Attempt 2: forgot to SF! How bad did I mess up!?

[Obsidian]

So I'm obviously very new at this so please excuse my complete lack of knowledge but here goes ... Question .. my understanding is that superfatting is when we add more oil then the lye can saponify so those extra oils are left behind in the soap, thus your skin is abe to absorb those properties and benefit from them? Is that correct? So ... what would be the difference in adding the SF at trace or mixing it in with all of the oils be for mixing with lye (other then it decreases the likelihood that you will forget to add it - which would have been very beneficial to me today!!)

That is what SF is but at trace, the lye is still very active and it will saponify what ever it wants. Saving the SF to add at traces does absolutely nothing besides make it easier to forget.

The only time you can control what oil you choose to be the SF is if you are making HP. Since the soap is completely saponified, there isn't any lye left to eat your SF oil when it is added.

 

[penelopejane]

Oh you Americans have all the good stuff! Lol!

I have a "side job" selling infused EVOO's and other spices and balsamics so I don't buy just the regular olive oil anymore, besides, it is fairly expensive. Once I run out of the oils I have, I will have to get some, even if it means buying from another supplier.

I will deff keep the contrasting color suggestion in mind when I do rebatch! Thanks so much for your help!

Maybe the difference is we are talking about buying OO in 4 L containers.

The thing that is "wrong" with your thinking about using up all your current oils before buying more is that you don't really have a good, hard base oil. But you do have excellent suplementary oils that will last for ages and make excellent additions to soap with a good base. RB is not a good base. I have drppped it to 10% max and it works ok. You need olive, palm or lard (did I just admit that!!! Shoot me now. I am not a lardite) for your base oil. I wouldn't be in a hurry to "use up" the avocado and almond which are excellent specialty oils.

Personally if you don't want to buy OO from the supermarket I'd wait for your supplier to get some before I made more soap.

 

[TeresaT]

I have a "side job" selling infused EVOO's and other spices and balsamics so I don't buy just the regular olive oil anymore, besides, it is fairly expensive. Once I run out of the oils I have, I will have to get some, even if it means buying from another supplier.

If you are using EVOO in your soap, you are wasting EVOO. It does not bring anything extra to the soap and it makes coloring the soap more challenging because the soap batter tends to be greenish rather than the yellowish shade regular (or "light") olive oil gives you.

When I first started to make soap, I only used EVOO and grass-fed lard and a bunch of other "high quality" (i.e. expensive as heck) organic ingredients. You know what? Lye kills it all. Soap is a wash off product, so any benefit there was in those fancy ingredients is actually wasted because you're not leaving the soap on long enough for your skin to absorb it and you're not eating it.

What country are you in? Do you have anything like a Costco or Sam's Club? Stores where you can purchase grocery items in bulk quantities. That's where I purchase my olive oil. If I'm not able to get to Costco, I will purchase the least expensive pure olive oil that Walmart carries. That is usually (but not always) their own brand. I just make sure it is 100% olive oil, not a mix of oils.