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Good to know. When it cooked, it separated - all good, no biggie, just stir it back together, dealt with that before. But then it was like suddenly done. I should have molded then. Didn't. Waited about 10 min. more, stirred ... oh my. Tried stirring my SF oil in ... I'm afraid it didn't...

So I decided to make my first milk soap today. Mind you, this is after years of reading about it. ~ I used fresh goat milk. Froze until beyond slushy ... almost firm but still able to stir. ~ Placed container in ice water - more ice than water. ~ Slowly added lye, about 1 t. at a time...

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I think I get you, but not sure. You would list "Caprylic/Capric/Stearic Glycerides" in your ingredient list wherever the amount of the ButterEZ would fall?

Say I use some ButterEZ in my lip balms ... what do I need to include on my ingredients label for this? You'd think this info would be out there, but I just can't find it. :? Thanks!

Replies are great! Thanks so much - it was really good to hear your experiences. :) I failed to mention that I'll be doing HP so I'm not really worried about the heating up. I'm thinking that if I add 2-3 x the honey as usual I should probably drop my water content somewhat. Let me see - I'll...

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OK - so I know sugar is usually added as a lather booster, and I know that most who use it use anywhere from 1 t. to 1 T. PPO. Could you use more? Not necessarily to boost lather even further ... but if we can add more than just 1 t. salt PPO (for hardening), couldn't we add more sugar also? I...

Yep - I tried using red cabbage water once ... it turned a weird lightish brown ... and lent an interesting smell to the finished soap. Of course, it didn't help that the cooking soap (done HP) smelled similar to cooking cabbage ... but worse!

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I agree - absolutely. We've used my soap as handsoap in the bathroom but honestly ... it makes such a big mess I just went back to liquid. Maybe when it's just DH and myself using the bathroom sink we'll go back to the bars.

Hmm ... OK. Although I used it today, I used the puck I made out of the soap that stuck to the pan. When making it, the salt kind of migrated to the inside. I'm hoping the 'rocks' will dissolve with the water when showering, maybe adding a little scrub in the meantime. I guess we'll see. I...

So it's not really common to make salt bars with rock salt?

Wow! I just made my first batch of soap in 7 years last night ... it's so good to be back to soaping!!! So ... I just HAD to make salt bars ... and as I do OHP, I used the soap this morning ... nice! But ... how do you gals cut the bars without them going all weird? I used rock salt and the...