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Thank you I will.

When I watch, Julie (thanks for letting me know the mystery hands are that of a Lady) I see her hand whisk her lye into the oils, hand whisk her colours into the batter then same for her FO. I then watch her stick blend a little. That is the stage I'm getting wrong somehow. It may be my blender...

Great reply, thanks for the encouragement. The only problem I have is that not being long in soaping I don't get the abbreviations lol. I also never thought of using Sunflower oil which is really inexpensive here in the UK when compered to Olive, Coconut and Palm Oil.

I add the lye to the oil mix and then stick blend to emulsion, not trace, I then add mica to the batter I wish to colour, I then mix this by hand, once the mica is in I then mix in the FO this is the last to go in, just in case it seizes the soap, it then gets a mix with the stick blender to...

No not yet, It came from Brambleberry and is their basic lathering soap.

I'll unmould my soap tomorrow, cut it and see what I have, I have Olive , Coconut, Palm and Castor still in for another batch. How emulsified does the batter have to be to set? Can I stick blend the full batch to just emulsify but not to tracemix then use a hand whisk to blend in the mica's and...

Does anyone have a small batch recipe please using just Olive and Coconut please?

Hi, I think I explained I only soap for myself, I am one of those people who enjoys watching someone make something then having a good go myself. Sometimes it works sometimes not. I have not yet ended up without a nice useable soap, it's the colours and fragrance I suck at. Something is going...

Hi Marilyn, I started using Olive and Coconut which made a good useable soap. The last two I have used Olive,Coconut, Palm and Castor. Palm is the expensive part. for a batch 16oz of coco,palm,oilive and 2 oz Castor, plus mica's, Fragrance and lye it adds up. I think the only problem I have is...

Sad to say I've made my last batch of CP soap. I just cannot get it how I'd like it to be. I always do something wrong. The batches are only for me so it is useable but it just infuriates me I can't get it right. I watch Ophelia Soapery with all the amazing colours on YouTube and He/She makes it...

Thanks Hi, Sorry it is bar soap. Thank you everyone for your answers, really helpful and most welcome.

Hi all, I am new on here, I have posted a thread on frag oils and recieved some helpful answers for which I am greateful. Another quick question if I may. I made my last batch of CP soap with Olive, Palm, Coconut and Caster oils. It turned out well but when I shared my experiance on my wet...

Thank you so much.

Hi, Thanks for the answer. Honestly I really do not care what fragrance it is, I can work all that out later all I really need is an oil that will not accelerate my batter so I can practice my colours and swirls without it seizing which as you all know makes it impossible.

Hi No I haven’t but I will now, thanks.

I thought I may have had a solid answer to my question by now. Maybe fragrancing CP soap is a total minefield so no soaper wants to commit. All I want is a fragrance oil that doesn't seize, smell is less important as it is only for my own personal use, I'm not selling or producing large...

Thank you :D

Thank you Relle :D

Thank you @KiwiMoose I will check out the web site you have given me.

Hi, thanks for the reply. Apart from Essential oils so far I have only tried Mystic Moments fresh linen oil from Amazon. Both times it seized my batter, I got use from the soap but it destroyed my working times. Just a recommendation will be fine for now please?