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I use your percentages every time I make ZNSC now because of the aloe gel I add. I literally calculate how much of the salt and soda to add based on the total liquid and dissolve in the water portion only before tossing in my frozen aloe cubes that make up the rest of the total liquid before...

I remember that. Thank you. Can I ask what your L&L total is in your FA profile? I cannot seem to put RBO higher than 20% in any recipe without the L&L being up there in what I thought was DOS territory.

I started out reading all the soapmaking books from my local library. The only ones I found that were helpful to me at the time were Smart Soapmaking by Anne Watson and the Everything Soapmaking Book, but I usually had more questions after reading the books. (Example: Why didn't that recipe show...

I can never wait until full cure before trying my soaps, so I usually try out an end piece with gloves on just to see the lather and this is enough to appease me.

I'd love to know which soy wax you're using and how much you used in your recipe. I'm trying to figure out if GW415 is a good replacement for palm in a recipe.

Thank you! That's what I wanted to do but I don't know how on my phone so I had to really focus on how to commicate explicitly with written (typed) words. 🤣

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Ordered some RBO on Amazon. Can't wait to play with it in some test batches!

I got frustrated with the lack of transparency in regards to ingredients in soaps and detergents here in the US. Some of the undisclosed ingredients caused allergic reactions for me and years ago even caused all my oldest child's cloth diapers to suddenly repel liquids instead of absorbing! The...

That's how I interpreted the info, too. Just wanted to make sure. I'm not buying an entire gallon at my local TSC, but noted that it was available. I'll order a smaller quantity online to experiment with.

That's odd. When I Google RBO, I get, "it's a mid high oleic oil," which led me to wonder if there's more than one type (reg and HO) like canola and sunflower. If it's all the same, I'll just order a small bottle.

I checked our local Tractor Supply yesterday and found DuMor brand RBO. How do I know if it is high oleic? I know there are regular and HO types of canola and sunflower oils, but is this also the case for RBO? I don't want to buy the wrong one.

I'm price checking locally and finding that high oleic sunflower is available here but it's even more expensive than the current price of olive oil!

Would've been throughout but a little more peach than pink based on the amount of infused oil I used to color. I think the swirl disappeared in the circle. I'll post a picture of a lard based bar with the exact same fragrance and design without any goat milk. It's why I assumed this fragrance...

Update: I couldn't help myself. At 18hrs, it was frozen solid and already clearly pulling inward from the sides, so I just had to unmold and see my beautiful swirled goat milk soap! Fast forward to the cut and lo and behold..... Not exactly what I had in mind. I am so glad this was only a...

Now? It's been almost 24hrs. Are you saying I can still force the bars to gel completely even though they are already cut?

Neroli Nirvana from Lone Star Candle Supply. I assumed it wouldn't accelerate because I've used it once before, but looking through my notes, I see that was in a high lard soap. Oops!

I added colloidal oats to the FO and added this to the oils once they cooled. Added my gm powder to the warm oils, as well. Then added the lye water. Everything was just under 100°F. I was super light-handed with the stickblender so I'm thinking it likely just traced faster because it was my...

Use more water in goat milk soap? I thought that would heat up the soap more and encourage gel phase, which I do not want in my goat milk soap. I used 40% lye concentration. Maybe this is why mine traced so fast last night. I still managed to pour off a third of the soap batter and color with a...

Anyone know how long I should leave goat milk soap in the freezer? It's been over 14 hours now. For those wondering why the freezer: I had room in the freezer, not in the fridge so that's where it went. 😂