Recent content by aprice522

Thank you so much for the website and link to balm! I have most ingredients and am going to dig in and see if I can make a go at it! I’d never saw her site before so this is fantastic. Keep those resources coming!

I am not talking about what oils you use for your soaps, but what straight up carrier oils (and/or essential oils you add) that you like to use in an oil cleansing method. I am out of pretty much everything except a little bit of my emu oil which I love but don’t use it for cleansing just as a...

I am looking to get some beeswax (lotion bars) and Citric acid (bombs) and wondered what is a good price for things? I am not looking in huge volumes, just to make for fun with my kids and to give to family. I have other stuff already due to being a soaper. I just want to make sure that I am...

I have a whole bunch of cocoa butter that is not deoderized and I need help figuring what EOs might smell good mixed together. I have done orange and the chocolate scent but beyond that...I am just stumped. Any ideas?

I have been absent for over a year from soap Making, so feeling a little unsure about myself. I want to make a few different soaps to use up oils before going bad. What I have: Lard, Avocado, CO, castor (limited), cocoa butter to use up. I don’t mind doing the cocoa in a higher amount just...

I am doing some searches to learn about bath salts. I make soap and use EOs, so I am familiar with most products and safe usage. My question—all the searches for recipes/tutorials show straight EO with the salt/dry ingredients rather then adding carrier oils. That seems wrong, is it? Do...

I have started to use a Etsy purchased conditioner bar and shampoo. I am a regular soaper, so I have some of the ingredients. It was really expensive for some really small product and would like to try and make my own things. I have been reading and reading and in the beginning of my search...

I tried the oil cleansing method years ago when I first went "natural" and used the "prescribed" castor oil to clean. It did not work for me. I broke out like crazy. I abandoned the method. I came back to natural when I started making soap and started learning about the different oils and...

I have made a wonderful shave soap, got him a decent low end brush and my husband has decided that he might be interested in real razors and I can't remember any of the forums to start looking at and hope one you guys see my post and can direct me. Thanks!

Since I keep thinking I need to try liquid soap (have substantial KOH stash for shaving soap), this seems like something to try. However, I have a container idea for you all who have already made the paste....Check this out for those who will make it only for themselves. I have wanted these to...

I am a six month soaper, so grain of salt of anything that I say. I have not yet used Cinn EO, but hear that it is an accelerator, and I have personally had the Geranium move fast on me before, florals are known to move things. It really seems to be the cause from your information.

Woohooo I do have a handy hubby. I'm pretty sure that he has at least one extra hacksaw he could modify. I still might have to watch my recipies that I just throw together--I don't think I like my bars quite so hard!!

Wire cutter and good cheap ways to cut Obviously I need a new cutting style/equipment. What are some cheap ways to cut nicely? I will never sell and haven't even purchased a real wood mold. My hubby made one out of wood scraps and hardware costing a few bucks. I'm so cheap. :)...

Hopefully that works. I did not even think about them all being hard oils.... :) Guess some castor or some other soft added would have been better. They are SO hard now at just shy of 48hrs. I will have to remember that when I go all creative next time.... :)

So I dropped and skewered for the first time and my bars cracked and were splitting while I cut. I used a big knife and cut the first bar at about 19 hrs and it was too soft, so I waited another 5 and finished cause they seemed harder.... This is the recipie. 75%lard 10% Cocoa Butter...