Recent content by Meshaal

As far as my understanding, you can use it in the batch you already made a week ago. However, let's pretend that it got contaminated with some kind of bacteria. What will happen is that the preservative is going to kill the bacteria and you will be rubbing your skin with a soap contains dead...

DeeAnna, many thanks for your valuable input. I will post a picture of the soap without the preservative, with the preservative, with the preservative and acid, just to see the difference that the preservative and acid add to the soap clarity and color. This is a great idea. I will try it on a...

Thank you all for your input. They are all very helpful. I have just tried making one batch without without the adding any acids. I think the fragrance or the preservative also changed the transparency look of the soap. Next time I will pay extra attention which of them causing the cloudiness in...

Hello everyone! I've been experimenting with liquid soap for about a month now and i'm happy with the improvements that I have made. However, I'm still not confident with the pH level of my soap. I calculate the lye needed using Soap Maker software. In the last two batches I have used Boric...

Yes, In a private message. I meant the post at the top of this page. This book was listed there (with the other 3 treatise I posted) with the same link you posted, however it was removed by the Admin for this reason. The Admin informed me that she edited the post and removed the link with the...

Hello Maaki, welcome to the forum

@DeeAnna @Zany_in_CO , the issue is that whenever you enter the archive website a donation message pops up .. this contradicts with the forum rules. I posted the link of this book in the main thread post and the link was removed by the Admins due to this.

well, "Mesh" is pronounced like "Mich" in Michelle. then the "a" in "aal" is pronounced like the "a" in Apple. I hope my description is not more confusing :D

@DeeAnna great input! this is definitely useful .. hopefully we can make a bank of text of soapmaking methods, techniques, and recipes of the past. I also found a book called The Secrets of Maister Alexis of Piemont written in the 16th Cent by an Italian alchemist and physician. The book is...

Thank you all for participating in the thread. Unfortunately, I only found the English translation of the Yemeni king description of soap making in his era. I'm still looking for the al-Razi's description. I have the third one, al-Antaki's description, only in Arabic. Once I found an English...

My name is Meshaal, so it was easier for me to choose it than to come up with a creative nice nickname haha. Also, my name has a magical power!! Sometimes it enables me to know the nationality and background of who pronounces it!! Anglophones pronounce it Michael, Francophones pronounce it...

Hello everyone! I think it would be so much fun reproducing old soap recipes! I have done some research and I came across three old recipes written in the Arabic literature. 1. short description written by al-Razi who were an Arab alchemist and physician. (10th Cent.) 2. long description...

Thanks TeresaGG, I already did so :D

My cat Ninja says Hi!! the other two not into taking photos haha

Thank you all for your greetings .. I am overwhelmed by your warm welcome! :):) Old Hippie w'Salam!! :)