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Perhaps it's not going to be as bad as I thought :) A friend has just been around and said "...what a beautiful colour...!" It's actually a really dark navy... not quite as black as the pic.

I was so looking forward to cutting my tube of alkanet soap this morning...you can see why... and what the result was :( Was really expecting to have all these magnificent royal blue bars ! Trying to trouble shoot myself, I decided perhaps I shouldn't have insulated ? Also I used 15% alkanet...

Just attempted my first Pine Tar soap tonight...now anxiously waiting till morning to see if it's turned out 😬 Not at all confident though. I found DeeAnna's recipes and very detailed instructions on her website and thought I followed them to the letter.... but I obviously did something wrong...

I did my first pencil line the other day too. Was so excited that it actually turned out ! Thanks to @dibbles for fluid recipe and to @Jillyb for trick re pencil line. My batters were all quite pourable, I lightly dusted between the two layers with charcoal... it was a very light dust because I...

I was encouraged yesterday by an email I received from a friend in Dongguan, China. The virus seems to be under control there now...when I say under control I mean the lid is being kept on. She said it's back to business as usual and a lot of people have even stopped wearing face masks ! The...

Thanks.... I'd better check up on that...I get it from a friend with a printing works who buys it commercially in big drums and I'm sure he told me it was 99.9 %. I've printed that on the label, but not critical as I don't sell it... but I may have heard him incorrectly, I'll certainly check. I...

I mix my own...no special formula. Using a 100 ml spritz bottle, I measure in 2 parts isopropyl alcohol, 1 part aloe juice and a about 1/4 tsp of lemongrass. I've given it to lots of people so I hope it's OK .

Just tried this...and it works brilliantly ! A great tip, thanks CathyB 🤩 Perfect for someone like me who doesn't like hard sharp edges, but doesn't like the look of a really bevelled edge either....and can't do the vegetable peeler thing evenly enough 🙄...

Lol... me too ! That's how I ended up with annatto in my additive stock pile. Bought it because I went through a brief Brazilian cooking phase ! It gets more use in soap than it ever did in cooking 😊

So that's what red palm oil does... lovely ! I've seen it in recipes but just thought it was another oil that I didn't need ! Maybe I do after all 🤗 . Not sure that I can get it here though... checked my suppliers and it only seems to be available in specialty grocery shops.

Lol... yes it sure is. Rellies from the coast can't believe how cold it can get inland at night...we usually have lovely sunny days though. Hadn't thought of doing that with box & blanket....but DH says it would still be too cold...might work on the coast. Thanks anyway. Perhaps I'll just have...

They are lovely ! Love that they smell of lemongrass too...is that all the fragrance you used ? Is that a bubble wrap impression or do you have the right mold? It's come out so well ! Colour is great too...annatto or turmeric or something else ?

I'd love to make masterbatch lye but think after also reading DeeAnna's post it can only be a summer time thing where I live. Right now, being winter and living inland, the temperature in our house can drop to 5 C at night.... no central heating ! Other than leaving the aircon on all night...

Thanks Sparks...it certainly was alien brain and maybe it did overheat during saponification. I usually have a peek after an hour or two to see how it's going but I didn't this time...not for 12 hours, to find "AB"... so it well could have. I didn't microwave until after I'd discovered this and...

What a great tip ! I've just been in there polishing soap...and my microfibre cloth wasn't even a new one ! Learning so much everyday on this forum...thanks for that one Mobjack Bay. 😃

Help ! Another failed castile :hairpulling: Yesterday I made Zany's castile with coconut oil & castor oil...perfect ! This morning it popped out of the mold beautifully...a lovely smooth hard bar. So proceeded to do another with 100% OO this time. All seemed to be fine...I was so confident...

Just following on from my postings in "First Goats Milk Soap"....as I sent it off topic :( I finally cut that bar of oatmilk soap I made 4 days ago...it's okay but still pretty soft and crumbled a bit at the end of the cut. I probably put too much oatmeal in it too (2 Tbs per 500 g). Might...

🤭... too late ! Did it with oat milk this morning 😞... will update you when I cut it 🤞

No Zany, wasn't thinking other milk powders but milks in general. Doing the milk split and then your method. So half the water content mixed with lye and refrigerated over night.... with the other half milk added to the oils and warmed ? Does that make sense ?