Recent content by Iseleigh

I'm looking at making a bar shampoo for dogs that will be hard but also make good amount of lather to get down to the skin on double-coated breeds and help remove loose hair. I have a 6 month old Boxer/Heeler/Something/Something Else who wound up with a double coat and he sheds like crazy. So...

This video explains a lot of what is going on right now. I'd suggest everyone watch it before it gets taken down.

You can cut them lengthwise and use as a dishcloth. I have a loofah soap bar- it's several years old. The reason it has lasted so long is that it is VERY rough on skin. However, the more you use it the softer it gets, so after using it for dishes for a while I'd imagine it wouldnmake a nice...

I paid $15 for a 2lb bottle at Lowes. It's with the drain cleaners. Just be sure if you buy it the bottle says 100% sodium hydroxide since a lot of them have other stuff added.

I have nothing to add other than that pic looks like a well marbled piece of Wagyu beef and I want it solely for that reason.

You should definitely try adding some plain salt or sodium lactate to your water before adding the lye next time you make soap. It really does help the soap harden much faster and keeps you from having to deal with such a mess. Ask me how I know. Lol I agree that the high olive oil content will...

I have several Mainstays EO's and they ALL have weird stuff with super long names in them. If it were me I'd use the soap, if it makes your skin act up either trash it or use for laundry soap on not-so-nice clothing. All the soap I make that doesn't turn out for whatever reason goes into the...

I've used lard laundry soap, it does a good job. My recipe was a true depression era one that called for 2lbs of lye as well as borax... would have to go looking through all my pintrest stuff to find it.

I just made a coffee scrubby bar too! Yours looks much prettier than mine. Lol I made mine out of 100% coconut oil for my granddad so he'll stop using all the good soap I give him to wash car grease off his hands with.

IME tobacco goes nicely with leather, as do woodsy scents like cedar and cypress.

Oh I like that! Is it supposed to be like one of those floating mines in the water? Yes, there is so much devastation going on right now in the US alone. If it's not on fire it's under water, and if it's not under water it's Covid, and if it's not Covid it's politics, which is worse than any...

Here in East TN we've had a terrible gardening year too. Cool spring, cool summer, and the groundhogs destroyed everything I planted until I started getting rid of them. Even without groundhogs everyone I've talked to had a rough time this year.

Ooooooo! So pretty and everything is so even and clear! So nice! I attempted my first kinda-pull-through tonight, I tried to force gel but don't know if it worked, will check tomorrow and post this weekend if it is anything worth seeing. It certainly will not beat yours though!

I really like the color!! So light and pretty. how quickly were you able to cut the soap after pouring? I made a high OO soap some months ago and it has yet to harden to the point you would consider it soap. Lathers like a champ though. Took me over a month to get it out of the mold it was so soft.

Thank you @earlene! I'd like to try this recipe soon. Also, does your brother have a website?