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That's what is throwing me off. I have all edges bright and the inside all this tan color (some areas worse than others). I don't typically work with goats milk but I thought this wasn't even supposed to happen when using the powdered stuff (which is why I'm using it lol).

Hi all, I just made soap using the split method (I did this once before in an oatmeal milk and honey soap but it was a golden brown so idk if this was an issue on it). I did a pink, purple and teal soap - added my GM powder to the oils. But upon cutting the inside of the soap has a...

Thank you all so much for your helpful advice! I can't wait to make it and see how it turns out.

A friend of mine has requested a charcoal and tea tree oil soap. Normally I use regular old FO's and Micas. Is there anything different about either of these compared to micas and FOs that I need to be aware of?

Yeah my next step is the lint roller. LOL It's like those plague movies where they have to go through a whole bathing/changing/sanitation process to get from one room to another These animals are lucky they stole our hearts LOL.

I just came here to talk about how to keep pet hair away. I soap in my basement, my dog hates the basement and only goes down every couple years when forced due to tornado sirens. I wear a hairnet, I have a specific tshirt that I keep in the basement to be free of dog hair, and a moriticians...

I swore off using goats milk my first time using it lol. now I have a bunch of goats milk cubes I just made in the freezer ready to try again I add a tsp of sugar to my lye water and let it dissolve, and 2 teaspsoons of salt as well. I was just thinking that I was doing something wrong if my...

I haven't had a partial gel ring yet. Typically I would put one without frosting or embeds in the oven to cpop (also depends on what time I make it and what I'm making for dinner lol). I have almost done the heating pad method but I've read so many variations on how to do it that I just haven't...

OK thanks. I had read that saponification typically creates an exothermic reaction and was just wondering if I was doing something wrong that that hadn't been happening :)

I have a recipe that I've been using a while now and it makes nice soap. 45% lard, 20% CO, OO 15%, Almond oil 5%, Cocoa butter 5%, Shea Butter 5%, castor oil 5%. Soap at about 100F. My soap takes about 36-48 hours to unmold (especially on humid days) and I've noticed that when it's in the mold...

Seriously?!?!?! Guess we can't offer fat free soaps LMAO!!! But I'm sure we can come up with a list of what ingredient free we can offer it as LOL

Yeah that's kind of what I was wondering. I love that cartoon! lol I know gluten sensitivity is real but there's always some snobbery around things like that (or vegan as the Effacious Gentleman said) to hop on a PR trend.

I was talking with a friend and she said a friend of hers was going somewhere to buy gluten free soap. I was thinking to myself "isn't most soap (at least hand made) gluten free?" I mean I'm sure it does depend but wouldn't most ingredients (oils and lye/water) be gluten free? Idk about the...

That will promote gel phase right? If I don't want gel then I have to deal with it being soft?

Thank you. Do I insulate the top with a towel as well or just the heating pad underneath?

Yeah there were some small clumps in there but there wasn't much left anyway so I tossed that and the lard (not much left in that container either. I'm going to go with those changes for right now and then if I still have issues then I'll lower the super fat. If that doesn't work then I'll lower...

Now that you mention it, i opened a new lye container not long ago either. I bought 5 2lb containers in the middle of September just for convenience of not running out. It never occurred to me that it would have a limited shelf life. I could try one of the other containers. I want to say I had...

Yeah I edited it for the previous one I wasn't thinking as I was typing. Sorry. I moved my stuff to the basement. I've made 5 soaps down there, the first 3 were perfectly fine and the temp hasn't really changed it's been about 65-67. I soap at around 90-95 F. I gelled 2 of the 5 cpop. Another...

Usually I can unmold my soaps after 24 hours. The past two times they have been soft as play dough or softer after 24 hours. This latest one is still very mushy (but I can pull the silicone away from the mold and it's formed in there). Yesterday I made sure I measured on two different scales and...

No, I used a white mica. I haven't had that happen with TD yet, though I have had colors get a lot paler after saponification. Once I made one and it just was like a peach flesh tone and I forgot to add the FO. Then I shredded it to rebatch and it looked like I was melting skin and then...