I've done a search and i find little snippets here and there and i have tried every suggestions but can't find a remedy to this situation, so I'm asking again...I have a shea butter and goat milk base from sfic (i purchased them from brambleberry) I am playing around with them (which is outrageous because I paid almost $40 shipping) but the point is no matter what I do, these soap bases dry the hell out my skin. I don't know what to do and I've let others use it and they all say the same thing so I know it's not me. I don't think it's the base itself because when I try it outright without melting it is fine, but once it melts it gets that way. I don't know what is going on. I don't overheat my pot, i stir in the remaining cubes till they are all melted away from the hot water, I add my oils and try to do so without killing the latter, I've even worked it without adding anything and the soap is still drying. I then tried covering my base while it melted and poured it in the mold still covered to help keep the moisture and that just made the soap soft, I've added glycerine, shea butter, cocoa butter, almond, castor, LS all of that and still get the same thing. i've let the soap sit for days, I've tried wrapping them as soon as possible. Seriously, you guys seem to have so much success with these bases but i'm not. this sucks can anyone suggests something i may be oblivious to when it comes to this?