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Thanks for your reply. Should I just strain off the soda ash?

I think I might have found the answer from @AliOop.😊

Last night I master batched about 70oz of 1-1 lye/distilled water. I mixed it really well and this morning it had a thin crust on top and looks cloudy. This has happened before and I dumped the solution. I’ve also have had it come out clear with know problems….🙄 Any ideas why this happens and...

Thank you so much! Your recipe will be joining my family for Thanksgiving.

Well you can’t just post a picture without the recipe 🤪

Is there any benefits? And I’m assuming I would just add a few tablespoons and not replace all my liquid with it.

My husband likes Bourbon and as a no I wanted to make him a soap using Bourbon. Would I boil it first to get rid of the alcohol like you would with beer? I searched the forum and couldn’t find a post about using Bourbon in soap. Thanks in advance for any advice! 😊

Does the carrot juice have a fragrance to it?

What does sunlight do to curing soap??

@artemis and @KiwiMoose when adding juices and food does the soap ever go bad? Does it need an expiration date? (Thank you both for your responses) and do you use the juice or purée in place of your liquid??

I was going to mix it in with my oils before adding the lye. Thanks for your help!

Can I use it as as a substitution for the additional liquid needed to be added to my 1:1 lye solution?

I currently masterbatch lye at a 1:1 concentration and when adding the remaining liquid I usually use goats milk or goats kefir. I was wondering if juiced for example carrots could I use that for my remaining liquid? (I actually want to try passion fruit because I have an arbor that produces a...

Hi I’m new to soaping and find this thread very interesting... what do you mean by dual lye?

Bramble Berries liquid dyes

I’m sorry CP... but does it matter?

Looking for advice on when to use one over the other... are their advantages to one over the other? Disadvantages? as always thank you for your responses...I have learned so much from this site.

I do and will check it out ! Thank you. Happy holidays.

@GemstonePony and @dibbles thank you both for your response; super helpful. Happy holidays!

@GemstonePony and @dibbles i do run everything through a lye calc (soap making friend), masterbatch my lye1:1, use goats milk for the extra liquid and my super fat is 5% Coconut oil 30% Rice brand oil 25% Sunflower oil 20% Babassu 15% Avocado oil 10% this recipe I also add Himalayan salt to...