Recent content by Blondebubbles

I share your difficulty. I tried it myself but it tastes too much like furniture oil to me. That smell - it comes through everything! My oldest daughter will eat it when cooked in peanut butter cookies made with molasses & turbinado sugar for sweetening. I can't fool my other two children...

Perhaps we digressed a bit, but I want to say Thanks for the SLS info. I do read labels and make choices accordingly. (That's the main reason I'm making my own soap!) I was once plagued with year-round sinus problems and constant fatigue. Twenty years of research later, I'm probably a...

I'd like a good recipe for making my own shampoo. I have babyfine hair that tends to frizz & wave, on the thin side. Anything that I can make that won't weigh it down & make it look greasy? Thanks for suggestions! Blondebubbles

I wonder about all the extracts & the processes used to extract them... they don't have to tell what they used to produce the extracts, do they? I've been told that SLS is bad news, by a friend who is into health alternatives/organics/etc., but haven't checked it out myself. She didn't give...

What kinds of soap do you make? Do you sell them or just make for yourself? I got into making soap for 2 reasons: 1) Needed something that didn't dry out my skin and 2) I wanted a soap without fragrance or added chemicals. I have a 12-year-old daughter with problem acne, so I'm also...

Thanks! I'll check them out. Bubbles

Hi CiCi! I didn't read any books, but I thoroughly went through everything on the Miller's Soapmaking Pages website. Kathy Miller has some great advice, and she posts tips from other soapmakers as well. I used the saponification tables from there. My recipe was a simple olive & canola...

Alabama! That's my neck of the woods! Where was it, & when's the next one? Blondebubbles (Linda) P.S. I cook better than I make soap...will that get me in? 8)

Great! My first batch was supposed to be CP, but ended up needing a little heat to make it work. It did, though. Do you share recipes? Blondebubbles (AL)

You sound like a woman after my own heart...homesteading, making your own things & all. Wish I could get my hubby to feel the same! Could get a LOT more done around here :wink: (He's still a good guy, I just need to fine-tune the fine art of persuasion...) Welcome from Alabama! Bubbles...

:lol: I talk whether mine listen or not! (See the rolling eyes...) Welcome! Bubbles (Linda)

Welcome! :) I'm also a newbie - just finished my first batch last week, which turned out so well that I'm convinced I'm an expert :lol: . No, I'm just thrilled that I can do this and want to share the encouragement. There were certain qualities I wanted in soap that made me try to do it...

:D Hello everyone! Just wanted to thank you for welcoming me and thank you for your replies. The first batch was a resounding success! :D :D :D It has hardened very nicely, and I'm so proud it has turned out well. I have a photo I can post if it's allowed - someone cue me in, please...

Hi, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Linda (Blondebubbles here) and I am about to embark on my very first soap-making attempt. Please wish me luck! I have a question, as I've been doing a bit of reading up before trying this: Do animal fats (lard) make a better lather than...

How I found your forum I'm brand-new to soapmaking - am about to stir up my very first batch! Have been reading various recipes/techniques for some time and discovered, when buying my ingredients, an unfamiliar brand of lye named Rooto. I plugged it into Google to find out if it was bona fide...