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Label-wise: I want to put correct ingredient so it doesn't imply false description. But if I can just put Olive Oil whether I used the Pomace or not then it doesn't matter. Recipe-wise : ok I see that the two are different. Thank you for the clear instruction!!!

When you use Olive Pomace for olive oil, do you write Olive Pomace or just Olive Oil as the recipe you used? Is there big difference in these two oils? Would it be false description if I put Olive oil instead of Olive Pomace? There is a big price difference so if there is not much difference...

Thank you all very much for the replies. I now know I should put something on the wire rack, thank you for that tip! About the orange EO i bought it from Bulk Apothecary. And since the coloration started when it was out of the mold maybe it's got to do something with being exposed in air.. or...

I used distilled water, as usual. I used same oils, lye, water, mold, everything etc as with my other soaps and put it to cure like I always do. I put it out on the wire rack so it can breathe all the way around with no blocked sides. But it started to color about a day or two later I put it on...

It doesn't really smell that bad. Most of the EO have disappeared and now it's left with mild scent.. now closer to oil smell? But it's not bad smell. I did use it and it functions just as well as normal soap, just looking ugly. The making was my usual CP way so I don't know what I've done...

Won't putting in FO or EO cover up the Red Palm's smell? Is it that strong? And regarding color, I am going to put Activated Charcoal so the color wouldn't be an issue.. i hope :) Thank you.

I used Sweet Orange scents and as I am quite new to soaping, the oils are not old. Thank you. I removed from the mold about a day later I put it in. The mold I use is the Crafter's Choice silicone loaf mold. Thank you.

I need to buy some Palm oil but I saw some saying Red Palm. Are these two the same thing? Can I use Red Palm oil like I would with regular Palm oil? Thank you!!

I made this soap (CP) with mixing in poppy seeds. But after I took it out from the mold and started curing, the soap turned this brownish orange. It started changing color as it was curing and the soap is very ugly and I still don't know what caused this. My oils are just regular ones Olive...

Oh so then I shouldn't worry too much about the grey lather. Next time I will try to mix in more thoroughly. Thank you so much!

I made soap with activated charcoal and to test it, the lather was grey and had some black charcoal powders being left in the sink. It was easily washed off but my concern is, is this normal? I haven't used charcoal soap before (store-bought ones) so I have no idea if the professionally made...

:cry::cry: I wanted to make white or at least ivory like color with HP. But it only came out tan, a dark ugly tan that is. Whilst I was stirring after turning the heat off, the color was really tan-like so I mixed in the white oxide (it's the only white I had in hand at the moment). That...

Can I add several different soap batches which has different ingredients, EOs etc together and rebatch? I have 2-3 want-to-fix soap batches but the quantity isn't that much so I was wondering if I can mix those together and get a one big batch and don't have any problems. Thank you!

Hello and thanks in advance for any replies/comments. I made a HP soap and am in disgust with the color. It is greyish, limeish weird color and I just don't like it. So instead of trying to use the soap I looked up and found there is rebatching! So when I rebatch, if I add the activated...

Calendula whole stem etc - use or not? Hi, as a beginner in soap making I have a lot to learn. I just received my new pack of dried whole calendulas. I know I will use the petals to spread on top or grind them and use on my soaps but do I grind the whole flower with the stems etc too? I...

Oh~~~ thank you so much for your quick reply!! Thank goodness it's not something bad. Next time I will be sure not to scrape the dried bits into the mold. :D

Hi, I made my first batch of Hot Process soap with Honey & Oatmeal. I just cut the soap and found these white blobs(?) here and there in the middle. (Please see attached picture. Kind of looks like white choc chip in oatmeal cookie) I never got them with Cold process so I am very confused. I...