My 1st and 2nd batches :)

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Deadgroovy

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Here are some pics from my first ever CP soap. Both recipes used OO, PO, CO and rapeseed oil in the same quantities but in the 2nd I used coconut milk to replace the water. No colours or fragrance used. As you can see the first one is a lovely creamy yellow, but the coconut milk one hasn't fully gelled and was darker in the middle, so I cut off the edges so I just had the darker centre. Both curing now, can't wait to test them!
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Very nice for the first time!

Although just a note regarding the gel on your coconut milk soap. My first coconut milk soap looked much the same as yours do (mine was also uncolored/unscented). I left them to cure and by the time 6 weeks was gone, the darker center was no longer noticeable. Cure changes a lot of things including color and scent.
 
Thanks for your valuable input. In retrospect I should have left the coconut milk soap alone and let it cure, but I am interested to see if it makes any difference to the feel and texture of the cured soap. Ill keep you posted (in about four weeks!)
 
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