madde hughes
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So I have tried this recipe twice now. The first time was when I had first started making soap, and I did not put it in the soap calc or anything like that. I just followed it straight from the book, which is The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners by Kelly Cable. The recipe is called "Anti-Aging Face Bar". This is how the recipe in the book goes:
So fast forward to 2 weeks ago, I decided I wanted to try making them again. This time I followed the recipe but I added sodium lactate hoping it would help. I put the recipe in SoapCalc and it says everything is right, but according to the book but at 5% SF and 38% water, it says the lye amount should have been 4.7 oz. However, since I am still fairly new at this, I stuck with the recipe from the book hoping with the sodium lactate it would be enough to harden it this time around. Yet once again, I can not get them out the molds because they are so soft and it would ruin the look of some of them (its a flower type mold). The other plain bars I did are even ruined. Posting a picture for reference. Just wondering what could be happening?
- 10 oz olive oil
- 9 oz coconut oil
- 5 oz apricot kernel oil
- 4 oz castor oil
- 4 oz cocoa butter
- 2 oz shea butter
- 4.1 oz lye
- 12.9 oz water
- .25 oz carrot seed EO
- .25 oz frankincense EO
- .15 oz myrrh EO
- .50 oz geranium EO
So fast forward to 2 weeks ago, I decided I wanted to try making them again. This time I followed the recipe but I added sodium lactate hoping it would help. I put the recipe in SoapCalc and it says everything is right, but according to the book but at 5% SF and 38% water, it says the lye amount should have been 4.7 oz. However, since I am still fairly new at this, I stuck with the recipe from the book hoping with the sodium lactate it would be enough to harden it this time around. Yet once again, I can not get them out the molds because they are so soft and it would ruin the look of some of them (its a flower type mold). The other plain bars I did are even ruined. Posting a picture for reference. Just wondering what could be happening?