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Here's a recipe I tried out. When I unmolded it to cut one side was very oily. I'm wondering if it was the castor oil that did it? Bar Soap With 5% discount. Lye Amount: 234.95 Grams Water Amount: 143.33 Grams Goat milk: 400 Grams Cocoa Butter 310 Grams Olive 700 Grams Castor 110...

I made two batches of soap recently, and the finished, cured bars look like Reese's cups when cut. Dark outside, but creamy ivory center throughout. I don't mind one bit cause it looks pretty cool :), but im curious as to why it did this. I'm thinking it had to do with the vanilla fragrance...

I don't "think" my soap has a case of DOS, because I didn't overly superfat (5%), and I used a freshly opened bottle of olive oil and frozen coconut oil. When I poured it, it was a lovely lime green, but now, after curing for a few weeks, the bars have started to yellow around the edges. I had...

Hokie, dokie... I was out of shea butter, so I decided to sub cocoa butter instead and made a trial batch. Very heavy in the cocoa butter (like 50%), CO 25%, avocado oil 25%. Goat's milk: water= 2:1 ratio and NaOH..... Ok, I did this HP since I was in a experimental mood :lol: and go...

OK, so I've made several batches of soap throughout the last couple of years, mainly using recipes found here, there, and yonder.. :D So, Saturday, I decided to take a recipe and completely change up the oils, just substituting solids for solids, liquids for liquids, etc. I subbed shea...