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Mix Titanium Dioxide with heated oils, blend well. Mix Kaolin Clay with lye water. Oil temp and lye water temps should be about 165 or so. Add lye water carefully to avoid volcanoes. Blending should be done off of the heat. Trace will go through applesauce, then like mashed potatoes, then a...

Step 1 – Melt the Butters and Oils and Make the Lye Solution Combine the coconut oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, and the olive oil in the slow cooker. Turn the oil on high, cover and allow the oils to melt, about 15 minutes, depending on how hot your cooker is. Bring the lye mixture to a simmer...

Yes.. it will fill the mold, although in the past I had a few issues with that regarding overfilling the mold. There is a place to design the size of the soap recipe based on the interior mold dimensions. That's what I did, using millimeters for better accuracy. Then use grams for the weights...

With bar soap I usually always go high on the Palm Oil. Bars last a long time and create lots of creamy lather. I'm fixin' to make some Men's Shaving Soap pucks later in the week and it is quite high in both stearic acid. Tons of creamy lather with that recipe, but it's not so much for...

All homemade soaps have a much higher glycerin content than commercial bar soaps. Shower gels have none and dry the skin out very fast, stripping the natural oils.

Add fragrance oils to the base oils after they're warmed to about 115° F. Add the Kaolin and Titanium Dioxide after lye is thoroughly mixed and cooled to 115° F.. Sodium lactate is added to cooled lye water. It’s recommended to wait until the lye water has reached temperatures of 115 °F or...