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For the FOs: I have tried their myrrh, which I used blended, mainly with their frankincense. That one was liked by several customers. Described as 'grounding' by some. Sea fresh I also tried, it is a typical 'water' type fragrance, strong and floral. Was liked as a blend (with forest...

All of my FO reviews seem to have disappeared. I had started a tab for Camden grey, and added reviews for Candle science. All gone, and Camden Grey is completely gone! Someone did not like them I guess? I did not keep copies of what I wrote for myself since I am phasing out fragrance oils...

Litsea is very strong, so I agree with using a LOT more orange. I make a scrub soap that has orange, litsea and rosemary. The rosemary really adds something, but then it smells like a blend, rather than just orange as you wanted. Try it some day though, very nice and refreshing.

Vegetable oil = soy oil I no longer buy it (switched to peanut oil) but I have used it for liquid soap for a few years. It makes a great liquid soap with used 70-80% veg oil and 30-20% (new) coconut oil. I use it for dish soap and it performs quite well. I have also used it for CP soap...

Wether selling or gifting, I list every essential oil since I have encountered so many essential oil allergies. Better safe than sorry.

"Ingredients: Organic Beeswax, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Organic Coconut oil, organic Calendula, St. John's Wort Oil, Essential oils of Lemon & organic Lavender." The calendula, St john Wort and essential oils would be used in much smaller quantities. It is quite possible that the bulk of...

Yes, this is where I get mine. I have enough for a lifetime or several. 1/8 tsp will color a 2 lb loaf medium blue.

Indigo! works great for me, dark midnight blue! or just indigo blue.

FOs are not necessary to make great soap, so why use them at all? I would just stop using them. Pregnant or not, they cause problems for a lot of people, myself included.

Forgot to mention that if the scent interferes with my chosen EO blend, I'll use shea, which does almost the same thing in soap. My shea is deodorized.

I use virgin cocoa butter on most soaps (10% and +). I can certainly smell it in 'unscented' soaps. I only use EO for scenting all soaps (except for the unscented), and whether I smell the cocoa in scented soaps or not, depends on what EO blend I use. I made one recently with menthol crystals...

MSDS = Materials safety data sheet

I never noticed any discoloration with any of the EOs you used. Neither on their own nor together. Only folded orange and patchouli cause some yellowing and darkening as far as I have noticed in CP soap. On the other hand, I have never used titanium dioxide, so I am too, quite puzzled...

Thanks for this perspective. When I make solid bar soap using 100% OO I use a much larger lye concentrations than when I make a 100% CO soap, yet, I can unmold the CO one much faster, and it cures in 3-4 weeks, rather than several months for the 100% OO ones. This is why I was quite surprised...

No zap so you are good to go on the dilution. We can't give you more advice since you do not say what else is in your face wash recipe. If I was in your situation, I would reserve the paste (it will keep almost indefinitely) and dilute a small part of it, check how it works in your...

Nanzclaire, hello from the other side of the world and welcome to this forum. I use 80% water weight, I think 60% would be OK too, 38% would probably be too low. Just like you, I found it took forever to get the 'paste' consistency. My observation of the soap discoloring - getting...

I should clarify I had been making LS (with some CO) for a couple of years before I attempted the 100% OO fiasco, so I did know what to expect. I have never read anyone's experience here attempting a 'true' liquid soap castile. It is counter intuitive that using OO only would make such an...

I have also tried to make a pure castile LS, but my LS using 100% pomace never gave acceptable results. Besides a really tough time getting the paste to behave as it should, I was not able to dilute it to a liquid enough consistency to use. I was super thick, and if I diluted it to a usable...

I will have to sit this one out, too bad - no time until Saturday, and then I would not be able to show cut pictures! it sounds like a hard one though from what I have been reading in this thread. Looking forward to all the pictures.

I use fresh raw goat milk. No billy goat smell, but my unscented goat milk castile soaps have a milk scent. Very similar to powdered dried milk, the one that is good for camping and emergencies. Most people do not object, and the goat owner loves all of my goat milk soaps (I trade her soap...