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I read Tabitha's post, that was great, when and if I ever get a brick and mortar place, this is where I will go to. I wonder if soaping will ever be predictable? We mix FO/EO and hope for the best, knowing that every batch is different. We use micas vs natural colorants, neither is predictable...

I need to learn to get a new language, I keep referring to my little pet that is left, "My dogs", or "I'll be back doggies". 11 year language is hard to change. They didn't suffer to much before I let them go.

Here is a pictures of the the mess and the triumph.:bunny: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

toxikon, that is interesting, your list got me with the, "high superfat", because out of all these batches, I think that if oils don't get a good trace, then it creates DOS. I usually do a 2% superfat anyway. Saranac, for whatever reason, it seems that lavender was the one I used to see if my...

EssentialSuds, I did think it was the sunflower oil too, and one of my test batches was no sunflower oil....would have been nice, but no cigar. shunt2011, thanks for that info, I had been wondering bout its shelf life, that's why I thought it could have been the sunflower oil. I am actually...

penelopejane, I thought it was DOS, at first, then when the entire bar was a yucky brownish yellow, I knew at that point I had something very bad. Yes I noticed it first with the Lavender EO. cmzaha, what is a COA? I plan on sticking with the chem house that I have now and will ask for the...

I had my dogs for eleven years. I went through an operation, and a year 17 relationship break up with them, then homeless....I even had to borrow money to feed them.....but I never give them up.

My joy was just last week when I made my first great soap. It felt like the first time. I just can't believe what it took. But I am very happy now.

I didn't know what was going on. I was baffled at first. Then I was alarmed. Then I was sicken. I tossed out a lot of soap.

When the new year rung in in Jan of 2017, I was making soap for the street fairs and farmer's Markets coming around. I had made lots of soap, I mean LOTS. Lavender was my fav. I had ordered some Alkanet root, and was infusing sunflower oil to add into my Lavender Haze Soap. I was not happy with...

Thanks for clearing that up, how can I figure a 1:4 math? I see a lot of "just do a 3:2". So how can I, in my stupid little head, figure that out.

Patchouli, what surprised me the most, man like it.

My dogs are the same age, and they are nearly 10 years old. They are Boxers and they have cancer. I cry because they have been with me for that period of time. They are my life, and now I have to lose them both, maybe one right after the other. That will suck. I realized that feeling sad for...

Your soaps are very nice.

since this post I made soap and cut back on the SP, I have put my soaps away from direct light too. I can tell the difference, I hope its not just wishful thinking. I wonder if DOS is the result of the SF oils?

Like motor oil, synthetic oil I mean. I should look that up, I am now curious.

Yes, it's set to zero, and I stupidly just pour. Has to be the issue becuase i remeber it was recent, and the DOS issue is recent.

Thank all for the replies. I was making soap last nite, so I couldnt get on the forum till late. As I was mixing a cocoa powder with sunflower oil, it dawn on me, I have been SF, I believe, at a high rate of oil. Instead of doing a lye discount to SF, I have been just adding extra oil, like...

at first I thought maybe it was the lavender eo that I was using because it seem that it was only that soap, now I have my peppermint and all the others too. I use eo, Patchouli, Eucalyptus....etc. Here are the pic, they are the lavenders, only because they are right there, the clear on, believe...

I have both artificial and Sunlight, I wonder if my oils are rancid. How would I know, I keep them in a closed in the dark?