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You could always make another batch of paste and add it to your diluted soap--to avoid having to cook a lot of water out. This would also give you the opportunity to increase the oleic-based soap in the total batch (if you run a second batch with little to no coconut).

Keep in mind that "the list" they recite at the USPS window doesn't necessarily mean that you can't ship those items. It simply means that there may be services that are unavailable for those types of items. Liquids, for example, can be shipped--it's just that there are requirements for how...

You're welcome, Kimberly. They ship so fast. A few times, I've ordered in the morning and had my shipment the next day--but usually it's here second day. I love their Pumpkin Patch FO, Pine FO, and Ginger Mint. And the oxides are great, though honostly, I've never used any others.

What type of colorants are you looking for? You mentioned that you're in NY (me too), and I buy oxides and ultramarine from https://symphonyscents.com/, but they also have micas and clay. Fast shipping (but I'm only about 2 hours way), and flat rate. Plus, I've been trying their fragrances...

About that 500F cooking temperature. . . . At first glance it makes sense that a larger pan of batter would need a lower temperature, but I wouldn’t advise it . . . yet. I was a professional baker for a number of years, and I can say that I’ve (almost) never lowered an oven temperature when...

You'rr welcome! I just realized that I "misspoke" in my last post. . . . I edited it, but I want to make sure you see it. I wrote, "Run your recipe with a 2% SF, and replace your dilution water with goat milk." That's wrong! What I meant was that you should replace the water for your lye...

I think that's just part of the learning curve with LS! When I put your recipe through a soap calculator with a duel lye option, I'm coming up with a SF of somewhere in the neighborhood of 22-30%--which is too high for the LS to solubilize. If I enter in a 22% SF with a purity level for the...

It's hard to tell from the picture, but could some of the top layer be foam from mixing? As for clarity, I was never able to get clear liquid soap when using olive oil (too much palmitic acid and unsaponifiables). Many on the forum have no problem with it, but for some reason it never...

I formulate my LS with a 0% SF--and that's without milk or any other ingredient that will add additional fat--and the result is a paste that does not zap (no excess caustic). Even so, after dilution, if you look closely, you can still see a small amount of whispy oil on the surface. In other...

Which calculator are you using? I would probably shoot for something in the realm of 0 to 2% SF, knowing that the milk would add fat. Edited to say, you could, for future batches, skim the excess fat from the top if that bothers you too much.

What SF% were you hoping for? Based on your comment that there is a "foamy creamy layer, " I think you're dealing with too high of a SF. I see 3% SF recommended as a safe SF for LS, but since you are using goats milk (which will add fat), you could go lower. I ran your recipe through a...

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The second looks like the result of having multiple batter densities. I get this a lot with in-the-pot swirling--especially when I only scent my base and not the colored portions. The scented base is one density, the unscented (with colorant) is another, and any place where they mix... Edited...

My preservative also needs to be added at below 120F. Once it's in (along with any other heat-sensitive ingredients), I start bottling. I bought a Wilton Easy-Pour Funnel on a whim and it works great for bottling lotion--so long as the lotion is still warm and thin. If the lotion cools and...

I'll add a couple of thoughts: 1. You've got a lot of castor in there (almost 21% of your oil total). That's going to keep it softer, and make your soap more translucent. In fact, castor is added to transparent soap to help impart clarity. 2. The bergamot. . . . I love bergamot; it's my...

There are too many variables to successfully use another person's (or calculator's) conversion factor (especially if you don't want too little or too much); you need to calculate your own. This is how I handle this type of situation: My current recipe yields bars that are 2.5 inches tall...

Liquid soap, fabric softener, lotion bars, sugar scrubs, wax tarts, shampoo, conditioner. (Or on a piece of paper towel under the front seat of my car.)

This is my experience with Patchouli EO. With everything else, an equal amount of PS80 is sufficient.

I do the same.

I heat and hold every batch. Every time I have not (which was only twice), my lotion has failed (either the emulsion breaks or the lotion doesn't thicken adequately). I don't know why it happens, but I figure I can find enough to keep me busy in that 20 minutes.