Adding fresh ingredients?

[kellistarr]

i've use pureed cucumbers as my liquid for mixing my lye and never had a problem with the soap going bad.

i've also used canned pumpkin mixed with coconut milk ( each one making up half of the required liquid amount needed to mix with the lye )

for me it is easier to freeze this into cubes and add the lye to the frozen cubes and stir the willies out of it till the cubes have melted. it helps to keeps it from becoming hot, hot, hot and i've never had anything smell foul doing it this way.

I've used the ice cube method with milk soap; worked out beautifully. Didn't get the orange color that you hear so much about.