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Thanks! I appreciate it! I don't know what that method you asked about is, but I used a lot of water this time at the start, since I keep ending up feeling like I need more partway through the cook, and scrambling to add some. Colorado's climate is very dry, and I decided that I should start...

I'm pretty sure they have, and do. There's probably a thread on it. Have you figured out how to search the forum? You can also search SMF from GOOGLE this way, according to @Zany_in_CO : The best way to search SMF: GOOGLE (type your keywords here) site:soapmakingforum.com If you want to...

The butterflies are sweet, and your red and white looks like that ribbon candy my family used to buy around Christmas. The intaglio with the gold mica looks rich, and I like that you left the rest of the soap fairly plain. I had an aunt that would have Loved those! You were very busy today!! :)

I haz HP swirls!! :thumbs: A modest success, but pretty thrilling regardless. They might have come out better if the mold wasn't just half full, right? Assuming that had an impact, but I definitely could be wrong! Anyhoo ... here are my henna and indigo colored soaps (fragrance free). :D

Glad that I could be of some help. Let us know how it goes, and we always love to see pictures!! :)

Beautiful top! and look at those lovely swirls! Zing, I think this is only the first or second soap batch you've posted pics of, isn't it?

There are frequent 'arguments' here about whether soap moisturizers, and the take-away is that it does not. The best it can do is not strip the skin, so I've started to back away from using the expensive 'luxury' oils in soap and am going to make body butters out of them instead. 30% for hemp...

Too much coconut oil for your needs! I have combo skin that's older now, so I'm not quite the grease bucket I was, but over-stripping causes skin to produce more oil in response. Definitely keep the castor oil, even up it to 8% and drop the coconut to no more than 10-15%. Some people drop it...

I completed my new recipe, decided on HP, and attempted a swirl with a crazy straw I bought to use as a hanger swirl tool. Really curious to cut this one! To the 'uncolored', I added TD, Diamond White mica, and white Kaolin clay. To the indigo, I added a small percentage of ultramarine blue...

You're so darn organized. :D Some of ya'll make a LOT more soap than I do! Looks like a great system, though.

Since I've stopped coloring my hair but have a lot of leftover henna and indigo powers, I'm going to make a batch of soap today, using these as colorants. I just have to decide whether CP or HP and write myself a new recipe because, why not? I'm still experimenting. I had read that indigo was...

Why is no one talking about or using ROE to prevent DOS from the Hemp oil? I thought I learned that on this forum? :confused:

Love these! Great work. :)

If only I could have voted for 5 .... ;( Good luck, everyone!

Your soaps are looking great, @Chris_S and you have a huge inventory going now! Seriously, they look very professional. Are you cleaning them up in any way, or are they coming out of the moulds so nicely like that?

Just to be clear -- because you and Susie both mentioned separation -- my LS didn't separate in the sense of oil separating from water. After 4 days in the bottle, it's fine -- a nice, translucent, light tan color and fully-homogenized. The separation I meant was into the two layers that are...

Got it, thanks a lot Susie!

Hi @Susie -- How will I know if I over-neutralized it? Fortunately, I still have a 32 oz jar of unadulterated soap paste in the refrigerator, and what I diluted was just 6.9 ounces -- but I still would like to know the signs of over-neutralization, if it's not too much trouble. The stuff on...

If you had overheating, you'd have at least a crack on the top, if not some volcano-ing. Very pretty! Looking forward to seeing the cuts!

Hi DeeAnna! ~ I just had a funny thought about how to describe not getting all the ins-and-outs of LS worked out in my brain: the LS instructions didn't gel. Talk about not getting gel, lol! Ok, I'm not so funny after a day at work. :rolleyes: I had been stymied over the making of this, and...