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Here is a recipe my family likes, with some substitutions in ( ) based on what you're trying to use up: 40% Lard (or palm) 30% Olive (I don't use pomace. Maybe could sub high oleic sunflower oil? Or some other liquid oil with a similar SAP value? I think some people like rice bran oil) 20%...

It's possible that the palm kernel oil is too high of a percentage for your skin. I don't use it myself, but from what I understand, it can be more drying than the others in your recipe.

Changing the pH won't do that. Changing the ingredients can. What is your current recipe? Everyone's skin is different -- can you explain what "harsh" means to you?

Did you try searching the forum? You'll not only find normal pH of soap, but also the pitfalls of pH testing. 🔍

Quick detour: Is that picture upside down? I'm feeling a little vertigo looking at it. 🌀😵‍💫💫 Back in track: That leaf looks so thin and delicate! I'm curious about how you managed that!

Since Lindy hasn't been here in a while, I'll jump in: Yes. There are a lot of people who use bar soap to make their laundry detergent. There are a lot of recipes for making it. If you keep searching the forum for "laundry soap" or "laundry detergent" you will find some much newer posts with...

Since this thread is 10 years old and most of these people haven't been around the forum for years, I suggest starting a new thread with your question so that more people will see it.

Then, maybe you're right about cutting too soon. If the soap was a little softer than usual, maybe the wire dragged them through. Is it more humid than usual where you are? I'm sure someone will double check your numbers and chime in

Whole oats? Ground oats? Wire cutter? But, I'm betting on the oats being dragged through. To my eye, it looks like a lot of oats. But I don't use them much, so who am I to say? Do you usually use that much?

I think you have to know already what we're going to ask you: what is the recipe and method used? What are all those little speckles throughout your soap? Without any clues, though, I suspect that the marks are from all those little things being dragged through the soap by your... what? I'm...

In my early days, I got my first delivery of Bramble Berry FOs and immediately had a migraine upon opening the box! 😵‍💫

Yellow is what I get. I only use about 3 tablespoons in my 1 lb batch, though. I blend it into my oils before adding the lye solution.

Based on another thread, it sure sounds industrial: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/case-study-black-and-brown-particles-found-in-soap-noodles.93307/post-1009795

I'm not sure what would be reported? It was a pretty tame interaction. The OP there did "flounce" a bit, but it's not like she was abusing the commenter or anything.

In some of these situations (like ones I've witnessed here), I often feel like they were looking for a very specific type of reaction to their post. Like, praise or approval for what they are doing. And when someone gives a different response, the poster responds with hurt feelings.

I was perusing the FB soaping groups this morning. Yesterday, someone shared her experience with a batch of soap and also a picture of the end result. When someone commented some advice, the OP seemed to feel like she was being criticized and that the commenter was "mean" and that it was rude to...

To me, the first picture just looks like air bubbles, not particles. Can you explain what we're seeing there?

How'd that soap turn out? Bubbles throughout? Did the oil reabsorb into the soap?

How's that soap looking now?

For the visual learners, here is a video demonstrating the technique.