Recent content by calico21

I think Kevin Dunn is a lot of what I've been reading, but have seen some charts and stuff that I'm not sure of the origination. I know the one's I'm asking about are on the costly end of the spectrum which is why I'm looking for as much info as possible. I know my recipes are okay as is, just...

Yes not looking for label appeal, just curiosity for me really. I know we can't pick what the lye reacts with and takes away, but some say that it does leave residual benefits. I do use my oils diluted topically for my needs as far as getting the "whole" benefit. And found out the hard way that...

It looks how my hands get if I do a lot of dishes by hand, with out gloves. It can even get to the point of raw and painful. Did you wash your soaping equipment right away, this may account for your reaction over others just saying "drying or tight". I've never had a homemade bar give me that...

This if I do it would be mainly for me, if someone else wanted to experience it they are going to have to help with cost. I do search out best prices and avoid the multi level marketing companies. A lot of these oils are available out there without the gimmicks for less $ than they lead one to...

It's been awhile since I've been here, but have looked back on all my posts and found this the most hilarious. I still live this way! I make soap for us, if you want what I've got I'll let you try it, but no surprises here. Welcome to just a nice, non tight feeling shower. :)

So I'm not exactly new, but before used FO's so I am wondering about EO's that are not very common for their fragrance but their other properties. First one I'm curious about how it would react is German Chamomile? Any concerns as far as acceleration? Does the blue morph? Second is Helichrysum ...

Can a soap be lye heavy and not zap? I found an oil in the microwave tonight that I for got to add. My soap jelled beautifully and I have unmolded and it does not zap. I even cut into the bar a bit to check. When I run it through soap calc without that oil and now a 0% superfat it says I used 2...

Wow! I'd like a copy of that too! May have to fork out the $20. What a demand she'll have for that.

I've read that you can melt the clear, alcohol and sugar base soap 1 time but that the soap is usually more amber not crystal clear like store bought. Also I searched til I was exhausted on a way to make it with no luck. I think it is a trade secret and anyone who may have info is missing...

As a former (short term) mail employee, it is a federal offense but so is delivering your newspaper into your box. Ask the postal official for help with the box issue but you also are going to have to have your newspaper delivered elsewhere. Ask them to please drive the paper up to your gate and...

My step mother does this! Absolutely bonkers! She want to come wif me all the time. And I also agree with the proofreading, I hate when I'm reading a book and a word is wrong or they have run on sentences with no punctuation and you have to read it twice because (your) not sure what the...

Soap that is put in the fridge or freezer should really wait longer. What your doing is avoiding the gel stage(*or trying). I found that my ungelled soaps need to wait about 48 hours or more some times to prevent the crumbling. If you had zap tested the bottom crumbly part, you would probably...

two totally different animals, I use Pko to substitute for some of my coconut oil in case someone who uses my soap is very sensitive to coconut oil. I've thought about totally switching it over so I have one less oil to deal with.

Hence why I say my soap is "vegetable based", not "all natural" then if questions arise about FO's or something else not being natural I can just say I don't claim it to be all natural. End of story.

While melt and pour is fun and can be quite beautiful, don't judge your experience with it as a basis for cp soaping as they are quite different.