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Please help! I've got 3 molds of GM soap, which I soaped at cooler temps... These white globs started appearing as it was cooling in the mold, and this morning I tongue tested the white spots and they were DEFINITELY lye heavy. I'd hate to throw them away, but can they be saved? Since...

so after two days, the whipped up scrub is holding together nicely. depending on the temp, it varies from firm to runny, but no separation. (i added sea salt instead of sugar, but that shouldn't make a difference I suppose). lindy, thanks so much for the cornstarch idea - any suggestion on...

thanks for the links! so the key seems to be stearic acid and emulsifying wax. I can find stearic acid, not sure about the other one. I tried whipping some coconut and palm oils and beeswax, and for now it's looking pretty creamy and uniform. hope it stays that way. I didn't expect it to be...

so, i've been trying to come up with a body scrub recipe, and found lots of helpful info here. but what i am still not clear about is how to prevent oils and sugars from separating. i don't have access to many ingredients where i live, but have lots of honey and beeswax that i could make use...

If you use soapcalc, what does value of 5 on cleansing really mean? I have a small amount of coconut oil left and no access to other cleansing oils (PKO or Babbassu, or whatever else is out there). All other oils have 0 cleansing values. I want to use approx 55% olive, 40% palm and 5%...