Recent content by Jillyb

I love it. Just make sure its got no extra additives... My fam loves my 20% soy 20% Rice bran 15% coconut 20% RSPO Palm 18%Olive (or HO canola) 7% Castor..

We have hard water so I add sodium citrate to my soap its easier than working out the lye conversions for citric acid. 😊

Unfortunatly in my experiance, a conditioner bar has to be specific for your hair type to get best results. Unless your one of the few lucky ones who can use anything and have fab hair..So sharing a recipe that works for me may not work for you. Example. My dry hair bars contain BTMS, cetyl...

I thought the same but after alot of trails I have a conditioner bar (curly fuzzy damaged hair) that works.. i just have to rub it on my hands into scalp then rub bar on ends.. trick is formulating for your hair type..

I'd check out cosplay or mask making tutorials. They use alot of silicone..😊

You came up on my FB feed yesturday.. love your work...😊

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My concern is grapeseed oil.. while lovely oil for this, it has a very short shelf life.. 3 months

Ive heard oxides can smell bad pink clay can affect hair colour.. etc, etc.. Would love to know what you colour your shampo/conditioner bars with as a natural colour. Edited title for clarification.

Yes I only do HP I start anywere from 130 to 160 ish.. depending on oils on low in crook pot then let it cook away until its done.. it get hotter as it cooks but thats my adding lye temps

Yes as above powder to oils Stick blend then add lye..😊 never had any problems but when I use milk I soap a lil cooler than usual, about 130F works for me.

I use RSPO palm and if we belive all we read (Im sure some of it is factual) we wouldn't use coconut (for the same reasons as palm) or olive (apparently 80% of world stock is diluted with chesper oils) not to mention all the toxins in some products. This doesn't leave us much to make soap with...

Does the smell fade??

Is your lye fresh? Mine traces in 30sec @ Approx 140F (any hotter and I get volcanos) with only 3 second bursts with stick blender. I HP and its cooked & in mold in less than 30min.