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You can sub Olive Oil for Palm, just take longer to cure. Olive Oil 70% Coconut 20% Castor 5% Shea 5%

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All great comments & suggestions. Have a friend/ neighbor smell your soap. You may be "de-sensitized" a bit. :) Also mix 2.25 g Kaolin clay ppo with EO and let rest for while before adding to soap pot.

Ran the method of adding Lye to Ionic Silver by a chemist and he said there would be no adverse reactions and no precipitation. My Ionic Silver Soaps turned out well, very soothing on the skin. Really should make some more.

If I knew that Grandkids were so wonderful I would have had them first.

Kombucha contains high levels of bacteria and is very acidic. It is the last thing I would put into soap.

It's how much salt you use, 4% salt won't effect the lather much, but 50% would need a large amount of coconut oil to keeps it's bubbles. This worked for me. 50% Coconut, 25% Palm/lard, 25% Olive, 25% Salt, a "lite Salt Bar"

Did the Soap get hot after pouring? Any Milk or Honey used? Recipe please!

Now you are just being modest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponifiable_lipid

ROE (rosemary oleoresin extract link) is an Antioxidant that slow down the oxidation of the oils. It’s the oxidation of the oils that causes rancidity. Recommended dosage varies by Manufacturer. Let's use .08% ROE to total oils. So if you use 5% Caster in every batch then spiking Castor...

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I clean while I soap and save the water and do the floor.

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Try making your regular soap in two batches, first with your local inexpensive olive oil, another with a certified Virgin Olive Oil. My bet is that the cheap olive oil is adulterated with cheaper oils. The bars will feel different on the skin. Just my opinion, Roy

Hi leeleetrue, Yes, ignore INS, I find "hardness" and "INS" to be of little use. Your castor is a little high, usual addition is 5%, more and the bar gets sticky. Just increase your Olive to 42%. You can add about 4% Sea Salt at trace. I don't see any Hi-Linoleic oils (like Hemp oil) that...

One good reason to use Palm is that it's on Sale at WSP next Mon.

We do live in a desert. I use WSP, BB and NDA in that order