Recent content by Vandam

My Border Collie had a stroke. It left her with a crooked face. She continued to work for many years until she started going blind then she retired to a life of a house dog (she had never been in the house) until she died.

I always make beer soap so today I thought I would try the beer foam look. I thought I had it all planned out then suddenly my sensible planning brain went on hiatus and my "fly by the seat of my pants, let's try this and this" brain took control. Luckily I only do small batches and tomorrow's...

My friend and mentor made loofah soaps years ago and they were a great seller for her. Is loofah a long crop? I've not heard anyone around me growing it so thinking only in the southern US? I will try to find seeds here in Canada and maybe my daughter can grow it in her greenhouse.

Have you tried EOCalc.com? It's a wonderful free site that helps you blend EOs in skin-safe percentages. You can select which EOs you want to use, and it will suggest blends, or help you create your own. Well this is good for hours of killing time, lol! Thanks for this link.

That's what I thought. And agreeing pure coconut isn't what I would want. Thought an ingredient list would have more ingredients, at the least, water. And a preservative maybe? Made in California and bought in yukon, Canada. I think the marketing is trying to go "all natural, etc" but this does...

My husbands daughter buys a foaming facial cleanser that is "vegan, non cruel, etc". The ingredients listed are saponified coconut oil, chamomile essential oil. that's it. It is in a foaming container, so foams of course. Is it just liquid soap made with 100% coconut oil and chamomile eo . It...

Welcome! If you are in southern Alberta be sure to check out Windy Point in Calgary for supplies and classes.

Oh that is magic! I couldn't quite figure out how people were steam ironing their soap, the images I had, lol. Some days I wonder where my brain is. Thanks.

I've been reading the current soda ash discussion and have looked in prior discussions but still need help. I got soda ash on my soap that I made in a mold. The top is fine, just the parts in the mold. Not sure if the mold is silicone or plastic, they are the ones windy point sells, 3 cavity...

What butters are you using? I use mango when I want a "drier" feel. I have some kokum butter that I haven't played with yet but it seems a drier butter. That said I use oil in my lotion bars also, rice bran is one of my favourites.

Distilled water- 90% peg-6 Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides- 1.5% Propanediol 1,3 3.0% Sodium lactate 60 2.0% Liquid calendula and/or carrot seed extract 3.0%...

I just made a micellar water at a course. I don't really know anything about it but some of the ladies were quite excited about making it. If you want the recipe I used I can look for it.

Good advice and great article. I make lotion for my daughters and myself. Recently I had a bottle go bad on me. This bottle travelled to Mexico with me this summer and then sat in my bag. My other bottle of the same lotion is fine, it didn't get to go to Mx. It was super hot and humid there in...

Thanks so much! This is just what I needed. Great article DeeAnna.

This may be a really dumb question but here I go...I have read about canola oil and ho canola oil. What I can't seem to find is how do you know which canola oil you have? All the labels say is canola. I have made a few batches with the canola oil I have and they turned out great but I have no...