz crafters choice silicone mold. I have the following oils in inventory: Sweet Almond Oil Olive Oil Coconut Oil 76º (edited) Palm Oil Castor Oil Grapeseed Oil I was thinking in making the recipe in the photo...

Thank you so much guys for clarifyng my doubts.

I bought some palm shortening and wanted to know if it is the same as palm oil. In the manufacturer data sheet under components it says the following: “Mix of refined edible vegetable fats (palm and palm stearin), and antioxidant (TBHQ). The palm used is RSPO for mass balance.” In soapcal.net...

Hi everybody! My girlfriend told me a few weeks ago that she wanted to try to make her own homemade soap. I was completely ignorant (still fairly ignorant) to anything related on how to make soap. Started watching some youtube videos and got a general idea of the ingredients and tools used to...