Recent content by Jenn Lee

Donkey is addicted to that ball. If we are in the house, she usually has it close to her and offers it to me several times a day to play. She may be sad in the picture, but she's also spoiled! She's one of those dogs that, at 5 years old, has just learned that relaxing is not the end of the...

Thank you and I've not heard of the mineral oil trick before, I'll give it a try! Thanks

I've made recipes where I added salt to match the oz of oils used (100%), but this one I only added around 50% salt to oil ratio. It was less than I usually put into my salt bars.

That is definitely something I'm looking forward too! I currently live in a very "breathable" old house in Houston where the humidity is usually > 50%, sometimes up to 75% inside regardless of A/C. The salt bars on the rope sweat like crazy after I dug them out of the mold. It has certainly...

It's not the same bar. I haven't taken pictures of the cut Irish Coffee bars yet.

I've been making soap for a little over a year now. So I thought I would post some of my creations. Still learning A LOT, so while the soaps usually work well, they don't always look as pretty as I imagine they will. Technique, technique, technique! Love the SoapMakingForum! As soon as I'm...

Yes, also a great summary! Thanks for the information. I haven't been using it in my soaps, but had recently purchased a small amount to experiment with not knowing anything about the environmental effects because it's so ubiquitous. Sometimes the things we use most really are not great and...

I switched from soapcalc to soapee recently, just used brambleberry calc when I was visiting my mom who wanted me to help her make some soap. I like soapee the best, but it's still lacking a few things that were also mentioned above. I like to have nice, discreet places (that I can print on 1...

My cat, Grasshopper Joe, and my dog, Donkey, cuddling on a cold night. They're so cute and sweet together. They Kung Fu fight in the house sometimes and it's hilarious to watch.

Ha, guess I should have done a little more reading before I put so much in. Although, I bought this at the grocery store on a whim and when I opened it, I didn't notice much of a smell. My Neem Seed Oil smelled a lot more. I kind of like the gentle nutty smell of the Neem, myself. I guess...

I made a facial soap with 3 layers. On the outside, I put in a small amount of ground cardamom seeds and I love it. The lightest layer has the ground cardamom (and the soda ash).

Morning All! I wanted to share a picture of some CP soap I made last weekend. I really like how the colors turned out and, currently, it smells great. I wanted to try a soap with no Olive Oil (OO) so I subbed Rice Bran Oil and put in a lot of butters to try and make a hard, creamy bar...

Here are a couple depending on what styles you want: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CFN85RS/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0789RHBK8/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

My favorite notebooks are made with stone paper. Literally paper made out of rocks! They are a little more pricey than regular paper, but the feel is so smooth, the pages are harder to tear, and you can write on them in the rain - water has no effect. I've found a few at Target before, but...

Hello again! I feel like we may be twins! I also have waist-length hair (that I just got trimmed, phew!). I have very oily skin and before I started the co-wash, I had to wash my hair daily or it was just gross. I love the co-wash, it's the best thing I've ever done hygiene-wise other than...