Recent content by sephera

Thank you for your responses. I may just go with MP for now it is $16 per kg here. I want to make a Anti bacterial Viral soap with anti viral and bacterial EO added.

My 100% olive oil was slimy and went soft after long use. I like to be able to use it without waiting long time for cure. I don't want EO I put in destroyed by heat and sponification.

Can I please have Guidance for a recipe for the hardest Soap with short cure time. Then I need to add alot of essential oils to it for a therapeutic bar. I don't want the EO to sponify. Should a bother with a recipe or just get melt and pour and add EO. I have made soap in the past and no...

It’s not only that I am not doing well. It may have created permanent damage.,my brother who was in another room was getting nausea for a long time now. It gets incredibly hot and who knows how the fumes will disperse into the air without you knowing. I am getting high dose vitamin c infusions...

Hi Can I please advise that KOH and glycerine method over heat not be used. I have done it and I do not think I have been able to breathe well since then. And it’s actually made me sick. It is similar to the effect of vaping. Lee

Where is that polysorbet wool wash. Do people like washing wool with soap or surfactant. I think soap is not good for washing. Only spot cleaning stains where you lather up and scrub foam in. I am preferring surfactants over soap for washing many things. For example silk dress with stains, I...

How would I start to forrmulate it. Would it just be a matter of just getting all the ingredients and mixing it together?

Hi All, I really like this detergent, by it costs $30 here in Australia. Is the anyway to hack it and make your own from similar or same ingredients. I would like to make hosiery mate equivalent too. It's unavailable here. Eucalan Ingredient List: Essential Oil (where applicable) (Pure and...

Hi All, I think I am ok now. But in future making soap I recommend wear closed up protective gear.

Hi All I don't recommend cooking Glycerine and KCL at home. It gets very hot and can damage your chest by getting too close.

I am getting a rash every now and then on chest and other areas.

Hi I made the soap by heating the Glycerine and lye. It got very hot I may have gotten some fumes and heat on my chest and cause permanent damage. I don't think the method should be used. No I am not sure what to do.

Hi All, I might have got some fumes on a bare chest, doing the heat/Glycerine/KOH method. I don't recommend that fumes are very hot. I didn't see the water KOH/Glycerine method.

Hi Good to know, only thing is the bees wax might be older. But I heard they don't expire. I am not keen in venturing into water based products worried about contamination etc. Is there any possibility that water could have crept in during any time in the process.

Hi I made my first balm to use on the face and hair last night. 1 part beeswax, 1 part castor oil, 1 part Argan/Jojoba, 2 parts Almond. About 20 drops of essential oils. I wiped down my pyrex glass cup, bench space and jar with Isocol Rubbing Alcohol. Used the double boiler method to...