Recent content by renaissancemom

Thanks, that makes sense. I ordered a new bottle.

I recently discarded several of my EO's that I thought were no longer good. I kept a few that I liked, but I'm not sure if they are still good. I have rosemary oil that I purchased in 2009. The bottle lists it as having a one year expiration, but I find that to be very short. It is stored in...

I have been searching for a good shampoo bar recipe for the longest time. I want something good that won't need an acidic rinse after, but one that treats tangles as well. Any suggestions?

i soap at room temp. or close to it, low 80's, but i don't gel. i put mold into fridge for 18-24 hours and then cut as usual. my soap is a little bit more opaque then gelled soap but at least i know the entire mold will finish the same. when i was insulating sometimes parts of the mold would...

i poured about 2 cups of water into the oil, i would have been really nervous that too much oil would have been lost if i tried separating the two and then the saponification would have been incomplete or at least thats what i would have feared with the final soap.

So I made my lye yesterday morning then I mixed my oils in the afternoon and I let them sit for the day. Last night I was ready to make my soap but the oils seemed a bit cloudy, as if they might start to slowly be getting hard, so I warmed my oils slightly then I had to warm my lye slightly...

I keep my OO in my very cold garage. I want to make a batch of soap but the OO is coagulated. Would it be okay to weigh out the thickened oil and then heat it to liquify?

i know that if your soap is not ready or is lye heavy the zap test will produce a "zap" similar to what would happen if you put your tongue on a 9V battery. since i never put my tongue on a 9V battery i can only imagine what that would feel like. i made a batch of bastille (90% OO 10% Castor)...

you all say a small amount is good; are we talking a teaspoon - small or x amount ppo - small?

thanks for the receipe. is the bomb in the tub very oily?

measuring in grams can be more precise when working with odd numbers, especially if you are going to round. I would round to 4.75oz. because it's closer to your actual number. if you are superfatting, which you most likely are, it is okay to be off by such a small margin; but try to be as...

thanks that's great!

I was looking for a link for a specific tutorial that I found on this forum; I didn't know it was from youtube, which is why I said I saw it in a thread somewhere here. I knew I could always do a youtube search on my own, which I have done, but this particular video was the one I was trying to...

I wish someone would create a soap calculator app already; that way I could create receipes at my whim, when in the car, picking up my kids, or waiting in line at the grocery store.

point taken: water into lye can be explosive!