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No crumbling, these cut smoothly! Thanks to @DeeAnna for her expert advice!! It's a subtler pink since I was shy with the clay. I didn't check much for firmness before the 24h hour mark since I was busy with work anyways, but once I was off I went straight to checking on it and it was good to...

Used ZNSC. 90% Olive oil, 10% Coconut oil. No scent, no color. Cut and beveled, I am sTOKED! Something about simple bars is just *chef's kiss.* Milk carton setup. Used Jenga blocks to prevent sagging LOL. I think it worked?? The parchment paper left a wrinkly texture, but it should be easy to...

I am puzzled (and a little heartbroken) so help is much appreciated! I made two bars this weekend with the same recipe. I add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 of sugar to the distilled water before mixing the lye. I soap at around 36C. The problem lies with Soap bar 2. When it came time to cut...

Looking online I saw this article on blog.thesage.com where the poster infused sweet almond oil with paprika powder by putting it in the microwave for a minute, then letting it sit overnight. Is this an effective way to infuse soap? I wanted to try making a nice orangey soap tomorrow with this...

I've been lurking the threads around here and there's something that confuses me. Is there any point to using other oils, say almond oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil and the like, if soap only cleanses? Same for using milks and such in place of distilled water? These kinds of ingredients tend to...

Hi! Excited to be here. I started out with melt and pour and have since moved to cold process by putting down a chunk of money for an in-person course. I really enjoyed the experience and I feel confidence in safely handling NaOH from it. The reason I started was because all the pretty soaps...