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What % Softisan in your lotion bars?

For the record, cardboard that is saturated with wax and/or oil is NOT recyclable. Even if it were, would this really help save the planet? Ask the customer if she drove a car to the market.

But the recipe uses mL, which is volume. I always use weight... that's why this confused me.

WHERE does one find high oleic sunflower oil?

Hi, Yes, I saw that post but it was one she hadn't tried. It sounds like you have, though @Zing and liked it!

Thanks. Now I need to figure out how to convert that to teaspoons/tablespoons or Cups...

I just saw this recipe and was confused by the use of mL instead of grams for apricot oil/sweet almond oil. Aren't ml and grams the same thing? Makes around 60 x Lip balm tubes or 30 x 10ml tins or 20 x 15ml tins 50g Organic Yellow Beeswax 80g of Organic, unrefined Shea Butter 30g of...

Okay, old thread I know, but I just started looking into lotion balm recipes. Zing's link above goes to a potential recipe from IrishLass, but it says she hadn't tried it yet. Did you @IrishLass post your recipe somewhere? I looked around and saw lots of helpful tips (thanks!) but not your...

Going on now.

I have a couple of shampoo and conditioner bar recipes, but I just got these, too. I see the 1.5% for extracts or additives, and yes, that's what I'm going to do. I also like this shampoo recipe, because you pour it into the mold instead of needing to press it, so it's really nice that way...

Yes, I know about this. I am just hoping to create this shampoo bar for my daughter, who uses a shampoo with this ingredient. Thanks!

Yes, I also did that search and found what you found. I subscribe to SCM's blog, but not at a high level. Doing a search there, I haven't seen mention of pyrithione zinc. My plan has been to substitute this ingredient for that proportion of one of the dry surfactants. I was just curious if...

Yes, and that is what I did. I didn't find anything specifically about shampoo bars and not cold processed soap,, hence my starting a new thread.

I see syndet shampoo bars with 2% pyrithione zinc available for sale through Etsy and other sites. Where can I find a recipe to make this?

I know this is a really old post, but I just came upon it, since I'm on a lotion bar kick and am reading all the old threads. Re. hemp seed oil being helpful for joint and muscle pain, I don't know. There have been studies that have shown CBD and, possibly even more so, THC from cannabis helps...

Yes, actually my latest review is that this recipe is too soft. Will up the mango butter and beeswax and add IPM in the future.

I just tried this recipe I saw online, which calls for the same three main ingredients (no IPM), using less beeswax and it was much less sticky/waxy/greasy. I like it: 40% meadowfoam oil (she used almond oil) 35% mango butter 24% beeswax 1% Vit E

Speaking of Isopropyl Myristate, what percentage do you all use in your LB recipe? I have used it at 1% and not noticed much of a difference in reducing greasiness. Someone here said you could even replace all soft oil with IPM, but I wouldn't go that far. What have others found? And is...

Yes, sorry, I would add 33% meadowfoam seed oil. Are you saying that I might need to up the beeswax with the mango butter and MFSO combo because MFSO is softer than CO? Is that others' experience? How much beeswax do you add to your combo? Thanks! Does anyone add Vitamin E?

My previous lotion bars were 1/3 coconut oil, 1/3 shea butter, 1/3 beeswax. I don't add EO or FO because I love the honey scent of our local beeswax. But way too greasy and tacky. So I got some meadowfoam seed oil. And I see recommendations for adding isopropyl myristate and Vitamin E in...