Recent content by cgawlik

And this reminds me of the time I cpop'ed 2 batches and forgot they were in the oven cooling.. then turned my oven on to preheat for dinner... cooked soap anyone? in the end dinner didn't get made that night and my soap ended with a pretty cool texture on top where it had "baked"..

Havent watched the video yet, sound is broken on the laptop and tablet is charging, but I also can not make soap if im in a "mood" my batches will fail everytime. I know its taboo but I cannot wear my goves everytime I make soap. they irritate my already irritated hands so on the occasions...

Thank you DeeAnna, you explained that so much better than I could have. On a side not do you have any idea how strange it was for me to reply to a question from you? I mean seriously I look for posts from you when I have questions.. best of luck

My understaing is an emulsifier has to be used for it to remain stable. The one I make I do use ewax in. Why no Ewax? Is it just a prefrence? When I started making my scrubs I used my basic lotion recipe replacing the water phase with glycerine and my liquid soap. when all was done and I...

I guess I am fortunate to live in an area that is not all that "rich" and that our school system understands that. Love my little "podunk" town. And like I said this was for a lady at work that struggles to make ends meet and she was more than happy with the "off" brands and cheaper versions...

Wow thats nuts, I just bought school supplies for a lady at work's children, I think 4th and 6th grades.. Only spent $35 at walmart for both of them and was able to get everything from both lists. Granted our schools dont require any fancy stuff like earbuds and laptops but still I bought ALL...

Canned my freshly rendered beef tallow(all it cost was time and electricity) thank you local grocer. Got about 3 pounds of beef trimmings I used in a couple soups( thanks again meat man!) Lard is on the stove in its 1st cleaning. I won't get as much lard, never do but hey free is free. So I...

Dbf is a plumber by trade, he actually takes a bit of lye and dumps in drains once in a while, just to give em a good cleaning. Once or twice a year. Had no problens with pipes..

I just scored a bag of 5 of these at a local thrift store for 5 bucks, made mixing clay in oil so much easier

Just got my order, haven't had time to do more than smell them yet.. hurry up day off!! What I ordered.. Green tea and cucumber... kinda smells "soapy" oob. Maybe it will have more of a "green" scent in products Calla lilly.. oob snell spot on. Can't wait to attempt to soap this one Lilac in...

Well this was just evil... of course I had to buy some, very disappointed the lavender basil went out of stock while I was shopping though..

Scent really isn't the question.. I have thoughts for that.. I guess my main questin is the medium.. I feel like sugar would be "off putting" to the majority of guys. With the amount of sugar I use it would take a ton of ground pumice, my stepson has acne and uses my scrub and seems to like it...

Same with me! Hes just so indifferent.

I don't know if this has been covered already, my powers of search are nit working right now, I have a great ( I mean really great) emulsifyed sugar scrub recipe I use for myself and other females, but want to make a "man scrub" but what do men look for in a scrub? Is this something worth...

Big believer in arrow root powder for butters and lotions, I use around 1 TBLS per pound of oils... just whipped up slme for a friend thats expecting but didn't want the greasiness of straight cocobutter, she loves it