Chelsea J

Are you based in Canada as well?

I'm glad to hear your soap business is doing well! If you're looking for more cost-effective extra virgin olive oil, I can help. We...

What is reasonable?

Thank you Chelsea, yes it does help :) Let's dive into it !! Thanks

Check out Marie Rayma with Humble Bee & Me, she has an ingredient encyclopedia that I reference quite a bit. I also like Tara Lee...

I started with Humblebeeandme’s info on ASM. She has a pretty good list of the common surfactants. SwiftCraftyMonkey has ASM info, but I...

Can you advise on some tutorials using surfactants ?

Yikes, I should have warned to keep an eye on it while melting in the microwave, as it does puff up. Everyone’s microwave is different...

Glad you caught it before it became a microwave cleaning festival!!! ASM is the actual surfactant matter of your ingredients...

The microwave freaks me out too. I just microwaved my Glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, coco glucoside, and SLSA. Caught it rising to...

You have to calculate your active surfactant matter (ASM) of your formulas. There is such a thing as too much!!! I first determine the...

Hello! I have recently started to experiment with making whipped soap from scratch. Wondering what others thoughts are on different...

I dissolve mine in beakers (Pyrex would work) right on my glass cooktop on low. It melts easily - no clumps. I also grind my SCI noodles...

I do the same, except I use the double boiler method. The microwave makes me nervous for some reason. Lol! Next time I will use the...

Citric acid is not a booster or co preservative. It's a pH adjuster.