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ah i gathered that it would be a fragrance oil and i agree with your conclusion... plenty of other oils out there! thank you for all your help :)

honestly it was just a matter of using oils that i had access to, i had no idea it was toxic. i read more and more into it.. although i still havent come to a definite conclusion here were a few of the sites i looked at: http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/hand ... skin-safe/...

i would like to make a soap with both bitter and sweet almond oils, however i cannot find the bitter almond on the soap calculators. why is that? are they the same? im sure they aren't... what is the best percentage range to be used for bitter almond oil? if anyone has any information on...

oh wow! does that mean my recipe was oil heavy? i used less lye and less water ok i shall stick to grams how do you know how much water to use on soapcalc.net i cant figure it out, do you calculate it yourself? or does it give you the amount? if you put in a percentage or ratio, wat should it be?

ive never seen that water calc before, is it your own? i shall definitely try it. my second batch had 40%OO 20% sweet almond 20% castor oil and 20% coconut oil in it.. should that do the trick?

i didnt really separate it looked like a very thin unnoticeable condensation layer of water on the surface. i touched the surface after 24hrs the surface seemed oily, but also not a an apparent thick layer of oil i asked someone to get me some oils trouble is they only got like 30ml bottles...

yeah that definitely makes sense... ok i shall try making a batch slightly smaller but not that small. its just that i dont want to waste that much material, when i am just learning the process and not even being creative yet thanks for the reply :)

im glad im not the only one thats done that then haha so basically i used no fragrance in comparison to my oil :lol: i used 171.5ml of water, ive been told thats too much! how do i figure out the right amount if the lye calc gives me a range? i did a tongue test : it was not zappy or rancid...

hahaha ok so basically i put no fragrance at all in comparison to the amount of oil i used.(i thought olive oil would be an easy oil, although i did read that it would take a long time to trace, so i used a stick blender and trace seemed to be perfect) i used 171.5 ml of water... is my...

hi everyone, this is my first time to post something on a forum, so i am not quite sure how this all works i have not spent months or years researching soaps , as i wanted to get right to it and learn through trial and error. i made a batch of 100% olive oil soap just 2 days ago using the...