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Quite honestly, I am completely sold on flake lye. I bought some lye from another company as I needed something else from them, and yes the lye can fly about and I hate that. I Hot press and I found that it has been taking longer for my soap cooks rather then the flakes. So I am going back to my...

I'm just thinking I'll just have to adjust the whole recipe and had harder oils....I kind of have given up on the specific combination I was aiming for. Let me think about it. I am so unsure!

Krissy, thanks! I meant unsaponified oils :) Maybe I can PM you then

I think it looks great too and love your soap calculator!!! it's the best :)

I mean I had floating saponified bits of oils and then tons of floating liquid oils....and even rduced my avocado to a small percentage like 8% of base oils.

Thanks Krissy! Really appreciated! I am feeling SO frustrated.... and yes pretty sure I know how to make soap lol! see below :)

HI everyone I posted some time back about avocado oil and it hasn't gotten any better at all. Same issue with the oils just not blending. I am haivng a floating island and I never have that with any of our other bars. A floating oil and tons of oil. I know people said use coconut oil and...

I kind of doubt it as well because I have 5 other recipes we have made successfully and I just bought the scale recently. This was a first for me and avocado :)

hhhmm it's a good thought but we place only a piece of paper towel or saran wrap over it, and then we press tare and go from there. So I kind of highly doubt it but it does sound and feel very heavy with lye. Because it cooked FOREVER. It was so greasy and oily. I even tried to pour the second...

Okay I am going to have to do major testing then because I made a HUGE oily mess today and the lye still zapped me FOREVER. I didn't think it'd be this hard...darn it! well it's fun regardless but obviously don't want to waste a bunch of money so smaller batches then right? that's possible with...

TessV thanks for the encouragement! Because when I mixed everything the lye still zapped, and it was supper mushy and runny. I would liek to make a shampoo bar with a higher content of olive oil. So if I riased the amount of olive then I could make it work with a little less of the other...

does olive oil get hard enough?

So there would be no way with those above oils for me to get enough hardness out of it?

Hi I need some assistance :) I realize now that avocado oil has a very high percentage of unsaponifiables...hope I spelled that right! So what is too much. If using olive oil, sunflower oil, and avocado oil and jojoba oil as a base with superfatting. How can I make a proper soap with...

What about fruit extracts, has anyone used that in their soaps? Like for scent and some color? such as apple, etc...they say natural but are they? how do you know?

That's really good to know, thanks Maria! I'll try that :) I am sure it is easier to blend as well.

Maria this is true so I;m adding honey at the end :) Thanks. I guess I can cook with the clay then right?

Really? I thought clay since it's kind of herbal would be affected and adding herbs and clays at the end would keep them richer and not cook out the properties and benefits from them. Sorry Maria, I meant sugar. Do I add the sugar with the water and then add the lye? It's 1 tsp per pound or 1...

HI everyone. Just wondering how much honey should one add to HP? and when should this be added? For HP do I add 1 tbp or tsp to the water part first before adding the lye? How much exactly? For hard clays, do I dissolve this first inot water and then add to the HP soap at the end when...