Recent content by Sirona71

Thanks for all your replies/ideas!!

From experience, the longer the better with infusing herbs into oils. There are different schools of thought on whether you should do it out in the sun or in a dark place. I do it in the sun (like sun-tea, lol). As long as there is ABSOLUTELY no water on your herbs and they are COMPLETELY dry...

How about grapefruit seed extract and/or vitamin E? Tea tree especially, but almost any other essential oil will have a preservative effect. But the GSE has no scent so that would be a good option... Kim

Other than Essential Oils, are there any other 'natural' scents you can use for your soaps? I'm one of them tree hugging, ghetto herb garden (only ghetto because it's on my porch lol), organic, au naturale type of gal. I'm brand new to soap making, but I've made and sold other things (like...

Hello, I'm brand new to soaping. I made my first batch Friday night. (whooohooo) Not sure how it's gonna turn out though LOL. Thing is... I've always ordered homemade soaps online. I moved down here and one day I was at a ...kinda like a vendor bazaar. I found some home made soaps. I...