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I made a small batch 3 days ago. It’s still a bit soft when I unmolded it. But the ash is still there even after covering...Is it common to get ash so soon? That seems weird. I’m stumped. I’m going to gel my next batch and see if it makes a difference.

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Thanks so much everyone!

Thank you! They were a lot of fun to make. 😊

So this is my um “stylized” pink grapefruit soap. I wanted to try my hand at soap dough so I made some grapefruit slices last week, sliced them up and used them as embeds here. I’m still learning how this vegan/palm free base behaves and I should have left this sit for about a week before...

I know EDTA and CA are popular chelators but does anyone use GLDA (Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate)? I was wondering about the usage rate in CP soap?

Are soaps made with a higher butter percentage more prone to ash or is that just incidental? I have a recipe I've been working on that has 27% Shea and 15% cocoa butter and I soap at 33% Lye concentration between 100-110ish degrees. I CPOPed last time hoping it would curb the ash and it did...

1. dibbles - I have a couple of half&half-baked ideas! 2. szaza - I already have something in mind😉 3. amd - I "half" to do this [sorry!] 4. Jerseygirl- Hmmmmmm....it will come to me... :D 5. AliOop- As a Gemini, I heartily approve of this challenge. :) (I am not actually into horoscopes at all...

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Made vegan palm free soap dough for the first time and messed around with some pink grapefruit slices. Won’t be adding texture to them next time as they look shriveled when dry. I’m sure it won’t matter much as an embed. I just need to refine my scale. These were bigger than I intended. It will...

Thanks everyone! I appreciate it :)

I think you may be correct about the clay....the clay is the consistency of plaster when I plane it I can feel the texture variation...

I made Zany’s No Slime Castile a few days ago. I did not deviate from the recipe—attempted a skinny shimmy and it came out rather wonky—oh well lol😂. Anyway I cut the bars way too soon and warped them getting them out of the evil evil American Soap Supplies Tall Skinny mold. I keep forgetting...

I tried my first go at what I hope will be a good base recipe in time. Because it is vegan/palm free the butter amounts were higher than I’ve worked with before but I managed it without too much acceleration—I’m trying to lay off the stick blender but it’s hard. Also trying to CPOP for the first...

I like the white a lot but the red is very intriguing.

Those are gorgeous 😍

I wish MM would have consistent pictures of all of their micas in product. It has been a hassle going through customer reviews trying to find a picture of how their micas perform in cp and even then it can be a crapshoot.

Thank you. 😊 Right now I have a OO, CO, Soy wax, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, Avocado and Apricot Kernel oils on hand. I'm trying to figure out a good base without palm/lard/tallow. Im approaching it like a challenge.....because it is lol

I've been playing around with making 100% CO soap with a 20% SF and my last two batches have passed the zap test. I've used a 33% lye solution with soapcalc and was meticulous about measuring in grams. One batch has been curing for almost 4 weeks and the other for almost 2 weeks. I ran out of...