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I use essential oils to make my spice blend soap every year. Just make sure you are using a silicon mold and have EVERYTHING else in the pot before adding the EO blend. It seizes my soap every time. Just be ready for it. I usually soap as cold as possible, only use one color, and wait until it...

DOS is caused by the fats/oils going rancid. To avoid, make sure that you use the freshest fats/oils available. And DOS has a very distinctive rancid odor. If you have it, you should have no doubt.

This is what I do. But I masterbatch the lye and EDTA sometimes a week before, then get my lard heated enough to melt completely, add my liquid oils, then the lye and EDTA. No fret, no sweat.

It's winter and raining. The garden and other outside projects have given me a break finally. I blatantly stole your lip balm recipe and am waiting for tins to use your lotion bar recipe. Many thanks for those!

I typically just store it in Ziploc bags. You can cut them open and really scrape out the contents. I also ship my paste to far away family, so the decreased cost of shipping a bag vs a glass jar is a plus.

If you have hard water, and you superfat, it is most likely soap scum. I fixed this by A. Adding EDTA and B. Decreasing my superfat to the bare minimum. It took both solutions before I lost that sticky feeling.

I'm old school, too. I learn far better from information I can hold in my hand and put sticky notes and pencil notes all over. And that allows me to tweak as I go and know what I did last time.

I never worry about temperatures any more. Oils warm enough to keep the CO and lard from hardening up is about all I care. The closer to room temperature, the better.

OP, very seldom do I say to throw any soap away, but sometimes things are just not worth the effort to fix. If you have unlimited time and energy to spend on fixing this, go for it. I do not.

Don't mix the hot glycerin with the KOH no matter what the video shows. Here is a beast of a thread that is loaded with good liquid soapmaking information. https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/soaping-101-liquid-soapmaking-video.46114/page-40#post-726094

I might even drop that to 25-28% lye concentration if you want to do fancy designs.

If you buy some tulle (or cheaper yet, buy a bath pouf and undo it) and cut into 1" wide strips and tug the ends to make it curl up, you can create your own "yarn" that is perfect to make soap savers from. It allows the soap to dry. I used cotton yarn only as a drawstring to close them. I...

The person who sent the wrong gift should graciously accept the thanks then send the correct gift to the other sibling IF it makes that big of a difference. If it makes no difference to anyone other than the gift giver, then she should keep her mouth shut and act like she meant to do that all...

Because she was trying to start a fight in public. And I value my ability to remain professional under all circumstances. I do not have to participate in every argument I am invited to. This way, only one of us looks bad. I would never get upset with someone who called me Hun, Sweetie, Sugar...

I have a friend that works at a women's shelter in another state, and they would truly appreciate handmade soap. Then I saw a YouTube video this morning about a group that was putting together Mother's Day packages for the kids to give to their moms, and they were truly in need and were giving...

I know I am late reading this, but I truly am so very sorry! Those furry friends walk right into our hearts and make a home there. Losing my last dog made me determined that I am going to just have fish and other underwater pets from now on. I have furry grandkids, and losing them is going to be...

I know! I always thought you had great taste in having one tuxedo cat. My SIL had two of them, they were brothers and those cats were huge. Standing on four feet their heads came up to my mid thigh range. I know I am short at 5'1", but those cats were still huge. And standing on their back feet...

I've lived in the deep South all of my life. I got called "sweetie" in a public chat by a co-worker. I had to explain to my boss (a native Texan) why that was bad. And I also explained to him that if she called me that again, I am going to HR. But, it was all in the context. She is a newbie...

So cute! Tuxedo cats are my favorite!

But paprika infused oil gives a different appearance. I've done it both ways.