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I too will not use soya in anything, I get very bad sinus pain/migraines if i consume it, so to me there is something not right about this oil, so do not need it in my soap, could be the GM thing, being a gardener by trade, I do not like gm food production.

I use spinach leaf powder, I put this in when melting my oils. It works well and you may get a few flecks of powder, but all my bars are a medium dark green.

Thank you Hazel, as always you are very helpful. Normally I add an extra 5% to my 2lb batch of soap, just my brain got carried away with trying out natural colours, lesson learned :thumbup:

Ok, I will re batch, guess it has not been my month for soap making. I have been trying to colour my batches, but the last lavender one I did was with alkanet infusion. It turned out a bit gray. This lot the colour was better, but as you know no extra oil!

Thank you for all reply's, I have now cut it and got a zap from testing it, so in the bin it goes :(

Thank you Marilyna & cmzaha, When I first started out, I never put superfat in, there is a difference, depending on the xtra oil you use. I will just have to see when i cut it if it has zap, then when it cures if it feels bad. I have been making soap for 15 years, but only the last 7 years had a...

Thank you Isg, I am hoping it will still be ok. Dagmar yes it is cold process soap, it was already in the mould setting when I posted this, will in future add the super fat to my other oils.

I forgot to add my super fat, darn it, I made a double batch of lavender soap, just sat down with a cup of tea, now remembered I forgot to add my super fat, oh I am so mad.

Hi Porumi, I am in the uk,(hampshire). I buy my essential oils from all over the place, it's all going to be expensive but the three i mostly use are-http://www.thesoapkitchen.co.uk/ http://www.oils4life.co.uk/epages/es133723.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es133723/Categories...

Hi bizzybee, yes I am from the uk, yes I use crisp&dry, no problems with it, I use it in a mix with olive and coconut oils. As for being the same as The american brand, i would not know.

Just wow!

Gosh what a lot of soap you guys make, im at work during the week, gardening, so i tend to wait until its my week off, every three months. I have made two 2lb batches this week.

Managed to make some soap at long last, it has been a while. I have a week off, so today i made no colour lavender soap. I do have some new stuff to play with, like some red & green clay, plus a new mould.

Hope it defrosts soon!, looks lovely though.

It is very easy for me, as it is a hobby, i choose essential oils, then natural colours, I go by what i can afford, like lavender. Then i might look at what essential oils go with lavender or what will make a good mix, like orange and cinnamon.

Lovely soaps

Beautiful soaps !

Wow, that looks amazing!

Ok will do that, thank you both, I don't know what i would do without this forum, it's opened a whole new world. :)

So, I decided to zap test all my other curing bars of soap, all the same ingredients, fine , no zap. The one that i did yesterday, the volcano one, yup it had zap yuck nasty. So will it cure out in 4 weeks like the others, or do i have to throw it away?