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  1. Maddie M

    Soft Soap 1 Week Out

    The heavy olive oil bars I have made in past got pretty hard fairly quickly so I figured with 50% and a good amount of coconut oil too this would be firmer faster BUT will be patient and see how shes feeling in the new year! Yes I do tend to soap with higher SF when I can (esp when there is...
  2. Maddie M

    Soft Soap 1 Week Out

    Hello Smart-Soapers! I made this soap last weekend (used frozen coconut milk for the water), and by all accounts it should be a hard bar of soap… I used olive oil I had steeped with fresh goldenrod in the cupboard for 6 weeks… was really excited about it. But I noticed when I un-molded that they...
  3. Maddie M

    Total Mystery Botch - Help/Thoughts on the culprit?

    Makes sense. Wah. But makes sense. Yes I knew it would warm up, it was just such a cold batter to begin with and a cold day… I got a little carried away I guess. In doing some reading I also think the texture looks like it riced (that might be why it’s so curd-looking). Would I be able to hot...
  4. Maddie M

    Total Mystery Botch - Help/Thoughts on the culprit?

    Huh. So maybe the saponificaiton + OP caused aggressive caremlization/burning? (Assuming this is kind of burnt right?) I just double checked and the FO is supposed to be CP friendly and reviews say it behaves totally fine. It does technically say it can discolor to light brown - but would that...
  5. Maddie M

    Total Mystery Botch - Help/Thoughts on the culprit?

    So this weekend was way more eventful than I expected. I got some beeswax from a local farm and it smelled heavenly and found The Nerdy Farmwife’s recipe for a CP honey + beeswax soap. Plugged it into soap calc with a few tweaks as attached! I did use frozen whey for my water and the lie was...
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