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LilyJo I think from a UK perspective you do see less people wearing masks certainly in my area. I even regularly see people on buses not wearing masks and not to mention all the nonsense on the beaches. I think if you keep social distance and go in enclosed spaces as little as possible then you...

Quite right dking. I have had the same frustrations here. We came out of quarantine the day lockdown started in the UK and even though we have had it we have followed the lockdown rules out of respect to others who are vulnerable as it's not worth taking any chances. Our next door neighbours...

I completely forgot to mention that DeeAnna but my milk one was 3% sf and my non milk one was 5% sf. So I did take into account the extra fat. I didn't do the calculations though so it isn't an accurate comparison on the fats just a rough comparison.

I don't know what it is like in the rest of the world but where I am in the UK there seems a general attitude now that Covid has gone away. Health professionals I have spoken to have said a second wave is inevitable. We have beaches and local beauty spots crawling with people not distancing as...

Yes I did consider that AliOop but as milk contains sugar I thought it would end up too high in sugar and cause me problems if I added extra. I will try one with both sugar and milk though to try it. I like the sound of the AVJ/CM amd - I will try that one also. Can you add the lye directly...

Ah thank you Obsidian and DeeAnna. I am glad it's not just me as I thought I had messed up! On the plus side the one with sugar had a lovely lather so I will use that again. I will check out the link and will definitely get some aloe juice to try.

Hi All I have just started testing a couple of my batches as they are at the 4 week period. Batch 1 is without milk but has 1tsp sugar ppo, batch 2 is 50% coconut milk (33% lye concentration on both). Base recipes are the same in both so it's just the milk and sugar that is different. I was...

I love your wire storage Jersey Girl and it looks fantastic use of space! It does look like it would be very tricky to load with soaps though. Do you find it ok or is it difficult? I could imagine them falling like dominoes! Also getting them out I guess you wouldn't easily be able to get...

Ok thanks IrishLass. I will try 1 tbsp honey next time. Also I think I cut far too quick and I do use a butcher type knife so that wont help. It crumbled just at the bottom edge and I have had this happen three times before out of 16 batches. The other batches that crumbled were another oat...

Ah thanks Jersey Girl. I was hoping to stick with EOs but maybe I should look at the FOs in the future. In terms of the crumbling it sounds like I might have used too much honey although I am sure I got the amount from someone on here saying they settled on 2tbsp for 1lb. I have used the...

I messed up my last honey and oat batch by cutting too late and the bars had a crumbly edge. Not the end of the world and they will still be usable but I wanted to have another go. Anyway I used a slightly different oils recipe this time and it crumbled again on cutting! I think this time I...

Some people add powdered milk also to make it up to full milk.

Yes its called the split method and I have found it very easy. No need to freeze anything! Someone else will advise on creaminess as I am new to this.

Someone wrote a post saying you can work out the coconut oil in your coconut milk as if you don't your SF is actually increasing - so does that mean you also need to add a bit more water? Eg if I have 50g lye, 50g water, 50g coconut milk should I be adding a little extra water as some of that...

I am trying some soaps with the split method using coconut milk and some with goats milk added to my oils. I read that some people work out the coconut oil of the milk as otherwise you are in effect adding to the sf. I don't think I will complicate things by doing this at the moment as it...

Another option is to print to Microsoft one note if you have it. Someone on here said they use it (sorry forgot who) and I have tried it out. I find it really great as you can add notes onto your recipe in the document.

Oh WOW look at Geckos cart - that looks lovely! I just wanted to say Lilian stick with it. The sense of satisfaction when something goes right is usually bigger if it was a harder journey to get there. I think part of the appeal of soapmaking is that there are so many layers of learning so...

I hope your suppliers get through this cmzaha. There are lots of businesses struggling and I think it will be a very different world the other side of this mess. I am looking forward to trying your facial bar. 6 months cure sounds such a long time but if I do it now I will have it ready for...

I know, its a bit of an obsession at the moment. I am self employed and my work completely dried up during lockdown so it is keeping me distracted! Each batch is 400g so big enough to try a bar at various cure times but small enough that I don't get over run with soap (although it seems I am...

Thank you Lilian, that was a lovely post. It's good to know I am not the only one who felt like this. I am pleased to say that I have already done 12 mini batches and have got a good routine going. Of those 12 batches I already know I have gone wrong with at least 6 of them even though they...