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    First attempt at CP

    Yes, that is it!!! The smell is "permanent wave", does it go away? I tell you this is a learning process, at least I got it to actually turn into soap. Does the peppermint EO work ok or do you need to add something to it to get it to stay scented?
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    First attempt at CP

    I think you're right about the citris EO not holding its smell, I just took the soap out of the mold and cut it, it does not smell like orange at all. It has a very strong lye odor. Or I am assuming that is what the odor is. It just doesn't smell good! Is the odor normal when you first cut...
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    First attempt at CP

    Yeah, I actually started out the first 30 minutes with the wooden spoon and then resorted to a hand held mixer. I am going to go out and buy a stick blender ASAP!
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    First attempt at CP

    Hi everyone, new to this site. I have been reading about and researching soapmaking for a while and today I attempted to make my first batch of CP soap. I used a recipe from Millers soap for a very basic batch using Crisco, olive oil, lye and water. I added orange scented EO and ground...
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