Q: I made a Goat’s milk soap and after 24 hours, the block of soap had a pool of what looked like olive oil sitting on the top of it. I mopped it up and proceeded to cut the bars for drying. Each bar is oozing oil. What would be your first thought as to what could have caused it?

A: You can mop the oil up and then make sure you do a pH lye test to make sure the lye isn’t too heavy. The soap will most likely be okay with curing.

I’m actually guessing either the fragrance oil was the culprit and caused your soap to have some trouble, or the soap didn’t reach a full trace. If the soap doesn’t reach a full trace, it can partially separate in the molds.

Cure the soap and then make sure you pH test it to check to see if it’s too lye heavy before using it.