Recent content by Tara_H

Love this new thread, what a good idea! I've been doing zero soap making since I was last here, but pottering slowly along with other things. Most recently I tried to recreate a tea tree lotion that I had years ago - I got it for use on freshly waxed legs but it was just a great consistency as...

Thanks! I'm not actually sure what oat oil is made of... But I do have nearly everything else you mentioned, I could use a combination of argan, jojoba and castor oil, and some hydrolysed wheat protein - sounds like a good jumping-off point :)

Hi folks, long time no see! I've been chugging along on my massive backlog of soap and tried-and-tested shampoo etc recipes for a while and haven't had a chance to drop in here, but I'm off on holiday soon and I want to make a solid conditioner bar to bring with me, rather than my usual liquid...

Seems like it's coming-out-of-the-woodwork time all round! Haven't actually made any soap since I last posted here, but yesterday I packaged all of my cured soap into smaller neater boxes so that they can be stacked away in tidy fashion instead of taking up tons of room in the kitchen and...

I saw the bat signal go up! Mine is a Prusa and I'm very glad that's the one I bought, it's a good price/quality balance and uses very standard parts so if anything gets damaged it's easy to find spares. It comes with its own software for slicing, pretty much any 3d program should be able to...

Sign up list: (copy and paste, and add your name to the bottom of the list) 1.Vicki C - sure - I’ll go first! 2. Linne1gi - I’m in! 3. Misschief - I have time! 4. peachymoon - I'm excited for this one! 5. Tara_H - January is always a drag, so I'm sure I'll be able to squeeze in some soap!

Thanks! When I say it's peeling, I'm pretty sure it's the colour that's peeling off, rather than the leather itself. We had to partly disassemble it at one point to get it through a door and from the inside pieces that I saw, it's genuine leather, and quite thick. The peeling effect looks...

Not sure if it's the same in Germany, but corn flour here is what is called corn starch in the US - it's incredibly fine and soft. Although @ResolvableOwl does specify that it was yellow, so probably not quite the same, maybe somewhere in between?

Something of a passing thought, but I'm sure there are experts on the forum who can weigh in :) We have a second hand leather sofa badly in need of care. It was recoloured at some time before we got it, from a warm mid-brown to a dark almost black brown. I'm not sure exactly how it was done...

This is very cool! It's amazing how people wash their hands differently and never discuss it 🤣 Personally I would start with a fairly vigorous back-and-forth motion (rubbing, I guess) and then progress to rolling if I don't get a decent amount of bubbles pretty sharpish. I remember reading a...

We're not so much for the movies here, but it wouldn't be Xmas without Fairytale of New York!

I haven't revisited it actually! I keep wanting to do new things so the ones I've already tried end up being neglected... and then there was the too much soap problem. I do like the sound of that idea, maybe you could give it a shot? For science 😁

Hey all! Been away for a bit with life being mental and haven't been doing much other than keeping the house supplied with toothpaste... On the upside I finally heard yesterday that the job I've been trying to get is almost certainly mine, bar some (hopefully) straightforward red tape to get...

I've tested it but not used it apart from that so can't recommend blends. To my surprise, it significantly *slowed* acceleration. My notes indicate that the sample was still soft 2 days later, although I believe it hardened up properly after that. (I'll go check) Yep, the sample is looking...

As a fresh herb, I know very little about basil mint other than it tastes/smells like basil, but grows like mint, which is a blessing to me since basil is too delicate to grow here. EO wise I've only got peppermint, for toothpaste and because it's handy to slow trace in a pinch.