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How did you do the drops?

High oleic sunflower or safflower oil is a good option.

Hey, sorry nobody has answered you. I add additives to my lye solution. I don’t know if honey should be added to lye or not as I’ve never used it. For adding milk I would certainly reduce the super fat or try and figure out how much lye is needed to saponify all the milk in the lye...

I have a $15 gift card in my WSP account and I don’t know how it got there, but I’m dang sure gonna use it!

I use tussah silk in every batch of soap I make.

If I were to use essential oils in my soap I would follow IFRA guidelines because for some reason pure essential oils actually bother me but not fragrance oils. I do go over the IFRA for fragrance oils, but I’m not selling and my friends and family have been fine with my soap. I have only gone...

I can’t decide which one I like more, but I think I like the champagne more. I’m gonna order the bigger bottles to soap with. I think these would go great with JS Lime Kicker that I’m also obsessed about.

Have you tried BB champagne or ginger ale? They are pure heaven.

Misbehaving fragrance oils do weird things. Just keep a journal of each scent you use and how it behaves. That’s what I do. I have a fragrance oil that I just love but it is the most finicky thing to use.

I They don’t look like steric acid spots to me either. I think it’s just the fragrance oil doing something funny to the soap itself.

They almost look like glycerin with how transparent they are. Were your oils old? If you saw chunks in your soap then it probably did rice. Idk.

Does it smell bad? Rancid soap smells horrible.

Then sadly, you probably can’t tolerate lye based soaps due to the pH. You can make syndet bars from scratch. You can continue trying different oils to make soap if you would like to do that. Try making soap without fragrance, essential oils or colorants.

Thanks, I was extremely sad and upset about it last night, but I feel better this morning. I was in total shock last night. I ordered another one already. I will never put it in the oven again. I’m getting a heating pad. Only thing that will go in the oven are items I know that can withstand the...

My mother turned on the oven and my Custom Craft Tools column mold completely melted. No saving the soap. I’m gutted.

Tried my third column pull through. We will see how it goes

Have you tried lard soap? Some people just can’t handle soap.

Looks great to me. I’ve never tried marble soap. Is it the colors you don’t like? I have cut soap wrong before.

People have kindly answered your question in this thread. You go with the IFRA guidelines of the fragrance oil as a start. By default I use 1oz per pound of oils as I like a strong scent and I’m not selling it.

I’m confused. Are you saying you’ve been making cold process or hot process soap for 20 years?