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Gosh those designs are so pretty, and the discolouration works with them

Pretty! And very interesting, I was reading about your technique, I do have some madder powder, hmm.

Pretty lucky! When I mix up my lye into my water/vinegar mix it goes from cool water to boiling instantly.

It doesn't! It makes the lye solution heat up when it reacts to neutralize it, which can give you a thermal burn on top of the chemical burn.

Those are beautiful, I have no idea how you get swirls that pretty with hot process, you're magic.

It sounds like the soap has completely gone rancid, which isn't the best thing, mostly because of the smell and tendency to get slimy, and spread the rancidity to any bars it touches. You can't make it stop being rancid by rebatching it, but I don't think it would hurt anything if you're just...

!! it is Its a Canon Powershot SX410 IS. The charger I was looking at was less than $10 though, with free shipping, from Amazon. :D Plus it lets me charge it with a standard usb charger which is super nice.

Its not soap but I formulated and made a conditioner bar from swiftcraftmonkey's guidelines, and I've got those setting up now to test out with the shampoo sindet bar I made. I'm miffed that I cant find my camera charger so I can take pictures of everything, I'm going to have to get a new one...

With those available I would probably do a 80% olive oil 20% coconut but you could break it down like 50% olive oil 10%RBO 10% safflower 10% sunflower 20% coconut. What is the orange juice for? Mostly that would just increase the super fat and add sodium citrate to the batch, which isnt a bad...

I use 20% for coconut salt bars, and 5% for everything else, my bars last pretty long in the shower.

Make sure and account for the ACV in the lye or you'll increase your superfat, other than that it looks great.

I always mix my GM powder into my oils as well! (Also because I use vinegar) Never any spots or speckles.

I rolled out a patterned layer of soap dough for this one- the pattern didn't come out like I'd hoped, once it was all rolled out. I was going for big daisies,with colour blocks between the petals, but you cannot tell in the final cut. I am pretty happy with how the yin-yang came out in the...

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https://www.etsy.com/shop/CurtisMerchandise is who does my stamps :)

!!!! That's a great idea, I do have a Kitchenaid that I use for bathbombs and bubblebars, thank you!

I made my first soap stamp out of sculpy! It wasn't that difficult and it never broke- but it didn't have the crisp edges I wanted and it was too big, making the soap crack when I used it pretty often. It actually isn't that expensive to have a stamp made though, you'll spend more money on the...

It looks more like vanilla discolouration than gel, I don't think I've ever had gel do that, that's pretty neat.

Okay so I made a whole lot of liquid soap paste but... we aren't going through it very fast. So I decided that I want to make some twist up sticks like I've read about a few people on the forum doing. It seems fairly straightforward -but I want to scent them, and I'm not sure about the best way...

That swirl looks fantastic!