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I heard of vanillin but didn’t read much on it. I think I’m going to do some research.

Perfect thank you! 😁

Thank you for the reply. It scared me for a while thinking the oil and lye didn’t mix properly but gel phase saved me lol. The colour was yellow but turned out with little brown in it, honestly doesn’t look terrible so everything turned out alright. and for the curing time I’m gonna test this...

My first batch turned 2 weeks old in cure yesterday and they feel almost completely dry and hard, doesn’t leave wax on hands when i pick it up and I check the weight every week and it lost weight first week but lost barely anything 2nd week. So I think the moisture is gone out of it already. Is...

I took it out the mold today and I don’t think it looks as weird as I thought it would be, just a little more waxy and damp compared to my other batch.

I was reading an article saying you can use lye and oil at 90 degrees F when you mix which should help prevent gel phase, and putting it in fridge after pouring into the molds.

I’m using spiced hot cocoa. And i was just reading the gel phase and yes it looks exactly like it. I’m guessing with higher amounts of oils and water it stays hotter in the molds longer and i put cutting board on it instead of clear wrap keeping heat in causing that gel phase. I had my lye and...

My guess and i could be wrong is the oil didn’t completely mix with the lye and maybe those are oil blobs.

I decided to make another batch, i accidentally put it to medium trace before pouring which explains the weird looking bars but now there is a brown circle forming on the very top of the bars. Started very slow with little circle then hours later it’s pretty much the whole top surface of the...

This is them after 24 hours, they hardened and feel perfect. I’m happy it turned out well. Thank you soaper's for all your help and i will update you all on next soap idea. I’m currently in making of harvesting herbs for organic homemade essential oils and I’m picking needles from pine trees...

Like ali said i may of lost some from mixer. I’ll fix it next time i mix my next batch.

They feel perfect after 24 hours, not too oily or soft.

What do the bars feel like after 24 hours when coming out of the molds? And does the oily texture of bars go away as time goes on for curing for 4-6 weeks?

I’m gonna check on sizing for molds, not a big deal but I’m just working on tracing and making sure bars come out normal And not messed up. Also not to worried with plastic wrap it just would of made it alot better looking. Definitely will look at those mats for the future. And i just got home...

I should’ve done plastic wrap better but not home so can’t fix it

Did my first batch today, messed up first time matching lye water and oil temperature which took little bit to fix but then when they both hit 120 F i mixed them. I was using whisk which took forever so i pulled out electric mixer and it thin traced in 10 seconds. I added it to the molds and i...

I think i got it!

So i went to website and added palm oil (thank you by the way) and 39 total oz rectangle molds which holds 6 bars. But i ran into problem, the total batch says 56 Oz but mold only 39 so that’s too much and won’t fit.

I can’t find any palm oil anywhere not even amazon

I haven’t bought that yet, just trying to get oils first and i just ordered lye half hour ago.