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An easy place to start with non palm recipes, like kchaystack mentioned above, is to use butters. I used to start with 15% butter, 20% Coconut Oil, and 65% Olive. You can try other oils in part of, but not (in my findings) in total of, Olive. I also like to add 5-15% Castor Oil (subtracted from...

I think it should work just fine. Maybe try letting soap set up for a few hours, then put mold into the refrigerator for 10 minutes, finally remove soap by pushing on one end.

It's been over a year now since my last m&p layer soap but, if you don't mind, I will give my two cents. I don't use a thermometer for temperature. I prep my first layer by microwaving in 15-30 second bursts until almost melted, stir until soap is uniformly melted, add additives, and pour. I...

Your soap looks beautiful and the scent sounds amazing!

Moroccan spice is lovely. Your soap is beautiful! Love your layers. Beautiful work!!

I used up all that I had and the color was quite light. If I were to do this again, I would keep the solid extract and resuspend just before use. When I would use the extract for chromatography, I would suspend in a solvent and use that solvent to separate the components of the pigment on silica...

https://books.google.com/books?id=64dHBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=does+mineral+oil+saponify&source=bl&ots=boRj5IFkrx&sig=4RbppUPcVYtsSJu6Cx0W8maUk1c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo-s_q7YrNAhUOMFIKHenSA0gQ6AEIMDAG#v=onepage&q=does%20mineral%20oil%20saponify&f=false "Animal and vegetable oils undergo...

I've tested the soap. This is very different for me. Would you be interested in testing my next batch, DeeAnna?

Thank you, Saponista. I'm looking forward to trying this!

1. mzimm - How timely-- you just saved my "unlovely" soaps from salting out today! 2. BattleGnome - don't know if I'll have time but I'll certainly try 3. My Soapy Heart - I kid you not - I was JUST contemplating on doing this anyway, I am sooooo in!! 4. AMD - not sure if I'll have time, but...

I tried making a mayonnaise with the olive oil. The resulting soap has been curing for, I believe, about two months. It is not slimy to me. Has anyone else tried that?

Your soaps are beautiful!

Thank you all so much for your encouraging responses! Dibbles, thank you for remembering my hope to join the challenges. Penelopejane, your solution to my fragrance problem is great. Thank you for your comparison, snappyllama, sandstone lines are beautiful. Thank you, Blackdog! Earlene...

Thank you, IrishLass. You are always so kind and positive!

Olive 85% Castor 15% Lye:Water 2.5:1 5%sf No fragrance/essential oil (forgot) Brown pigment .5 tsp cocoa powder Blue pigment .5 tsp indigo powder Straw color 1/8 tsp turmeric Light green color dried water extract of grass Notes: didn't use enough grass extract, color is too light...

Thought this might give insight? https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-and-how-does-soda-ash-appear-while-soap-is-curing.363781/

I make a baby powder(ish) blend with that Rose scent plus Lavender and vanilla. I would need to look at my notes for proportions.

So cool. Maybe this is pertinent?http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21699089

I'm curious about this as well. It seems to me that I get the ash developing after I cut my bars too early (because I'm often impatient and don't want to wait over 24 hrs to cut :p). I think this was mentioned before here? Does anyone else find this? The scientific soapmaking book is awesome...

Coconut oil soap is wonderful!