soap troubleshooting

Hi all! I cut this loaf yesterday, and I’ve never seen this in my soap before. I did a search online to try to troubleshoot it, and nothing is really answering the question. This is my recipe: Coconut oil - 25% Olive Oil - 25% Palm Oil - 16% Kokum Butter - 12% Hemp Oil - 8% Castor Oil - 4% It...

Hello! Any ideas as to what’s going on with these loaves? All pictures are using basic palm/coconut/Olive oil recipe at 33/33/34 no water discount. The first two have these spots on top... are they steric spots or soda ash? I spray with alcohol right before covering the mold up to gel and then...

Hello, I am working on making a good Castillo soap. It works well and it is nice and creamy. But the bars have developed a weird white layer. Can anyone give me some advide on what I am doing wrong? I used soapcalc to get the recipe right, then blended the heck out of it with an immersion...