Recent content by bmcknight86

I have tried several natural ways to thicken my liquid soap. Sone work better than others depending on the essential oils I am using for fragrance. Has anyone tried adding ground chia or flax seed to their warm water during the dilution phase? I use flax and chia seeds to make a curl defining...

I wonder if this would work for thickening liquid soap and adding an exfoliant by grinding the seeds and adding to the paste and water dilution process. May have to try. Or has anyone else tried this?

So you put the borax straight into the liquid soap or do you add more water

Ok. What about borax ratio? I guess I have to concede on that front lol

What ratio of washing soda would you recommend adding to laundry LS for small batches? I soap a lot and I would rather have it already in my laundry soap in small batches for the sake of my kids washing their own clothes (13-16 yrs old) and I don’t want them to waste the washing soda.

How do you feel your soap holds up. I just made some 100% CO LS but I’m not sure if I need to just add the washing soda directly into it or dilute the soap further to add the washing soda. I don’t want to use borax

I have a body butter with coffee in it for a toning effect. I like having soaps that match. Plus it might be good for taking showers in the morning lol

On dr. bronzers organic Castile soap they have the lye listed on both their bar and liquid soap but put a star next to it and at the bottom but that none remains and/or is neutralized by the end of the process

I don’t want to dilute the soap with coffee. I want to add the coffee to the paste at trace like I do my goat milk soap

The recipe I used for my goat milk liquid soap was just water and glycerin in the lye solution and the goat milk was added at trace. Dilution was just with water and a little salt to thicken. I want to do the same recipe but add the coffee at trace. Nowhere else. I don’t want to dilute with...

I have recently made a great soap paste with goat milk where the goat milk is chilled and added at trace. I saw a thread where someone asked about coffee in the paste and diluting with coffee as well but I want to know about just making the paste with coffee and diluting with just water or a...

What about making the paste with coffee but diluting with just water (or water and glycerin?

Hello. I am a beginner hot process liquid soap maker. I know you can thicken diluted paste using table salt (sodium chloride) but can you do the same with magnesium salt (magnesium chloride) I already have a ton for making bath salts and salt scrubs. Just trying to find another use. If no...