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Thanks so much for sharing!!! I’ll give it a go with your recipe. Good idea on the cetyl alcohol too.

I love squalane oil for acne prone skin. It sinks in really quickly and provides good moisture with out being heavy and oily. I use it in my face serums, moisturizers and even at 100% just as a face oil. It can be pricy but worth it in my opinion. Hope this helps.

Anyone want to talk formulation of in shower lotion bars using an emulsifier? I want to make some and not sure what %s I should start out with. I really like the lush in shower lotion bars and want to make the same for myself. I was thinking for hardness I'd use coco butter or kokum butter, a...

Great idea! I could do the whole brick at once.

I think the cetyl just made it more fluffy than thick. I added dimethicone and cyclomethicone and that fixed the problem. I love the end result I have now. Part of the fun is trial and error and trial again.

I will try heating and straining out the "bits"......just feels gross. I'll never buy from them again. It has been over a month since I purchased the Shea. I think contacting them would be futile.

I might copy it....for some reason all my lotions recently have turned into cream consistency...lol I know why though. I have been playing with cetyl alcohol.....fluffy glidy goodness.

So I got 5lbs of Shea butter from essential Depot.....and all 5lbs are speckled with little bug parts or whole bugs. I am so mad right now. This is actually my second 5lb brick, and the first one was fine. The bag it came in was intact. I put it inside an empty (clean) 5 gallon jug as soon as I...

Anyone make extracts with glycerin and water? I have a calendula one I am experimenting with now. Part water part glycerin and 6 months on the back shelf of my pantry. (I added a wee bit of preservative because I am afraid of it going bad). Just wondering if anyone else has had experience with this.

Menthol Soap Just made a batch and WOW! My sinuses are super clear. We'll see how tingly it ends up.

Try this video https://youtu.be/HIvDlhxXqNM Her videos are good for beginners too. Good luck!

Man.....I searched her blog and didn't find this. Lol

I live in the same climate. I gave up on bath bombs....lol. Thanks for the info, I am kinda excited to try them again

Have any of you used magnesium flakes in lotion making? My son (who plays college football) uses a spray of magnesium oil after every work out for muscle cramps etc. I soak in epsom salt baths all the time and was wondering if I could use magnesium in lotion for the same effect. My google search...

I forgot to mix my TD with water and dumped unsifted, dry TD directly into my hot process batch. I was making a fancy red and white swirly so I was moving fast, too fast :(. Now I have little specks of powdery white dots in my pretty bright red and white swirly soap. Side note....they smell amazing!