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Thanks Penelopejane. I didn't heat the liquid oils, so maybe the shea and CO didn't mix well. I use milk from a farm that's just a few minutes away from my home, I don't even know where I'd be able to buy powdered goats milk round here, I've never seen it. (But then, I've never looked for...

Thank you both - I've learned something about shea today :) The recipe was an internet one, I was aiming for a good palm-free GM soap - I'll keep trying, unless someone would like to make suggestions? I just wanted to make sure it gelled to the edges, as I've made GM soap before (different...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what has caused these "bits" in my cold process goats milk soap? When I went to turn it out of the mould, it had a few little white "bits" on the surface. When I turned it out, the bottom had LOTS of these little grains, and bubbles. I looked at it...

Thanks for replies everyone. It hasn't occurred to me to CPOP after the fact - good idea. I'm sure it must be one of the other ingredients that's in with the AC, so I'm going to save the capsules for upset tummies, and buy some powder. It's firming up now, and am sure it will be a...

Artemis - I used the contents of three capsules, forgot to weigh it before I put it in though. DeeAnna - Sorry, I didn't realise it was preferred to post recipes as weights. I mixed the AC into the oils, before pouring the lye in. (I took a small amount of olive oil out of the weighed amount...

Hello, all you experienced soapers! I've made a couple of batches of soap with activated charcoal, and both times they have been soft and sticky for much longer than usual. The latest batch was unmoulded after about 28 hours and was far too sticky to slice. I tried 24 hours later, no luck, so...

I must first apologise, because I know this has been asked about a million times, and I've read numerous threads, but the more I read, the more confused I am. I'm trying to calculate how much fragrance oil it's safe for me to use. Soapcalc defaults to 0.5 oz ppo, which works out to just over...

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That looks lovely! There's no reason anyone has to know if that isn't what you'd originally planned.

I'm on a mission to find groundnut oil (peanut oil) today because I REALLY want to make some tooth soap! My local supermarkets are not very good so I'm venturing further afield today. I tried brushing with some of my other soap, which did contain coconut oil. I can confirm, the reports are true...

A few years ago, I fancied having a try at making soap, and a friend bought me a M&P kit. I made the soap, and unknowingly left it in the dampest room in the house, where it sweated, and sweated, and sweated some more. I binned it, and thought no more about soap making. Then, at the start of...

Peanut oil is sometimes labelled as groundnut oil, at least in the UK. It's good for frying because it burns at a higher temperature than other oils. No idea about its soapy properties though :)

Good to know I'm not alone, not being too interested in swirling etc - I'm a new soaper, less than a year and with about 15 batches under my belt, but at first I sort of thought I "had to" do loads of crazy colours and patterns, when actually, I really love a single, even, opaque colour. Or no...

Not sure I can add much to the discussion, but I'm reading with interest, as I'd like to find some more natural (and cheaper) ways to make the most of my curls, without going fluffy! I have fairly thick hair, very curly. I wash it about twice a week, usually with just conditioner, I use...

It'll probably come out amazing, and you'll never be able to recreate it!

I just checked, it's black and orange for me too. Wasn't like that last week!

*gdawgs* your mould looks great. I need to ask my husband to make me something like that, he likes a project :) *KristaY* Thanks for the link to that video, that was really useful.

Someone took a bite out of one of my soaps too - I'd labelled it "goats milk, rosemary & mint" and gave a piece to a friend, to try. Her dad thought it was tablet, which is like a sweet that comes in a block, you have to break bits off. He wasn't impressed with the "tablet", she wasn't impressed...

Thank you so much KristaY, and sorry for late reply.

The spreadsheet sounds good, where can I find this please? (I love spreadsheets!)