Recent content by Katie-Mae

LOL well I'm glad the soap passed the arm pit test. My husband refuses to use any soap that don't make a really big bubbly lather and they ALL have to contain coffee grounds. Let me sneak a left over soap of any kind and I have to listen to him cry about it Until I give in and make him his...

LOL its fine I have used different FO and EO But I made an unscented one not long ago that I thought was awesome but 30 minutes to an hour after my shower I still Itched it didn't seem AS bad and it was the one I was using the most it had 18% Coconut oil BUT I used coconut milk also. But I...

I cure them anywhere from 6 weeks to 12 weeks but I always have left overs from the craft fair that get thrown in a box until I decide to give them away or use them so I have some that are a year old that still do the same. I had been thinking allergy because my WHOLE family have allergies to...

I do not have to have HUGE bubbles I would like a creamy lather atleast I mean I do want to see a few bubbles here and there is possible. Lol I have a soap that don't lather at all unless I put it in a soap pouch it is new I have only used it 4 times now but it seems to be the only one so far...

I Assume its a sensitivity Since I have made a ton of soaps ranging anywhere from 25% coconut to 15% and still have the VERY itchy skin after showering. I say it is dry itchy skin but Im not really as dry as the itchiness make me feel. If that makes sense? I mean I claw myself in areas till I...

OK well now with all the suggestions I have a million ideas going on in my head. I will be dreaming about soap recipes and keeping myself up at night LOL I think I will try upping my super fat first and see how that goes since I still have a new bucket of coconut oil haha. Thank you to...

OK well I started doing the 1/2 coconut and 1/2 babassu because through all my reading and research I had found a site where one woman said if her recipe called for say 10oz coconut oil she used 5oz coconut and 5oz babassu and her reason for doing so was because the coconut was making her skin...

I haven't made any soap yet with the 10% coconut that's kinda why I was asking questions I was using soapcalc trying to come up with something but yes I put in babassu oil and palm kernel as well as Palm oil trying to come up with something. I always super fat between 5 and 6 I am with you...

I have heard the same right now Im making the liquid soap by grating my old melt and pour soaps I made ages ago that got shoved in a closet LOL Cooking it in water and adding washing soda and borax have been wanting to make some with my left over lye soaps if I can. Have you made any? : )

So if Palm kernel is drying like coconut oil is there really a point in subbing it for the coconut oil? I was thinking maybe a mix of palm oil and palm kernel oil or palm kernel flakes but that's when I started getting those high cleaning number which would strip all the oils from your body so...

I have palm kernel flakes that's what I was using earlier in the soapcal. along with regular palm oil. I will have to run your recipe through soapcal with my palm kernel flakes : ) I have been using babassu oil in place of half the coconut in my recent recipes but I am still so dry and itchy I...

Yes I started using fragrances when I found the brambleberry website and HAD to try the recipes I use a mask when I use fragrances and I have learned real quick what fragrances are going to be bad before I even open them! Sometime I will get a fragrance that is killer even with a mask I just try...

HI, I have been playing around on Soapcal. trying to come up with a recipe with no coconut oil or one using under 10% coconut oil. everything I have calculated seems to have very high cleansing numbers I am wondering wouldn't that be drying as well? I have never paid a lot of attention to...

Thanks to everyone for all the info. I will be buying one of everything lol That Callous Shaver looks a bit scary! : / but glad you posted that my husband has the worst callouses on his toes from his work boots he has tried everything I will most definitely be getting him one. I still...

That is my problem too I never wear shoes! I run my own business from home so I am always barefoot. Those pedi eggs scared me at first being that they were sharp so wouldn't that micro plane hurt or cut your feet? At this point I am up for trying anything though! I will have to try the...