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Thank you for clarifying. That makes sense now :)

Yes, I used 20% SF and very finely ground pink salt (from Costco). My normal SF is 2% so it's 10x for salt bars.

To enter the May 2024 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding the next number and your name to the bottom of the list. Sign-up list: 1. Justsomeguy - it's gonna be nerve wrecking but I'm in. My first venture into multicolored soap😬 2. Ackosel...

@ackosel it can't be DOS as that takes weeks to develop. Since the soap is (unintentionally) unfragranced, it's more likely that some ingredient reacted with the lye solution to create the color dots, or the pouring and swirling pulled over some other colors into the white. Colors often change...

I may be wrong, but my opinion is that it is better to do one long infusion, rather than several short ones. First, I don't see what is gained by several short infusions. You've let everything cool off and now are using more energy to heat it back up again. Second, my understanding is that...

Same here. The itchiness is usually worst on the second and third days for me. Anyway, thank you for this! I will definitely be giving it a try. 😊

How large was your batch of soap? Unless it was 5lbs or so, and had lots of water and slow-tracing oils that were under 100F, you blended way too much. By way of comparison, I can only do three 1-second blasts of stick-blending with my 1000g batches, or I’m at thick trace almost immediately.

@Nanna ugh, so sorry. 😢 Those darn flowery EOs smell so good but are the worst for acceleration. Combining them with the thickening power of clays will create a speed challenge, for sure! To offset the floral EOs, you could try using @KiwiMoose’s trick of adding in some citrus EO to slow it...

We've all had soaping days like that! Kudos to you for trying again. :)

Man that is just rough. Hang in there!

You are a supporting member, so you qualify to enter, regardless of the number of posts. :)

I would have loved to drive when I was fourteen, but now that I'm the adult, there is no WAY that I want my grandsons getting their permits at that age!! I guess that makes me a hypocrite, or perhaps just older and wiser?

Neither sugar nor SL cause acceleration, thankfully. I would add the colloidal oats either to some of your additional liquid, or blend it dry into the oils before adding the lye solution. I don't think any healing properties of AVJ come through saponification, but it does create nice bubbles...

My chiropractor daughter says that most bone breaks result in arthritis in that area of the break, and that this also tends to flare up with barometric changes (in addition to the scarring and inflammation mentioned by Paradisi). So sorry this is happening! Are they providing any physical...

Gorgeous! (pssstt.... you TOTALLY should have entered that in this month's SMF Challenge!! Make another one and enter!!)