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I hope that this means you're feeling better.. I came home from work today feeling like garbage.. had pumpkin pie and whipped cream for dinner, now its 7:45pm, and I'm in bed with a cup of neo citran.. oh, the excitement that is my life, lol!

I love making cleaning supplies - and I love seeing all the amazing creations from people who do body care.. I've just started making bar soap,but I can totally see the addiction, due to the endless creative possibilities!

Waiting for oils to finish melting, so I can add lye water, then have some lunch!! (It's for HPLS paste).. also waiting on some paste to finish diluting..

Sooo gorgeous!! Makes me want to curl up by a fire I'm currently diluting soap paste, have laundry soap base in molds, another batch of soap paste on the go, and may make some bar soap just for fun.. I make cleaning supplies, and still need about 100 room sprays, 100-150 all purpose cleaners...

Recycle

I'm just beginning to make bars of soap, after making liquid soap for about 2 years (and some stain remover sticks, which I guess is a bar soap).. When I started making cleaning products, I had no intention of ever making body care - I have so many friends that make amazing work! BUT... for...

@steffamarie That soap is GORGEOUS!! As for me, I made a batch of HPLS paste, and some dryer balls. I mainly make cleaning products, but am wanting to make some CP soap for Christmas gifts- I've been practicing over the last few weeks, with a charcoal face bar and ultra moisturizing bar.. and...

Forest

Might it be the amount of oils that create a soft bar of soap in your recipe? From my calculations, it's about half of your total recipe.. my guess (and I'm a newbie), is that the amount of soft oils, plus overcooking, may lead to this.. I don't know why, but the first time I saw your post...

Did you recalculate your lye water , after subbing in a different oil? As each oil/butter has different SAP values, this could be part of why your results were the way that they were, on top of over cooking..

Thank you, @Misschief - I honestly can't even tell you how awesome it is, to have my daughter back... all happy and smiling, and as chatty as she was so many years ago! @lenarenee Thank you.. it was beyond awful.. and I fought hard for her, all these years.. so sad to say that it got so bad...

We recently moved 6hrs north of where we were, and now live in the Cariboo region of BC.. I have multiple happies going on, lol! Our daughter, who suffered such awful bullying for the last 10 years, has made some great friends very quickly - she goes to school happy every day (has not been in a...

I read thread after thread for hours when I first joined.. there is so much knowledge here!! And welcome, welcome!!!

What was your recipe? I'm no expert, but knowing the recipe will give a lot more info on what possibly went awry....

I made my second batch of cphp soap the other day, and got too busy to post.. it cracked, but it was soft enough to squish together (silicone mold). I definitely need wooden molds!! Since I live in hard water land, I used a few conditioning ingredients- in all, coconut, palm, castor, and argan...

Reliable

You're absolutely correct, @deanna ! I've had the "too much salt" happen, and it was cloudy! I've used Crothux, and overnight, my soap was like water! There really are so many factors to consider, aren't there? For instance, I neglected to mention that my LS is for washing dishes - which makes...

The first question I would ask, is how much water you used in your dilution. I make a lot of liquid soap, and found salt to be my preferred option.. however, if you've used too much water in your initial dilution, no amount of salt water will really help. Start with a 2:1 paste:water dilution...

Possibilities

I'm diluting a batch of HPLS today; been having issues with cloudiness, so I ran my recipe through a new calculator, which was much better, but not perfect. So, I upped my lye a smidge, and I think that I will be VERY happy today!