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I'm not really dead set on a salt bar, just looking for something to help with a bit of acne. I have activated charcoal and dead sea salt, just figured I would give one of them a try. I'll have to write your recipe down and give it a try one of these days.

15-20 .. I'll definitely keep that in mind! I tried a salt bar today! I had a lye mishap and used dead sea salt! Lol! At least I am learning what NOT to do! I'll get there! Thanks so much for your help!!

I did run the recipe through a calculator for myself. Obviously I made a mistake somewhere - to be expected as a newbie. As for the oils, as a vegetarian and somebody who is against the treatment of animals who are raised for food, animal products are out. As for palm, i know more then...

I think I will take you up on that! I'm gonna toss this batch but have two more to rebatch this week. I deff be posting the recipe before trying! Ya'll are very helpful!!

A big part of my problem is that I don't want to use tallow or palm and don't habe olive oil, I am trying to use what I have on hand before placong another order. But I will deff write this recipe down and give it a try in the future! Thanks for all of your suggestions!

... I thought it sounded like a lot of lye as well and in hind sight, shold have double checked it. Oh well. I have started mixing all of the oils together, sorry if It sounded like I didn't - special thanks for Susie for that suggestion. I think I'll chuk it and try again another day...

Wow! So pretty!!

Ahh! **** sea salt! I was so excited to use it! Sorry,should have explained that better but I was panicking! Lol. I mixed all the oils together before ading the lye. I'm 3 fails for 3 attempts! Gah! Anything I can do with this big bowl of crumbly clay like mixture? Lol

Tried to make a salt bar, ended up with mashed potatoes! Help! Recipe: Coconut 80% 11.2 oz Avocado 15% 2.10 oz Mango butter 5% .70 oz Superfat 15% half avocado half mango Dead sea salt 50% Lye 7.7 oz Water 14 oz I don't think I ever really reached trace .. within 30 seconds I had a...

Gahh! Lol! Well I have a gigantic tub of CO so it's not looking like there will be any excaping it anytime soon ... I guess I will be looking for another ingredient to counteract it's drying effects .. on to the next! Lol

Oh you Americans have all the good stuff! Lol! I have a "side job" selling infused EVOO's and other spices and balsamics so I don't buy just the regular olive oil anymore, besides, it is fairly expensive. Once I run out of the oils I have, I will have to get some, even if it means buying...

Really? Thats so strange! Suppliers are about half the price of grocery stores here for olive oil! I am thinking that I will probably using quite a bit of RB so any insights you have that you don't mind sharing would be greatly appreciated!

I'll cure a few bars and probably confetti the rest. I don't want to use tallow or palm and my supplier has been out of olive for quite sometime and because of all of my mistakes, I don't want to buy it from a grocery store as it can be pretty expensive! I have a lot of coconut and...

Haha! Thanks! At this rate, I will be a pro at rebatching in no time!

Thanks, sounds like I will be confetting it .. just like I will be doing to my first batch!! Lol

So I'm obviously very new at this so please excuse my complete lack of knowledge but here goes ... Question .. my understanding is that superfatting is when we add more oil then the lye can saponify so those extra oils are left behind in the soap, thus your skin is abe to absorb those properties...

Hahaha! Nope! I just dont really know what I'm doing!

Okay folks! My 2nd attempt at making soap could be a disaster! I have no idea what to expect! I ran the re ipe through a lye calculator with a 5% SF but forgot to add the SF!! Recipe: 25 oz of oils Avocado 15% 3.75 oz Coconut 25% 6.25 oz Rice bran 45% 11.25 oz Shea 10% 2.50 oz...

I am going to give this recipe a try right now! I dont have castor oil though. I am guessing it is used for bubbles - I have a few other oils, going to do some quick research and see what else will aid in making bubbles but also for longevity of bubbles. Any other suggestions are appreciated!!

Thanks! I may end up doing this! I really don't like the smell of the soap and honestly probably won't want to use it. I'll use a bar to see what it's like and keep another ro see how it ages but Im sure I will end up rebatching this in one way or another ... stay tuned!