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Thank you all for the suggestions!!!

Question. I don't think castor will give me the consistency I am looking for. I am making lip gloss for my little daughter. I am thinking something like carmex consistency or a gloss you can easily get on your finger when you go to put it on. like the lip gloss the little girls get at the store.

No reason other than I didn't know that. :-P I can try castor then...

If you add Vaseline to make a more wet lip gloss do you add it to your melted butters or do you just stir the butters into it? I wasn't sure if the Vaseline melts or not.

Very nice. But I thought they need to cure for a couple months? Is this CP?

Hi. I'm new too. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page there will be links to several threads related to the one you posted about natural colorants. May be worth taking a look through. I do not sell but I've read a lot of posts that say the swirls sell during the holidays and the rest...

Looks lovely! I'm currently awaiting my shipment of stuff to make lotion. I can't wait.

I found it at walmart! Will give it a try. Thanks for all the tips!!!

Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear. I understand it is going to be greasy because its oil. I just wondered if my recipe was going to be more greasy then if I added more butters or other items I may not have used. Thanks for the tips! Is tapioca starch something I can pick up at the store...

Hi. I recently made my first body butter. It was: 32g mango 32g shae 64g grapeseed 1 TBSP arrowroot I used grapeseed as I read it would be less greasy than other oils. So my question is if I want it less greasy should I increase the mango or shae? I wouldn't mind if it got harder as a...

Unfortunately there is a lot of misleading info out there. As I have learned recently too that HP should cure for 4 weeks. I can tell you it's true. I tired using one after a week and it practically shrunk in half. No joke. And it was hard believe me. So you need to give it a full month. And...

Lol. I see. Well that's not good.

Hmm that's interesting. I didn't read anything about paprika or cocoa powder generating heat. It is unsweetened cocoa powder. But maybe cocoa has natural sugar in it. However it was the top layer with the paprika that cracked. So it would have to be the paprika then.

Too late I added 25%. But disappointed why? You don't think in smaller amounts salt would help the face? I wasn't going for an actual salt bar just thought the salt would be nice. Maybe not. I've never used a salt bar and figured I would do a 100% coconut salt bar with a higher salt content...

Thanks. I ended up adding the extra water. I wanted to add 25% salt so I did when I thought it looked like mashed potatoes but I think it was already done. It had cooked for just over 30 mins. Because its so green I couldn't tell really from one stage to the next. I tested and it didn't...

Crap I forgot to line mold with paper! Was already in the process of making and couldn't stop. So I decided to HP in the crock pot. My question is I assume I need to add more water because I took a water discount initially. Recipe: 50% lard 700g 25% avocado 350g 25% olive 350g 28% lye...

Those look great! Yeah I just got spooked when I read the threads. I'll give it a try some time. Man I totally forgot I wanted to add salt (25-50%), clay and maybe oatmeal for the facial bar too. I ordered a mold of individual bars to make the salt soap as I read it sets up so fast. It...

Awesome thanks! I do agree it is more work. I'm mainly doing this to use it up since I have it on hand and to get some experience with colors for free. I have some carrots I want to use desperately too but after reading the horror stories of overheating and separation I think I should wait...

LOL you crack me up! I was thinking the spinach would give it a good boost of green. Well I guess I'll give it a try and then we will know! If it turns brown I'll try to love it just the same. :razz: Thanks for the info!

reporting back So just following up on this. This worked out. No major issues. I used a 30% lye solution. Mixed when oil was 99 and lye solution was 101 degrees. I did decide to add some cocoa powder and paprika to color. I separated at light trace and sifted them in and used the SB to...