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Thank you!! I'm going to take a look right now :)

Thanks so much, this is very helpful!

Hello! I have used madder root a few times now and each time, I'm unable to fully blend it. The first time I mixed it with a little olive oil before adding to the batch. Even though I mixed it with the oil, there were little gritty pockets left. Second time, I accidentally mixed with a little...

Thanks! They are resending two bottles now. My husband and I gloved up, etc and opened bag. Looks like mail carrier dropped it which caused the leaking… and they put them in that bag. I had never seen Makesy send them like that, so it makes sense. We discarded them.

Hi, this may not be the right forum to put this. I can move if needed. I ordered some lye solution (50/50) from Makesy as usual but this time, it came like this. Is this normal?? Does it change color once touching the plastic bags or something?? I’ve never seen it leak like that before but also...

Thank you everyone for the great responses. I think I will go ahead and get the one from Walmart, the pricing sure is much better!

This is the one I have now from New Directions Aromatics (that I hadn't refrigerated): Aloe Vera Juice Raw Material. I guess this has some sort of additives in it afterall? Thanks for all of this information, very helpful!

It was open already (from when I used in a previous batch). I hadn't noticed a color change since I had added clay....

Hello group! I'm wondering where people buy their aloe vera juice from. I'm looking for pure juice with no extra additives. I had ordered from New Directions Aromatics before but the shipping is crazy high (I'm in California). So I need to come up with another option. Any tips greatly...

Hello again everyone! I just now thought of something. I used Aloe Vera juice in this recipe. I had not stored it in the refrigerator. It has been sitting on shelf with my other oils for a month or so. I realized that I should have been storing the aloe in the fridge instead! It does not smell...

Thank you! I definitely won’t toss it.

Thank you so much, great advice! This was humbling for sure. I had started off making small batches and then jumped to the bigger ones even with new recipes (who the heck did I think I was? LOL). Lesson learned! Yes, will do the small batches of this one and let you know how it goes.

Thank you for this info! Yes, I've used other clays and quickly mixed in being scared I'd get too thick of trace and in those few instances I saw a little bit of clay chunks but stayed same color. In this case, there was a tip about this specific recipe that it could take a while to get to even...

Yes, the soap smells lovely. Sorry that happened to you! I have used french pink clay, madder root, purple brazilian, etc. just fine and this has not happened. I got this clay from Amazon (only ingredient I've ordered from Amazon....). Maybe I should make two very small batches, one with the...

Thanks so much for the responses! I'll be so happy if this is not DOS. I can't understand why these spots would be bright orange like this though. Yes, very simple recipe: lye & water 50/50 solution Aloe vera juice Shea butter coconut oil olive oil castor oil eucalyptus essential oil...

Hello everyone! I made a eucalyptus and peppermint soap the other day and saw these spots unfortunately. 15 pounds … also unfortunate. I’ve used all of the other ingredients before in other soaps just fine (no spots). The only two ingredients I used for first time is Cambrian blue clay powder...

Good to know, thank you much!

Hello, I’m on my second batch and see these bubbles also (or what I think are air bubbles…). It looks same as your photos? I wasn’t sure if these were air bubbles or something else so thought I’d ask. I suppose these are better than an issue with recipe, lye etc. so if anyone thinks these are...

Thank you, this is very helpful!

Hello All! I'm new here and enjoying looking around at everything. So much great information. I'm sure this has been discussed but I didn't find this exact question so I'll give it a go! I have my labels template ready to be printed. I'm using wrap around bands (three labels per sheet of...