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Just wanted to report back, in case someone in the future has a similar issue. I was able to rebatch the soap and add the "delta" Patchouli EO without any problems. 12 oz of soap took about 45 mins - 1 hour to get to a pudding like consistency. Had to stir very often to prevent any scorching...

Thank you everyone, I will be trying these suggestions in my next recipe!

Hey folks, Was making a test batch of my shave soap(hot process) to try out a new scent combination. I was supposed to add a total of 8 gms of Patchouli EO to my fragrance mixture, but towards the end of the cook, after adding the super fat and the additional glycerin, I realized that I only...

@amd Can you shed a little more light on why 25% cocoa butter might be holding up the slick feel? I am a new soap maker and still learning.

Thank you, I will look into this!!

My shaving soap recipe is as follows: 42% Stearic Acid 25% Coconut Oil 25% Cocoa Butter 8% Avocado Oil 70/30 KOH/NaOH 15% Vegetable Glycerin 5% Super Fat (Shea butter) 1 tsp ppo Sodium Lactate 5-8% FO based on the FO I am using The soap produces amazing lather that is creamy and stable and I...

Thank you @Quanta and @earlene. Most of the FOs are at 200 or in the 190s. Orange Spice is at 132, but my plan was to package it very well or work with the buyer to split ground shipping if they wanted that.

DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. All, My wife and are moving from one coast to the other. I ordered a few FOs recently and there...

Thanks for your reply. I shaved with the soap yesterday and again this morning with a straight razor. Seems perfectly fine to me.

The Whiskey FO from Candle Science is pretty good.

All, I am thinking of introducing a pre-shave soap bar to my line of products. Pre-shave bars can be used to clean the face before shaving(duh!!) or sometimes even as a gentle face wash. A good pre-shave bar needs to produce an extremely slick lather to help with razor glide, needs to be gentle...

Hey folks, I am working on releasing new scents for my shaving soaps and tried using an FO that is rated at 16.8% max. usage rate. Most FOs I use are in the 5-7% range, so I was surprised to see this high a number. Anyways, I tried making 3 test batches with this FO with 7%, 12% and 15% FO...

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@DeeAnna - thanks for the great info. I think I might be experiencing this "fragrance becomes milder for a week or two and then comes back again" issue. I wonder why this happens from a chemistry perspective though. Also, thanks for putting together the SMF FO Review sheet, I will be updating...

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Finally learned an important soap making lesson. Was making a small batch only with 2 lbs of oil and realized that I did not have the desired quantity of NFO with me only towards the end of the cook(needed 54 gms, I only had 30 gms in stock). After some crazy on the fly math, ended up splitting...

I have been soaping HP and adding 3.5% FOs post cook. I prefer my shaving soaps to be mildly scented but most of my customers prefer a strongly scented soap. Given this, I increased the FO % to the maximum allowable %, but I still think that the scent is mild in some of my soaps. They smell fine...

Thanks for sharing that @AliOop. I will post in that thread. We might be moving soon, so I will definitely need to destash.

I soaped for about 13 months and researched everything for about 6 months before that, before I started my business. I have a full time job with 50+ hour weeks, a soap business and a product photography business. I do have a ton of room for process optimization in my business. I just started...