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I bought some food grade vanilla and it smells heavenly, but is it safe to use in soap, I don't care about the color turning dark. Has anybody tried it. Kveðja María

I started reading all of my oils very carefully and it says on my coconut oil "medium chain triglyceride " I googled it and that means fractionated, so that is another thing I have been doing wrong... where does it end... well i cought that mistake in the middle of making my peppermint soap so I...

Wow that is alot, maybe I should try to duplicate with EO's. Has anybody tried it with good results, I tried to search the forum but have not found anything. Kveðja María

Thanks everybody, I think I will have to reconsider my palm oil use, although it is organic, I'm not so sure that means orangutan friendly. My superfatts were a result of the higer sap value of the coconut oil. Oh well I'm going to render tallow and try to make soap from that. Thank you again, I...

Where can I buy the best Karma dupe? Kveðja María

Ooops,,, wrong thread..

I have made 4 batches of CP soap and they have all had an oily outcome and now I tried red palm oil (from an africa store) and it traced instantly, I just found out that my "refined palm oil (named palmin) " was coconut oil and I have been superfatting my soaps almost 30%, no wonder they are all...

Thank you for the reply, I have heard that about citrus scents, but I did a lemon lime and bergamot soap and it is perfect, really strong scent, but only a week since I made that one. But I hope the bergamot will ancor the lime and lemon to stay longer. Kveðja María

I know there are alot of questions there :D but if anybody maybe knew some of the answers I would be eternally grateful. Kveðja María

My orange soap had oily sludge all over it it, the amout was about half of my superfats and now there is no orange smell. I used orange, tangerina and bergamot oil andi it seems like they did not blend into the soap, I soap in a pvc pipe , and I covered it up with towels and blankets. could it...

Maybe these prices are too good to be true.. By far the cheapest I have seen.. Kveðja María

bought essential oils from the, they are really cheap and I was wondering if they were reliable. Kveðja María

Ok, wouldn't that be a very smelly vanilla pathouli soap? or maybe the soap will lose some smell over time...

Hi, thanks for the reply... Do you use 0.7 oz per pound of oils or do you use less... Kveðja María

Essential oil that is..

It's from the body shop, I'm not sure, I think it is real. Kveðja María

I am making a soap batch from 1 kg oils, how much of the patchouli would I need for a pleasant smell not a "stinky over the top did you drop the whole bottle in there" smell. I was thinking about 2 parts vanilla and 1 part patchouli but both of them are pretty strong so I am not sure about 0.7...

Thank you all for the supportive feedback, my soaps look way better today so I am really happy, I used lavender essential oil but not alot just about 8 grams for a kilo og oils, thank you all again. Kveðja María

oh I forgot, they are lavender flowers...

Thank you, yes it is just a thin layer with a few oily drops, maybe from air pockets. Kveðja María