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jennyannlowe

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My first oatmeal honey goats milk soap... Made last nite.

Soap is hard enough to unmold fine. I'm cutting it and so far so good...until I see a spot on one of the bars. See the close up....at the bottom and middle....a whitish gray spot? Its only on that one and it's not deep. Could it be a bit of tallow or something that didn't get mixed well enough?

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Hi Jenny!

Looking at your soap through my magnifying glass (yes- I'm sitting here with a magnifying glass, because I couldn't see it clearly enough, lol), it kinda looks a lot like what a lot of people call 'glycerin rivers'. Does the spot have a translucency to it in 'person'? I ask because that's what I'm seeing through the magnifying glass- like there's a bit of translucency to it. If so- it's nothing to worry about. Glycerin rivers are just an aesthetic anomaly usually caused by soap getting a little bit too hot when going through its paces. At least that's what it looks like to me. Hopefully others will chime in soon and lend their thoughts.


IrishLass :)
 
It does have translucency.

I knew with the milk, sugar, honey and tallow cocoa butter..etc... that it was gonna get real hot and real thick real fast...I worked like a maniac to get it in the freezer in time. Wore me out!
Anyway thanks!
 
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