Recent content by Purple heather natural sk

The love of math comes out in the soap, for sure! But does the love if soap come in your math? ....Now class, if I have 4 oz of palm oil, 6oz of coconut oil and 8oz of olive oil, how many ml would I have? And how much lye would I need, if I wanted 5% superfat .....😆

Yes! Her site is full of great knowledge! I have learned so much about coloring naturally from reading her tutorials... I highly recommend it. 😍🤩

Try madder root powder Add it to the lye mixture You will get a light to deep pink/red colour that will last without much fading

I do a rose peddle infusion each summer and make a rose soap. my roses hold the scent in my oils without any problem. I colour my rose soap with madder root

I do. I recognize that there are many methods... yes you can wait until the flowers are limp or dried out You can also do an infusion on the stove top, for quick results But .... I put mine in oil, as I pick them, as long as they are not wet ... I want to capture the essence of the flower that...

If you want to use your arnica, pick at the hight of the sunny day, after the dew has dried. Then pack in a glass jar and fill the jar with sunflower oil. Make sure your flowers do not have water on them, as water will cause mold in your infusion. Allow to sit in a sunny spot for at least 4...

I often say I hired a drunk elf to do my auto text ... little guy is drunk again!! 🤣🤣🤣

I make a lotion with mom, arnica and magnesium... I grow my own arnica and infuse it in oil, then use that oil in my lotions ... I love my arnica! Sorry! Auto text ... MSM, arnica and Magnesium

I like the name Vanille Bean 🤩

Thank you! .... those are very high compliments I will try to put something together ... later this week. 🥰

I had a client ask me to make a "no more bottle dish soap" bar, but i was struggling with how to use it. Do i get a scrubby wet, then scrub the bar to get my soap onto the scrubby? Do I wrap the bar in my scrubby? But instead I decided to make my dish soap bars felted .... these now have a...

My patchouli soap is coloured with chocolate mixed into a 3rd of my soap and marbled. 1 of my top sellers

I too make vegan soaps, but before I went vegan production, I would freeze my goats milk before adding it to my lye mix ..... helps to stop the scorching of the milk and the browning of the soap Now, as an alternative, I will make a coconut milk soap, and for oatmeal soap, I will add oatmeal...

20% oil is more of a cream consistency. I was taught to make a lotion you want to stay around 7% oils. I always do a blend, and I never use grapeseed. My highest % is always coconut, be it frac. Or 76..... this will give long shelf life. Calendula oil is another part of my face lotions, as it...

I think I was put on the Earth, this time, to learn patience... I am still here, still learning 🤣🤣