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  1. skinbyroi

    Aloe CO CP soap turned pink?

    Thanks for this! I’ve ordered some citric acid so we’ll see how this turns out!
  2. skinbyroi

    Aloe CO CP soap turned pink?

    Omgosh! THANK YOU Mobjack! This is an excellent resource. I was so concerned because I’m going to be selling these bars. Glad to know that it’s not harmful😅 Hi lsg! Yes, I used the gel and blended with water and then made ice cubes.
  3. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Yes. 😭😭😭 I honestly don’t know what’s going on. At first I suspected that it was because I used soft oils but I used tallow and coconut oil as well. It’s been a little over two weeks now. I’ve even tried sticking it in the freezer for a day (like I’ve seen suggested on bramble berry) but nothing...
  4. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Hey Tammy. Thanks for clarifying. Idk whats up with this batch. I followed your suggestions but the soap is still in the mold and still very soft. I’m unable to remove it to even cut🤦🏽‍♀️
  5. skinbyroi

    Aloe CO CP soap turned pink?

    Hey y’all! Okay so this was my second time using aloe in a recipe but my first time using it with only one type of oil (coconut). I used the aloe to make aloe gel and instead of freezing it, blended with water (for my water content) and sat in an ice bath while I applied the lye. All was well. I...
  6. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Ah, okay okay. I understand why you didn’t include. No need for apologies. I’m just a newbie so I wanted to make sure I had the correct understanding.
  7. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Thank you so much Tammyfarms. I’m going to try rebatching. It’s pretty soft already so I don’t imagine it being so much of a pain. Just gonna try scooping it right from the mold into my crockpot. Thank you so much for this. I’m sure you can imagine how much self-doubt we go through as beginner...
  8. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Hi DeAnna, thank you for this suggestion! I’m going to try it for this bar. But I’m a bit confused about the ratio. For clarity, are you suggesting a 2.6:1 water-lye ratio?
  9. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Gotcha. And would I keep it at 38% water?
  10. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Ah, okay. Thank youuuuu
  11. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Sorry for all the confusion and thank you both for your help. Here’s my recipe. Do you think I just need to let it sit in the mold a bit? Maybe because I used more soft oils than hard? Is that a factor? I misspoke with saying “a cup of water.” It was actually about 16oz. Which is about 453g...
  12. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Okay, I’m a little confused. I weighed all my liquids by using a scale. The recipe was a total of about 1000g of oils with about 550 being evoo. The only thing that wasn’t placed on a scale was the annato powder. This isn’t my first batch but it is my first using eo’s. I’ve made milk soaps also...
  13. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Yes 😩 I weighed them using a digital scale. Everything except the annato powder was weighed. The powder was measured as I used one teaspoon per pound of oils… do you think this could’ve caused the issue? Also, from my pics, is this the speckled orange spots or are those DOS spots?
  14. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Yes. I puréed and then strained the aloe. The recipe called for a cup of water. I used about 6.5 oz from the tea I made with calendula flowers and the rest with the aloe juice that I made. The reaction from mixing these types of “water” with the lye resulted in the “sticky film.” My gut tells me...
  15. skinbyroi

    Rebatch help?

    Hi all! So I made a cp soap with evoo, co, castor, and sunflower. I chose to use homemade aloe vera and a tea I made with calendula flowers for my water for the lye solution and it turned out a mess. I’m not sure where I went wrong. While mixing the lye, it began to create this sticky substance...
  16. skinbyroi

    herbal tea lye solution

    Hi, there. Has anyone experienced their lye-water solutions getting sticky? Almost like a glue-like texture after adding it to tea? I used tea and aloe vera juice (that I made) and it’s began to stink and the top has turned gooey.
  17. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Would anything change if I wanted to add sea salt to this bar? I hate to ask so many questions on sweetbubbletreat’s thread but I didn’t sense in making a new one 😭
  18. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Okay thank you! Want to make sure my bars will still lather well.
  19. skinbyroi

    High super fat in 100% coconut oil soap

    Hi! I'm new to soapmaking and had these same questions. But now, I'm wondering can aloe vera be used in part of the water amount while also superfatting the recipe to 20%?
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