I just wanted to share pics of swirling after solid seizing of soap. After adding cinnamon EO to warm oils, coconut cream was mixed in with oils, lye and oils mixed with just a spoon so far so good until stick blender entered the scene, after only a few seconds the soap went lumpy and started to solidify, because I had planned to swirl it with chocolate I went ahead and scooped some of the fast solidifying mixture and blended it with the cocoa beating it as hard as I could but by the time I was done with the chocolate mix the spoon on the soap mixture was already standing straight on the solid soap, I was persistent and went ahead with the swirling in the pot then poured mixture spoon by spoon into the mold, it was so difficult but I did it, covered it with plastic and left it to gel, it heated up very quickly, this morning after cutting it looked like this... ugly swirling. I read somewhere that seizing might compromise correct saponification, my question is would this soap be ok to use?
I have used cinnamon EO before and know of its tendency to speed up trace but this was massive and fast reaction, in the past I have always added EO at light trace but this time I thought I'd try it with the oils but I think this method is not suitable for this type of EO. Soap looks ugly but smells delicious and feels good on skin, I hope it is fit for use, any suggestions? thanks so much
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I have used cinnamon EO before and know of its tendency to speed up trace but this was massive and fast reaction, in the past I have always added EO at light trace but this time I thought I'd try it with the oils but I think this method is not suitable for this type of EO. Soap looks ugly but smells delicious and feels good on skin, I hope it is fit for use, any suggestions? thanks so much