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Yep, my lye solution heats back up to about 120 when I add the extra water to it, so I usually do that first and then by the time I'm done getting everything else ready, it's back in the 80-ish degree range, which is about where my oils end up as well.

Thank you :) It took less soap batter than I thought it would. I was using leftover from another batch of soap I mixed up (I made a bigger batch and just used a smaller mold) so I don't have great notes about how much I had left, but I would guess I had roughly 18oz of extra batter, and then I...

You'd need to look at the IFRA to make sure. As far as I know, all FOs that can be used in soap can be used for candles, but not all that can be used in candles are skin safe. It's category 9 that tells what the skin-safe usage rate for soap is. The one linked looks to be tagged skin safe but in...

It's really fun! I did it recently for the Soap Challenge Club, this one was mine. I think the technique is great for making like, a little gift set or something for a special occasion.

Congrats everyone! I loved seeing what you all came up with and how encouraging people were in coming up with ways to let more people squeeze in last minute <3 I wound up sleeping a couple more days and missed that too lol, but finally feel like a human again!

I'm not IrishLass but I do use masterbatched lye :) The idea is you mix up a big batch of lye solution ahead of time that is enough for multiple soap batches, and then use what you need as you're soaping.You may want smaller batches, but when I make my 50/50 solution, I do 6lbs of lye and 6lbs...

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Thank you :) I've been enjoying tea out of it most days since making it! You should see if you have one, they're a nice, low key kind of fun.

I'm so sad to have missed getting to make a proper soap, I got absolutely wrecked by something that wasn't the flu or covid but still felt awful. This is the first day I feel functional :(

Did a quick test soap today with some leftovers from another soap I was making... mistakes were made and things were learned 😅 The base soap got too thick and the "foam" soap was too thin when I tried. But my 6 year old thinks it's cute and has already claimed it when it's cured hehe.

Oh that's an amazing color! I made some salt bars yesterday with rose clay but prefer this to the shade I got.

Oof. Yeah, I spent $100 on small amounts of the few I wanted to try (and nothing fancy at all) and that is just not sustainable for me right now. For FOs, I look at the SDS for all of them and pick the 'gentle' ones; I don't tend to get a headache from them unless I sit around sniffing a bunch...

Invoice sent, thanks!

G Great, I can get a PayPal invoice right over :) which shipping did you want?

Good morning, I do still have this! It looks like shipping is $11.80 with either UPS Ground Saver or USPS Ground Advantage, or $19.80 Priority.

My husband and I had tacos, and the kids had mac and cheese lol

I just made a simple olive oil/coconut oil/palm oil soap to try out, nothing super exciting but it does smell nice. I'm thinking of also doing more salt bars after lunch but we'll see. Now I'm looking for some essential oils because I want to try those, and oh boy the sticker shock :oops...

Thank you, this is very helpful! I had another soap that wound up with more like that 'soap ash' you describe and I didn't know what it was... it certainly took a few uses before that went away!

Thank you :) When I made this one I didn't know about kaolin clay and sugar yet, those are both very good ideas for the next version I do of this one! I think between adding those and dropping the SF a little I'd get something more like what I want. I'll have to bump this a little higher on my...

Oh look at that! Thank you for the explanation, that does make a lot of sense. I don't use cocoa butter very often so that explains why I hadn't really seen this before. Your bars are such a gorgeous brown, I expected mine to come out a little darker than they did. I don't plane mine, all the...