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I guess. I just assumed right off the bat that because the p+s was much higher than the other one that it would last longer. At least a few days to make the 2 week mark is more of what I was originally thinking.

Thanks! @penelopejane I actually have classicbells as one of my bookmarks. I've been reading that as well as the modern soapmaking site where it goes over favorite FA profiles of soapmakers. I guess a lot of this is a waiting game like candles. Funny how on the other side of my life that I...

Welp.... time to mess around and make more soap! I've never been so clean in my life! Ha! Haha! Good day sir!

Thank you @MelissaG I didn't pick up on dryness either but my wife noticed it after she got out of the shower. She said that her skin felt tighter than the other batches that I made. But because I had used a good amount of cocoa butter in this recipe I figured that I would try to get a...

Hey @Mobjack Bay thank you for your response! Sooo..... what I have been doing is making 500 gram batches in a square silicone mold https://www.amazon.com/BAKER-DEPOT-Silicone-Handmade-Square/dp/B001UN3JC2 and then the remainder (about 5 or so ounces) of it would go into the 4oz cavity mold...

Perfect! Thanks @Zing

I'm going to give this a go this weekend. Question for ya.... Do you add the sodium lactate and kaolin clay to your oils before or after you add your lye mix? Or does it not really matter? 🤨 Thank you again, Steve

Thanks! @Zing I keep tweaking here and there hoping to find that obvious difference between batches. Sugar is definitely on my radar next. I was trying to break that 10 day longevity streak which is why I lowered the CO and OO. Normally I keep them in the 20's. I sometimes omit the soy...

Thanks! @TheGecko Interestingly enough... I made similar batches with those ingredients / percentages and couldn't get past the 10 day shower mark. However, I have not yet tried Sodium Lactate or Kaolin Clay. Could that be the magic ticket to add to a longer lasting bar? I should also add...

Thank you @Marsi @penelopejane @johnnyusa for your responses. I will tweak this recipe a bit and see what gives.

Thanks Marsi, This is one of the recipes that I came up with. I used coffee ice cubes as the water. I was shooting for a higher P+S because my other recipes in the low to mid 30's were lasting about 10 showers. Funny thing is that this one lasted just as long.... 10 showers. Any advice...

Thank you @Marsi for your quick response. I was under the impression that upping the palmitic & stearic would make a bar last longer. So I focused on that and didn't think of the drying aspect. I used the cocoa butter at 28% and PO at 22% and OO at 9%. Do you think that is too much palm...

The couple of batches that I had made seem to be drying as opposed to other batches without cocoa butter. Is there a max % recommended to use cocoa butter?

Ahh.. gotcha.. thank you for your reply.

Hi @MelissaG does the scent last in CP?

I was hoping someone can explain to me why these 2 different recipes, even though the longevity is different, lasted the same amount of time. I got 10 showers out of each one. These are 4oz bars and they both cured a little over 4 weeks. I was hoping that cocoa butter would have increased the...

Hi all, I have been making small (500g) batches, whilst tweaking here and there. I have attached a couple of recipes to see what woulda / coulda / shoulda been tweaked. The batches that I've made with the stearic + palmitic combined to about 30 - 31 have a 10 day shower life on a soap...

Hi @TheGecko I've been making candles for a few years so I hear ya on the different variables and the affect it can have. The first year or so of testing drove me just about nuts. With the soaps, I've been keeping notes as well... temp and humidity with each batch as well as pour and...

Thanks @Mobjack Bay !

Thanks @Zany_in_CO Only time will tell I guess 😃