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It was clear when I poured it. It smells good now. Smells up my garage where my SWMBO relegated my chemical activities (lye) to. The color is an added bonus if everything else is normal.

Turning a darker color is a normal thing and it is a result of the FO?

Update: I just took a peak at it. It seams to have turned into a solid and it has turned a toffee brown. I used crafters Drakkar Noir. That might have something to do with it.

Used a stick blender to achieve trace. I think I used it for too long. It was chunky when I poured into the mold. I have covered with a towel and will unmold and slice tomorrow. Will it be chunky or solid?

You mean the Son of God, Jesus Christ? Prophet, King, and High Priest? Mark 14:3-9 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured...

I tried some Tea Tree Oil shampoo and loved it. I would like to incorporate tea tree oil into bar soap and get that same feeling all over my body. How much would I need for 4 pounds of soap with the recipe listed below? Us wet shavers use aftershave splash LOADED with menthol such as Osage Rub...

I'm a man and my wife is hesitant. :D

After being tied up do so many things, and even starting a new project tomorrow, I made some soap tonight! Here is the recipe I found on the net: CREAMY CASTILE SOAP 16 oz water 6 oz lye 16 oz Olive Oil 8 oz coconut oil 17.5 oz Crisco Shortening Using a stick blender I had trace...

What is the difference between essential oil and fragrance oil? Which is better?

Thank you! Open to all of them. Which ever is the best. Also, I need a reliable place to get them. I really like spicy and fragrant soaps. Sensual.. Frankincense and cinnamon? Sandalwood and cinnamon????

Hello! I tend to make many of the things I use. Everything from casting my own bullets from lead, making natural lubricants and shooting patches for my black powder muzzle loaders, growing my own cigar tobacco, a big garden for my veggies, homemade beer and wine, and so on. So I will guess I...