lye burn

Hey everyone! I'm brand new here and fairly new to soap making. I have a safety question. I am making hot process soap and my mouth feels a little zappy after eating in the same room that the soap is cooking in. I was extremely careful (I'm one of those people who are afraid of dangerous...

Hello my friends from the soap forum! I accidentally sold soap that maybe lye heavy/may have some lye pockets in it. I think the formulation is like 99,99% ok because the chances are small, but I am very concerned about this mistake. The ph is ok around 8-9, there is no particular sting but...

Im new to soap making and was trying some piping today only the soap was hardening too quickly and the piping bag split, I got half set soap all over my hands and it started burning and itching, the surface burning stopped after I washed it off but im left with burning in the edge of my thumb...