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i rarely use self-tanner and had kept this bottle in a drawer laying on its side for around 7 months after using it twice. i recently pulled it out and didn’t notice all of this stuff floating inside until the next day, even tried shaking the bottle to see if it would mix in. i assume this is no longer safe to use, but i’m curious what this is and what caused it?

First timer here! I was trying to make soap by reusing some oils from a failed batch (the lye I had got for it was liquid so I think it probably didn’t have enough lye for saponification?), so I redid the batch with a different thing of lye (solid this time) after draining out all the water. It solidified but had a thick layer of oil on top (like jell), and it looks weird. What happened?

Recipe: 20oz olive oil, 12oz coconut oil, 4.5oz lye, 12oz distilled water.