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    After shower, my skin becomes dry and white residue

    Hi All, I noticed after bathing my skin becomes dry and white residue. I tried 5% then 20% super fat. it looks like 20% is better. I know the water in Glendale is too hard. every time i shower after i apply coconut oil to solve the problem. is this quality of oil i use. any idea ? thanks...
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    Shampoo bar question

    Hi All, so far I made 2 different shampoo bars. 1. basic ingredient 0 cleansing and honey added 2. basic ingredient 0 cleansing and egg yoke added 5 people tried both of them and only one of them said #2 is good and 2 of them said #1 is good and the rest said hairs stick together they...
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    when to use Tallow oil

    Hi all, so far I made a few different soaps and it looks like all of them are good quality. today I ordered potassium lye to make liquid version soaps and I ordered tallow without knowing what is it good for. I didn't do my home work to understand the purpose first. so far i used coconut...
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    Commercial Shampoo vs hand made PH issue

    Hi all, recently I gave coconut soap to my wife (20% super fat and nothing else added) and to relative to use and both of them (female) reported that my soap irritates and kind of burning feeling on their vagina area. Well a few of my friends with family used it same soap and they didn't...
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    When to add sugar?

    Hi All, I made shampoo bar once and I added manuka honey when I was preparing the lye. after I added the honey lye water turned dark brown. Some people suggest to add honey on light trace. I never tried adding honey on light trace yet and my question is what do you recommend? add honey while...
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    How to add shine in shampoo bar

    Hi All, I am using a shampoo recipe (cleansing 0) and so far so good except both of my kids are asking if I can add shine. any idea? thanks Andre
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    high and low quality Oil question

    Hi All, My first a few batch I used costco or trader joe's coconut oils and I kind of learned how fast it gets to trace and how quickly it becomes thick. last night I used coconut oil I bough online and I noticed a few things. 1. doesn't even smell 2. thickness of oil is reduced 3. I...
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    Shaving soap issue

    Hi all, I made a shaving soap with 8% super fat and it looks like drying takes forever. this is my second day. I used online calculator and it is cold method. so far I made 3 different soaps and all 3 of them I used next day and looking at the PH level came out about 10 ph. shaving soap came...
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