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New recipe worked wonderful! Scented with alice. Did overheat on the top (a little cracking), will have to leave it uncovered next time. Thanks nnk for your help on this one

We pondered that scented, but it happened in an entirely different recipe with shelf stable oils. plus it happens so quickly, 3 days in usually with both fo's. I use this recipe with other fo's and it works just fine. Happy to say that new seasons had the high oleic ! Just got home from shopping, have everything I need for a new recipe, let's hope it doesn't fall afart thanks for all you input, away I go........

Oh, I know, we took the kids to a lodge with an indoor water park this last weekend. I am still working off that tired! I am going out to shay and company today to get some of the oils. They do not have the high oliec sf, for another time time to get ready for work, is this week over yet? Have a great day, thanks a bunch!

Oh no, I knew what you meant by palm MMM, I don't think you knew what I meant by my values question. That's ok tho. Yes, I have seen that the high oliec, but it does turn its properties to be more like olive, nothing wrong with that, unless you like the feel of linoliec. Too many posts. The oleic was for the revised recipe. Good night, mee too

lol, thanks for adding to my shopping list! Castor one once per pound of oils superfat? right? oh yes, I know expensive, I did edit up there another version. I wonder if I could up the olive and take away from the a more expensive oil. Ugh, olive oil, here is the reasoning behind the white bar: tatanium dioxide, I want to get away from it for several reasons. My sunflower recipe is super white I just feel the more I up that olive the darker it will get. I can get a lot of my fixed oils local as we have a couple companies here in portland, oregon, they keep my shipping down. On another note, with the high amount of coconut, it might not be affected. No need to go into the properties, I have a good book, and I geek out. The only thing that I have not come across is the values (like soapcalc uses), like you said above, "palm higher than 18". what does that number mean on the scale? Is it a 0-100 scale? And, what numbers are best to stay under for certain properties for the scale? any reference to this scale, because I couldn't find it. I know it is just a guide, but i can't help myself My book lists the sap % values under each category, and I guess (my husband, lol) could figure these numbers out but, they are also a sliding % based on 1 once. Well, this will be fun to try out! Thank you for all of your wise information, I think you deserve a medal Kari

I think I might try it just for the heck of it, I am a bit of a risk taker regardless, atleast I can say I tried it during my soap making experience Yes, I will want something that will last, definitely, fairly soon, lets hope. I still love this recipe tho, maybe a friends and family thing! What about this, nat? I plugged some oils into the calc, I eliminated sunflower replaced it with macadamia, and thought maybe mango butter would be a good choice to replace the macadamia that was at 6ish percent. mango 3oz coconut 14 cocoa 7 macadamia 12 olive 8 I have never worked with mango before, but it seems to balance the bar pretty good. Not sure if the oil or butter would be better. this calculates at 40 oleic, I don't if that's too high???? But based on their scale range it falls at 44, so I think it would be ok. Ah, spending more money! another version: mango 5 cocoa 7 coconut 14 macadamia 5 olive 13 this one would bring the macadamia and mango into the suggested range under 12.5%. properties are still pretty close as the one above.

You are probably right about the fo, nat. So moving on to the recipe, In general, how long would the bars last if I kept the recipe the same? I have only been using this recipe a little over a month. I didn't gel this particular one, so it shouldn't have overheated. thanks New thought: what if I didn't super fat, I am sure over thinking. I have been doing some reading on sunflower....you all got the wheels turning! Millers page says if you didn't super fat, your bars would last forever, assuming it wasn't lye heavy. I have never NOT superfatted, I guess I just never thought about it before.

Beautiful beautiful! I love the soap stamp very much

I should have just done my math this morn, but mamma kari was in a rush! I do not use high linoleic sf, but it does have vitamin e added. it's hains, I believe. Here are my percentages: Cocoa butter 15.91 coconut 31.82 macadamia 6.82 olive 18.18 sunflower 27.27 The point was to have a whiter bar, yet stable and conditioning lather. It is wonderful on the skin Plus, I love that I can make salt bars with it. But I suppose that since pink sugar is so discoloring, it might not hurt to flip them. But is there anything else that you see in the percentages that would cause the dos in pink sugar and dreamsicle? Thanks so much Steve, I really appreciate it. Kari edit to add: The recipe I used in hp that this happened to as well, had high amount of olive oil (no sunflower), and this still happened. It was: olive 52oz palm 16oz coconut 14oz cocoa 6oz

I thought It was strange that it happened so quickly as well. In hp, it is immediate. I really like a lot of their fo's, but these are junk I do use olive oil and sunflower in my recipe. I think my sunflower is around 31% and olive oil is more around 10%. I would have to do my math...it's too early any recommendations for companies based on these percentages?

neither do I! I do not have a picture and wish I did, shoulda coulda woulda. my soap experience: ok, soap is curing, starting to discolor brown, normal...3 days inish orange blotches on the outside that are soft to the touch, they do not sting during a tongue test or leak fluid. The blotches continue to grow on the bottom of the soap, and now on the inside. The Orange is much brighter and prominent for it to be a discoloration. Note: the orange blotches are circular spots. I hope that I am making sense! So the orange looks like rust color, in circular blotches, all over soap and is soft to the touch. 4 batches (more if you count hp). Worst case scenerio, I can make it again (ugh) to see if it happens, that way I would have pictures. Doozy to make and explain:) I am tired! Thanks everyone Kari

Oh yes, I am sure! Starts on the outside (orangy spots) and moves all over the soap. The vanilla does affect the the color, but this is completely aside from that. Nice thought tho! I should have said that, to evade confusion still so strange. I DID use these oils in hot process years ago, the same thing happened. It did not "click" until today. HMMMMM. This is a unique issue Thanks!

I must be a loser, I had no Idea you could do that with m&p! nice!

Well, not me...! It is so weird, I have tried both oils 2 times at the correct ratios, and they both give the soap dos. You would think this would be a more "common cause" for dos, but all of my oils/fats are fresh, I use distilled water, yadayadayada....Every single other soap I make is just fine with other fragrances (well, hello sweet thang can be a b**ch ). I hate this, because they are 2 of my absolute favorites: pink sugar, and dreamsicle. I am not using them together, thought I would add. Is their anything I can do, or should I shop around for another company that has these? I buy mostly from mms. ahhh, disappointed!

alrighty! I guess it's not so bad after all Thanks everyone

Juniper berry for sure, and a little lavender (maybe even lavandin), liberty natural is the place to go

I saw yours jewls, and also read that you used them I am geeking out on craftserver, I can't help myself! AND, I thought yours looked great! That wil be $1,000,000.00, and I take cash or cashiers check, lol! Don't be scared to try new things although my husband hates that motto lately IDK, lol

Here ya go, a very great reference http://www.colebrothers.com/soap/oils.html

No don't throw either away! If you can tonight or tomorrow, add it to a stainless steel pot yep right on the stove, add some distilled water enough to coat it. melt it on low heat. when it turns to creamy oatmeal, mold it. about 15 ish minutes based your heat. stir it constantly so it doesn't burn on the bottom. do it asap, because after a couple days you can't do this method. I don't think it was a water issue, but I would have used 18 oz. Try breaking down your coconut and shea, still use them, but add another oil in their discount, like sunflower. If I can find a link for you about percentages of oils to use for balance I will! So sorry, I just hate it when we work so hard, to get a huge bummer

The scent is blowing bubbles with pink himalayan salt. The point was to have straight layers. from what I read, it sets up so quickly after adding the salt, I thought i could achieve that. So, I added the salt at a lighter trace, assuming that the layers would be ready. little did I know I could have played with this for awhile! So, the point is: does this even look ok? I can be quite picky about what I am making, and if I make it again, would like a style that is appealing to the public. Be honest, I can take it Thanks, Kari

Triple ditto!

Looks like fancy fancy guest soaps, love em'!

That is great for your for your first, you should be proud! I will still get fugly after months of practice, but that's what it is, practice! Have fun

I can ususally get a funkier swirl, but I walked away a little too long. smells divine

Lovely!