Recent content by Dian

What went wrong? Hello. Another LS newbie here. My first time. I tried Soaping 101 Liquid Glycerin Castile Soap recipe today. I did everything like she had in the video on YouTube. From the beginning it didn't seem like it behaved as the video showed. Everything worked well up to mixing...

I hand stirred my small 1lb batch of soap. I was trying a new lard recipe (80% Lard 15% Coconut & 5% Castor) and I wanted a really loose batter to make swirls. I poured the first layer of non colored batter but it was really loose so I took my little frother and mixed it a little so it was...

Congratulations! What a wonderful blessing.

This is very timely! I had planned to try salting out for the first time this weekend. I have tried re-batching but I just can't seem to get a good consistency and all my soap is a horrible gray color (I went through a black and white phase). I figured if salting out didn't work, I'd go buy...

I recently found out (and I may be slow to the party) that RBO makes a great fish fry. I found a huge bottle at the Bass Pro Shop near me, advertised as fish fry oil (never tried it). So, if you maybe have a similar outdoorsy shop, I would check it out for RBO if you don't want to wait for...

When I first started, I went down to Target and bought all the oils that sounded good to me. I bought Olive oil, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Sesame Oil, Castor Oil and Lard. Then, I just started throwing them together and using SoapCalc to figure out how much Lye to use. I eventually read...

I have always heard that people make the best soap. I guess this is where it came from.

I have been remiss in introducing myself! I have been stalking the forum for a while now but haven't gathered the courage to post much before. Then I remembered I still needed to introduce myself! My mother would be horrified at my manners. So, hello! My name is Dian and I'm from the...

I thought I would share my "go to" website with you when I make lotions. Susan is really great. She does all this science research and then posts it in a way that anyone can understand. She had a great section on different skin types and what works really well...