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Haha sorry got tied up with kids and dinner

Just about to hand pour 60x 16oz of various hair products. Just trying a bunch of new products. The printer is not so amazing at speed but I have been happy with my generic labels I had in the garage. Hope all goes well and I don’t have an accident! Update later/tomorrow

I am fairly certain it is the kaolin clay. I added it to my lye/water/tussah mixture this time and no spots. However I am very happy with resulting smell and bubble/lather. I was concerned at first with the odor of the butters coming through but frankincense and myrah completely masked...

Thanks for all the input BTW

I wouldn’t call it hard. I cut loaf about 10 hours after process. I don’t wait long because I always use sodium lactate. It was firm and I am having trouble finding a item to compare. Half frozen butter? When I think hard I think of a cure dry bar, this was slightly tacky and much harder than...

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Possibly bad mixed kaolin. I mix with oils and try to blend with stock blender before I mix lye.

After reading up on the issue of steric spots, suspect variable could be not heating my oils high enough. It was about 140~ I mix lye/water then add tussah silk on a magnetic heated stir plate with a medium store bar about 480 rpm. Then I will add my oils and heat them to around 140. That seemed...

Sorry typo I corrected the baba oil it was babassu. The color tamed itself out while I was at work. No colors were added

I placed in refrigerator as soon as I poured liquid. Looks like it partial gel. Maybe it’s a gel recipe next time. Picture of my ugly end scraps

I decided I wanted to try my hand at a bar with no coconut, palm, or animal products. I have nothing against any ingredients listed just trying something different. For anyone that hasn’t used this butter it has a strong odor that would not work with just any fragrance. I was not a fan of the...

Been making soaps for about a month now. I have made 13 soap batches, sugar scrubs, leavin hair conditioner and expanding my additives and oils/butters Arsenal. I have played with black soap a bit and need to find a way to stop the butters/oils from separating out of solution...

Will be making a couple batches today. I have one recipe that I know will be a winner gifted to me, however, what I am about to post is a total makeup of me playing in the calc and playing with oils I have available. Any input is great. Rice Bran Oil, refined %25 Coconut Oil, 76 deg %20...

I have recently decided to take up soap making. I am currently in the stage of collecting data so I can order what I need to get started. I have been playing with soap calculators and ideas of what soaps to start off making. Also need to dive into making liquid soaps. Purchased 30 pounds of...