Recent content by Misschief

Soda ash... it's purely cosmetic. If it really bothers you, you can steam it off. I have a couple of soaps that get ash and it really adds to the look of the soap, as far as I'm concerned.

Not at all. Whatever I'm drawing up never really gets that high up the tube. The only issue I've had so far is at the tip end. It's quite fine and that can be a weak point. I've had one break at the tip. Apart from that, though, no other complaints. They're lab grade.

It depends on the pipettes. I bought some of these from Amazon a while back; they're almost 8" long and glass.

The inci name for saponified lard is sodium lardate.

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I've decided to give beard products another chance, especially with Father's Day coming up in a couple of months. This past week, and this weekend, have been spent watching videos and reading about beard products. At this point, I have three recipes for beard oils (light, medium, and heavy) as...

Congratulations and welcome back!

I agree with you. I think it has a lot to do with Covid. Everything now has to be packaged and you can't touch what they can't sanitize.

Thank you, all of you. Today was tough in some ways; I felt like I was teetering between being okay and losing it completely. One of the things I love about my workplace, though, is that we have a boss who's encouraging us to talk about Tim and the situation as needed. He'll never shut us down...

It's such a tough thing. I know I'm not done feeling all the emotions; I'm not at work today (hubby is having minor surgery) but I'm sure it will hit me even harder when I do go back to the shop tomorrow. Even just thinking about walking in the door at work gives me a chill. There were more than...

Just thought I'd jump in here real quick. If you're going to be using a lotion on your face, I'd recommend not adding fragrance or keep it really subtle. It's not pleasant having a strongly scented facial cream that you're smelling all day. (Been there, done that) For facial products, as an...

Thank you, @Firefly24. Your prayers are welcomed. You never really do know anyone, do you?

Thank you, @AliOop. I have a good support system but, wow, this is a tough one.

Disclaimer - this post might be triggering - I'm not even sure how to describe the trigger without it being triggering. but I need to vent. Mods, if you think this post is beyond the scope of this forum, please let me know and delete. I understand. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * One week ago, I...

I've made a Double Chocolate soap in the past. I added a square of dark baking chocolate (basically cocoa butter) to the entire batch and then added Dutch processed cocoa powder to half the batch. It was scented with Chocolate Fudge FO and Peppermint EO and had an Aztec Gold mica line between...