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One of the reasons it would be nice to find an alternative to many commercial shampoos, is that according to different web pages out there, some say that some common shampoos have pretty toxic chemicals in them... I would like to either see a rebuttal from the shampoo companies if not true...

Some folks with extremely high iron water end up with yellow /orange colored hair:headbanging: not what is wanted.. and some people that have had their hair turn orange had light brown ---not white-- hair.. Some people with white hair have tried a bit of blueing to get rid of the yellow, but...

I would love to learn to make a proper shampoo bar, as commercial shampoo doesn't "sit well" with my hair. Also, if you do any research on shampoo, many of them have some really nasty ingredients with real nasty long term side effects on the health. Onetime I was using a "dandruff" shampoo...

was tweaking again... LOL Castor Oil 10.00 Cocoa Butter 11.00 Coconut Oil, 9.00 Palm Kernel Oil 9.00 Palm Oil 30.00 Sunflower Oil 31.00 Hardness 39 Cleansing 12 conditioning 58 Bubbly 21 Creamy 36 super fating at 7 % Any thoughts? do you think there isn't enough lather? appreciate...

I am "tweaking" Obsidians recipe--- but not sure my tweaking will work..[/SIZE] I like a higher castor oil and coco butter...[/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE] my old recipe[/SIZE] [/SIZE] Castor Oil10.00Cocoa Butter7.00Coconut Oil, 9.00Olive Oil13.00Palm Kernel Oil17.00Palm Oil12.00Sunflower...

I am in the process of cutting back the OO and PKO to 10% each.. Do you think that is still too much OO and PKO ?

What I am trying to do is aim for a fairly "moisturizing" type bar, that still cleanses... thanks..

question--With a 14 cleansing, is 7% super fatting too much? Will it be "globby" and slimy? Or will it be "just right?

I am the odd one out, I love the smell of coffee, even though I don't hardly ever drink the stuff-- sometimes gives me the shakes -sometimes terrible- I would be careful using citrus EOs can cause photo sensitivity...probably would get away with Fragrance though... sunrise arts,--how do you...

I did finally get a new scale, have to try to decipher the directions, sounds like it was written by a non-English speaker, and is quite confusing. Also had some family emergencies, so haven't had time to try soap making again... hopefully will have time in the next few days.. Am going to try...

The other day we had an accident in the barn and had to take care of an injured animal. ( no idea whatsoever what happened, she has been taken care of properly and is on the mend. ) By the time the animal was properly taken care of, I had plenty of mud, blood and "other stuff" all over the...

has anyone out there used a CWT7 -15 from western scale? can't seem to find any reviews out there about it.. seems to be what I am looking for, and the help from the company seems to be pretty good.. Thanks.

Do you notice much difference in the "stripping" action between a "12" and a "15"?

I find sea salt water very irritating to my skin.. burns like fierce, and my skin isn't that sensitive..

sounds like an interesting mold with the soap size and the seam that splits open, reducing pulled hair to remove the soap from the mold.. I wonder why we don't hear about the seamed mold more often, always hear about the PVC type mold and complaints about how difficult it is to remove the soap...

I am thinking I am going to drop the cleansing even further.. When I started out-- no one told me, I had a soap that was 22 in cleansing, ( no salt) and yes it was waaay to strong.. Took along time to sit and cure and then it was better, but not great. I dropped the cleansing to 17 and that...

So you are saying you think there is too much salt in the recipe??

bathgeek, so the embed molds are maybe 1-1/2 inches across?

Skatergirl--- How big of soap does the bramble berry mold make? Bathgeek--how big is the soap the embeds from your molds??

Maybe the essential depot mold is different, here is a couple of tube molds that come apart any thoughts?? https://www.newdirectionsaromatics.ca/products/standard-soap-molds/column-silicone-soap-mold.html https://www.brambleberry.com/silicone-column-mold-p5619.aspx