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We got one more vote - but I do not want to hold up Saponista. So with 10 out of 11 responces: We have a 3 way tie!!! The winners on the no-prize this month are: DeeAnna artemis dibbles Second place is earlene Third place is cherrycoke216 Congrats to everyone!

Ok everyone, we are still at 9 of 11 responses and a 3 way tie. I do not know who has and has not voted yet - so I will leave this up til tomorrow to see if those last 2 people vote. If not I will announce the winner.

With all the people ranting about Tonic, I went ahead and got a pound. :)

I think that is going to be tough. I bet most M&P has added glycerin as a humectant. You might actually have to look at getting your on syndets and making your own.

Glycerin is the natural product of making soap. It sounds like she is going to have to use syndets. Salting out can remove glycerin but I would not trust that it would all be removed especially where an allergy is concerned. Store bought soap usually has the glycerin removed - and then a...

the BTMS is an emulsifying wax. You would need to melt it and the coconut oil together, and then when you add it to the water it will create what is in essence a very light lotion.

Tomorrow is the last day to vote and there are 2 votes outstanding! Get your votes in asap!

Ok survery is posted and PMs sent to everyone who signed up. If you did not get the link and password, PM me and let me know

OK sorry to be late - I fell asleep list night pretty early. Entries are closed. I will set up voting and people who entered will get the password for the survey soon.

Looks like partial gel to me. It's just cosmetic, the soap is ok. It's appearance should lighten with time, but not go away completely

Yeah if I was a developer that would be a normal shift. But I am a support person, so I am on call and have to work late shifts when we do upgrades and maintenance on the system I have to work hours when the system is slowest. Normally it is only one or two times a month, but the last 6 weeks...

I'm sorry you are right. Closes tomorrow. I've been working strange shifts for the last 3 weeks and it has me all messed up

Yeah you need to be going by weight not volume. I guess if the soap is still soft you can throw it all into a bowl and add the missing oil and stir it all together really well. Or put it into a slow cooker and hot process it by adding the missing oil. But I think you are best bet is to junk...

All sodium lactate really does is make the soap firm up so you can cut sooner if you do not gel. Some people claim a boost to lather - but I have never noticed it. It will be fine - might take longer to be ready to unmold and cut is all

I don't. I get the disposable ones and throw them out when I use them. But I do not use pipettes that often, I pour my EO and FO against a plastic stir stick into a shot glass. its an old chem lab trick.

Thanks for playing earlene. You have until midnight tonight to post in the entry thread, so no worries.

Not sure why you would do a dual lye on this recipe. Usually a 95/5% NaOH/KOH solution is used with high oleic soaps to reduce the slimey oleic soap. I seem to remember a thread that discussed that the dual lye technique wouldn't be needed for higher stearic soap. Might be wrong. I have a bar...

Yes, that is glycerin rivers. :) Very striking. Its also a sign of pure soap - with no fillers. :)

Yes, but that was not the original plan. See, it took so long for me to be able to remove my cells, that I was worried that the original bas I poured would not let the swirl layer adhere to it and seperate. So I poured another base after my cells were ready so the base would still be soft...

SO the question is why are you doing dual lye? ETA: I see you are doing shaving soap. I agree with toxicon. Read the shaving thread, and my shaving soap is all KOH. Also that is not how you divide the % of a lye solution. 27% concentration means that 27% of your lye is your alkali and...