Thank you all, very interesting. Would not adding the FOs too change the consistency of the batter? I would love to be able to do that, but I soap around 110 to 120.
What defines me???? Mmmmmmm I am still trying to find out with soap making. I prefer MP and HP. I specially love HP soaps. When I do CP is only because I am playing with design.
I am an oil painter, it took me several years to find my place. So we shall see.
So maybe you all can chime in? I made two different batches. The first one (the top one of the picture) I forgot to add the mica to the oils :headbanging:, so added at trace, and then went through the HP process. It was supposed to be coral pink, and look like an ugly dark orange .... the second one I did remember and the color, and is exactly the color of the mica and I love it. Is an orange EO soap. Is the one in the bottom. Gold is one of the school colors for my son high school, and I was making a present for a teacher.
I do know some micas react weird. I have a green one that when I mix it in the batch turns brown, but after a day, goes back to green as the soap is drying.
What you all think? 1st one main ingredient was lard, and the second one main ingredient was GV shortening. Never used GV before, but I really love how it all came out although it was slower to trace.