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If I use 1/2 GM and 1/2 Aloe Vera should I still insulate my soap overnight?

Great thanks. For this recipe I used 30% of a mix of Olive and Canola (more Olive than Canola) so it isn't quite as high as yours. I didn't do a water discount though. I did 1/3 water, 1/3 aloe vera, and 1/3 GM. It just seems a little softer and a little more slick/stickish than the batch...

For those of you that use a high amount of olive oil in your soap recipe what is your soap like after 24 hours? Is it a little more slick feeling than batches w/lower amounts of olive oil? Should I wait 48 hours before demolding? It feels hardened like my other batches with lower olive oil...

Hey all! I have a question on the gel phase. I just made a batch of soap and it has hit the gel phase right now but when my soap gels it gets that dark gel look in the center but not the outer edges. Is that normal? Is it supposed to reach the outer edges? I cover mine with 2 towels...

What do you guys think of this recipe? How can I make it better? Babassu - 9% Coconut Oil - 15% Palm Kernal - 10% Cocoa Butter - 7% Shea Butter - 5% Apricot Kernal - 10% Castor Oil - 8% Olive Oil - 26% Safflower Oil - 10% Hardness - 38 Cleansing - 22 Conditioning - 57 Bubbly -...

Barb, How would I alter my recipe to raise the linoleic to 15?

how much do you use to color 3 pound batch? Do you drop it right into the bowl and mix?

Coconut Oil - 20% Castor Oil - 8% Olive - 37% Palm Kernel - 15% Rice Bran Oil - 10% Cocoa Butter - 10% I get: Hardness - 41 Cleansing - 23 Condition - 54 Bubbly - 30 Creamy - 25 Should be non-sticky and work okay shouldn't it?

Hey all, I made my first swirl soap yesterday and it looked so aweosme. I colored it green and did black swirls. This morning after I woke up and checked it all my swirls are gone. It is as if the colors blended together to form a dark green and I see no swirls. I dont know what I did...

Hey all! I want to use Aloe Vera Juice and GM instead of water in my next batch. I know to add the GM at trace but is it okay to dissolve the lye into the aloe vera juice?? Will it scorch it? Any help is appreciated. Also, what do you think of this recipe? I have heard not to do...

Thank you all for the great ideas! I will let you know how it turns out. Going to give it a shot tomorrow.

Yeah I'm with you on that one! There isn't much info. I have used it and I have Rosemary and Peppermint EO but when I put them together it doesn't smell the same. The bar itself is a hard bar but when you use it..it feels very conditioning to your skin and lathers well. I have been playing...

I am calling all you wonderfully talented soapers out there! There is this soap made by Aveda that is SO nice. I really want to make a soap similar to this and was hoping some of you would have some ideas on a recipe I could try that *may* come out close to something like this...