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Thanks for all the tips:) I will experiment and see what works best! It's 0.4degrees c this morning so I wouldn't mind visiting @Ugeauxgirl ! 🌞We had a frost overnight so it's very pretty outside but very cold too!!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any tips for using coconut oil over winter? It's one of the main ingredients I use but I always find it goes extremely hard over winter and is tricky to get out the container!

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cherries Whoops , I thought grapes was the last comment !! Think I'll go for 'insect' instead!

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I had a couple of months like that earlier this year - it's very frustrating! Soap definitely seems to have a mind of it's own! 😏

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Oh no! Yes it is a bit of a pain !!

Thank-you :)

Ok thanks, I'll give it a go :)

We do have fairly hard water so maybe that was the issue.

Ok ,thanks :)

I didn't use any fragrances, the alkanet was the only additive. I store the soap spaced out on coated cooling racks. I've been reading through the link resolvableowl sent and noticed it recommended distilled water rather than tap water - I've been using tap water so I'm wondering if maybe that...

Yes it was aluminium foil. I stored the infused oil in jars with the foil covering it for a couple of days before using it, so it wasn't airtight, could this have made a difference? The linoleic acid comes out as 8 - I've attached the formula I used. The only other ingredient I added in was the...

Thank-you for your reply. The soap has already started to smell a bit off ! I didn't realise metals could affect soap - I used tin foil to cover a jar whilst infusing the oils with alkanet root so I'm wondering if this is how it happened. The soap has only been curing for around a month so it...

I made a batch of soap about a month ago which is starting to develop yellow spots that are gradually growing larger. I feel quite baffled about what is causing it as I've used the same recipe over the last couple of years and this has only happened a couple of times. I'm thinking it may have...