Recent content by mamansavon

Gosh, that's a massive difference! I'm not going to waste my time using it in soap

Thank you for such a detailed reply. I'll look at the label tomorrow (midnight right now and I should be sleeping)

I'm not sure if the pomace we get here is anything similar to what I see referred to as pomace. The pomace here states it's 51% olive oil and 48% sunflower oil Is it possible/desirable to use this pomace as olive oil in soapmaking? I'm guessing I'd need to recalculate the recipes? Thanks

Tbh, the lye was tricky. After 3 days and five shops I decided to place an order online. Literally two hours later, I found lye in a middle Eastern grocer's...for a quarter of the price of the online one! But it was too late to cancel the order! I still bought the one at the grocer's though!

Oh no 😬😬😬 I've just re-run the soap calculator with the change in oils and unsurprisingly the lye)water numbers are slightly different than if I'd used 100% pomace! The difference isn't massive though. Do you think it'll be ok?

Thank you. No scents at all. Just the honey which I blended in with the oils. I had to change to 75% EVOO, 25% coconut oil, 5% castor oil.

We're petsitting for a wonderful couple who happen to keep honey bees. I didn't realise they kept bees or would enjoy homemade soap so I never thought to bring my soapmaking things. Anyway, thanks to the very helpful people on here recommending Zany's No Slime Castile, after looking around...

I really don't know why I feel I need to double check my numbers but does this seem right? Thanks

Loads and loads of pomace around here!

Thank you so much for your help

Thank you. The plan is either trifecta soap or Zany's No Slime Castile. Both with a teaspoon of honey as my host keeps bees

As I mentioned before, I'm away from home and would like to make soap for my host. I was planning to make Zany's No Slime. I don't have access to a stick blender though. Is it realistic to attempt it stirring by hand? Thanks

Thank you so much for your help 🙂

Olive coconut sunflower trex rice bran oil Thank you. I'm a bit nervous about that one although I'm not sure why!

I'm away on vacation looking after someone's house who would very much love some homemade soap. I didn't realise this beforehand so I haven't got any of my oils with me. Is there a simple recipe that doesn't use lard or palm oil that I could make for her? Thank you for any suggestions