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It’s not grey! I made it at my moms house so I hadn’t seen it. I now have and have some pictures. Sorry for the confusion. It just looks a little lighter to me than it was. I guess I have some basic questions now. I have kept my oils and lye under 130 degrees when combining, is that ok or is...

I’m looking at it when it’s still in the mold, haven’t cut it yet. Will try to get a picture posted.

I put my recipe in the bramble calculator. I have 7 oz palm oil, 7 oz coconut oil, 1.5 oz castor oil, 4 oz sunflower oil, and 10.5 oz olive oil. I used 4% super fat in calculator. The calculator said to use 4.22 oz lye and 9.90 oz water. Did all that. Kept oil and lye under 130 degrees. Put in...

I did the zap test and my pink soap did start stinging my tongue. Is it right that i put water on my finger then rub the soap and rub some on my tounge or just varely touch it to my tounge? I zap tested my other 3 soaps first and they seemed fine then the pink soap but now after getting the...

I didn't realize that the cabbage test wasn't good enough. So if i don't get a zap they will be fine to use? The pink soap had 2/3 cup olive oil, 2/3 cup coconut oil, 1 oz jojoba oil, 1 oz grapeseed oil, 1 oz castor oil, and 2 1/4 oz sunflower oil. The water was 5.20 oz and the lye was supposed...

I hope my picture attachment comes on here! I need everyones opinion if my soap is ok to use. My pink soap i knew i probably couldn't use, i accidently added 3/4 of an ounce to much lye. Do they other soaps look ok to use? Thanks everyone!

How do i figure how much lye you use if you want to use milk in some of your cold process soap? On the bramble lye calculater i don't see a place to say that your using milk just oils. How do i figure it out? I am also still confused about in the lye calculater where it says superfatting...

I am new to cold process bar soap making. I have read and read on the subject. Still a little confused about the oils. I know the rule is substitute hard oil for hard soft for soft. I have read the article off the soap queen website (how to substitute oil in cold pressed recipes). I don't want...