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@MichaelP thank you, but I just started making soap again after being out of the game for years. I just tossed several batches that had DOS. I am relearning everything. There is so much that I forgot.

@MomInWA I bought a $12 planer off Amazon. I like being able to "clean" up my soap with it. I post pics the day I cut my soaps, but I don't bevel and plane them for a couple weeks.

@MomInWA Thank you. I hadn't soaped in years and just started back at it this summer. I chuckle when I look at my very old threads (2012-2013) when I first started.

NG A Thousand Dreams fo. Very strong fo. Behaved well. I used aloe juice for my lye solution and put coconut milk in my oils. Just having fun with micas and TD.

@Georgeandstella that would depend on whether you are using full liquid or a discount. I do not worry about the liquid as it is an amount that will evaporate

@BettyW I used to add 1 Tbsp of sugar to my distilled water or aloe juice before adding the lye. I would try to make sure it dissolved before adding the lye.. Sometimes the sugar crystalized in my lye solution and I would have to strain it out. I find it easier to add the syrup to my oils and...

@ScentimentallyYours I use silicone cupcake liners. I remove them once the soap sets up.

@Georgeandstella yes I do subtract the two Tbsp of liquid from my total liquid.

@MomInWA I don't see why you couldn't make an aloe syrup.

Some of the sugar crystalized on the bottom and sides of the jar while in the fridge. But there is enough syrup solution on top of it and I make sure I just measure from the top liquid.

@MomInWA I make a sugar syrup solution and keep it in the fridge. I add 2 Tbsp to my 70 oz (oils only) batch of soaps. The total batch is like 101.4 oz something like that. 2 cups sugar, one cup water simmer until syrupy. Cool and put in fridge. I make sure the syrup is room temp and stick...

Chocolate Fudge and Peppermint fos from NG. Cocoa powder and TD for color. Kind of like a peppermint patty.

This, I did this today

Is it too soon? This is what I have been working on all afternoon. NG Cranberry Relish FO. You can't see the base, but it is pink. The embeds are unscented as I made them about two months ago.

@K.C. love 💕 the corn and cabbage. What fo or eo did you put in that one? Your soaps are fantastic. Very Fall! I can't wait to see your Christmas soaps

I am working on a recipe for a chocolate and peppermint soap. I have not been thrilled with the Christmas FOs that I purchased. Since they discolor the soap batches I think I will have to make plain soaps with them.

NG Roses and Violet FO. I finally got the chance to use the roses that I piped. The swirl is from using a whisk and just twisting it through the soap batter. I watched a lady on yt doing that when her soap batter was too thick to do a hanger swirl.

Oh the trouble with NG Christmas Cabin FO. This will be the last soap I use it in. It just turns plain soap batter into a weird funky color that I do not like. The top batter is without fo and with TD.....look at that glycerin river! 😲. Anyway, I just wanted to use up the little Christmas...

Beautiful, just beautiful 😍

I just use sodium gluconate. What I have read about Tetrasodium EDTA I prefer not to use it.