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Thanks for the help btw everyone. I really appreciate it and I've learned so much. **just looked back at the thread and totally missed the part about adding the CM to the oils *slaps forehead*

@cmzaha you guessed right; I've been adding in the coconut milk afterwards so I'll try adding it to the oils next time. I was basing off those half and half recipes that tell you to add the CM at trace, but that clearly doesn't work for me lol. And with reducing castor I take it just add the...

@earlene the first time I did it the temps of both were 70°F and it did the same- maybe this time it'll trace slower with less CO? And blending wise I can try I again but each time it started to trace immediately the moment I starting blending high or low temp. And question when the lye was...

So I tried again. Recalculated all the superfat (thanks for the help and the link! @DeeAnna) and wound up with this: Coconut oil 25% Olive oil 40% Safflower oil 15% Shea Butter 15% Castor oil 5% Water % of oils 35% Superfat 2% I'm still having a problem with the tracing quickly. I thought...

@amd @IrishLass that sounds like a good idea. Deanna above linked a calc for finding out the fat percentage, have either of you ever calculated that? What's your experience?

Hey everyone, thanks for your replies. I'm going to discard the first recipe - @lsg I added lemon juice to be fancy but it's impractical. @earlene You make a good point about the freezer. Mine freezes things very well, so next time I'll try it without the ice bath. Coconut milk brand is...

I have a big issue that keeps happening. I'm making a coconut milk soap. I freeze the coconut milk and add the lye, slowly (10min process), in an ice bath. The lye mix doesn't really heat up much more than around 70°F (which is weird to me cause I see soapers note it gets hotter). I melt my...