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    How are essential oils affected by an alkaline medium?

    Hello! I've been searching this on the internet but found no relevant results, so maybe one of you can help me. How are essential oils and their properties affected by the very alkaline medium during soap-making? I suppose some of their components are lost, some remain, but in what...
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    Saponification time in Cold Process Soapmaking

    Hello everyone! I'm into home soapmaking but have no background in chemistry. I read enough about how soap is made so that I largely understand what I'm doing, but lately i got into an argument with a friend about weather or not there is still active lye in soap after ...let's say- two weeks...
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