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  1. Liesel Atwood

    Hello from Canada

    LOL! You make me laugh!, AhZo! I am ALWAYS giving things away! I don't sell, but I love to make. So after my family and friends are well supplied, I still have stuff left over. I take a lot of showers, just to try out a new soap or attempt to use up an old one. What part of NS is your...
  2. Liesel Atwood

    making liquid dish soap using a bar soap recipe

    Hi there! I need a little advice with a liquid dish soap recipe. I found a recipe for dish soap that is supposed to be more gentle on the hands. But it's a solid dish cake soap. I would like to use the same recipe but use a dual lye combination and maybe add a bit of glycerin. My question...
  3. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Hi everyone! I just wanted to thank you all for your kind comments during the fires, and all the helpful advice. We are all fine, and back in our homes. There are some families a bit further away who have no home to return to. But the community support has been wonderful, and the prayers are...
  4. Liesel Atwood

    Hello from Canada

    Hi Misschief! I am so grateful to you for pointing out the problems with Saffire Blue. I had only heard of this company, and had thought of ordering quite a few months ago. For some reason, I decided not to. How glad I am that I decided against it. I appreciate the heads up. Many thanks!
  5. Liesel Atwood

    Hello from Canada

    Hi...welcome from a fellow Canadian! (Nova Scotia). I use Candora, Canwax, Coop Coco (french), Voyageur, Windy Point and YellowBee. There is also a company called Saffire Blue, but I haven't tried them yet. If it's allowed, I will leave a link below where you can find quite a comprehensive...
  6. Liesel Atwood

    Prayers Really Needed

    I'm sad that I'm just seeing your post now. You are all going through a rough patch right now, no doubt about that. I will certainly keep you in my prayers. If you would like, I will tell my church prayer group about your struggles, and we will all pray for you and your family. We meet on...
  7. Liesel Atwood

    Confidence Booster

    What a beautiful soap! It reminds me of the ocean! When i look at it, I can feel the waves tickling my toes and hear the water hitting the rocks. I enjoy making 100% coconut oil soap too. Yours is just lovely! You might find that the scent is stronger when it is being used. This doesn't...
  8. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Hi Chaiat5! Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers! They mean so much to us. In fact, everyone here has been very kind, and you've all been a real blessing to me and my family. It is true what they say....any act of kindness, whether small or large, has a profound impact on the...
  9. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Hey there! Wow, Bridgewater is only 1.5 hour drive from where i live! We go there often! You're half Canadian! And I'm half American. thankfully, Bridgewater has not been affected by the fires. Wishing you a great day!
  10. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Thanks so much! There are many others who aren't as lucky as some of us...it's heartbreaking. But the community has come together for the benefit of everyone....real team spirit.
  11. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Thanks so much for your thoughts! I think I will do as you suggested and bring the boxes in, open lids etc....as long as the other people here don't mind the smell of several different EO's and fragrances floating around! I only had access to cardboard boxes...not plastic ones, so probably they...
  12. Liesel Atwood

    curing soap in boxes during evacuation

    Hi everyone. This is a general question about curing soap under "unusual circumstances." I live in Nova Scotia, where forest fires have been running wild for about a week now. My family and i have been evacuated. So I grabbed a few boxes and packed up the soap that was made for a special...
  13. Liesel Atwood

    Making sugar scrubs from soap shreds

    AliOop...thank you SO much for the information. It is extremely helpful. :) Have an awesome day
  14. Liesel Atwood

    Whipped sugar scrub

    Hi tamswin. I'm noticing the same thing with my soap paste. I used stearic acid in granule form.....the particles are similar to very fine white sugar. I melted it well before adding to the soap paste, but after a week, I too have small granules in the paste. I used the CP method to make...
  15. Liesel Atwood

    Making sugar scrubs from soap shreds

    This looks amazing :) I've only tried it once, so far, with a small amount of soap shreds. May I ask, how do you determine what percentage of oils/butters/additives you want to add to the sugar scrub? Is there a basic formula for this? Thanks in advance.
  16. Liesel Atwood

    Using Coconut Cream in Soap

    update: After reading DeeAnna's article, I feel so relieved! Finally, I know how to calculate the SF of coconut cream, and make adjustments in the coconut oil and water. Even though the "other way" was working for me, I'm so much happier knowing exactly how much to add. I don't like...
  17. Liesel Atwood

    Using Coconut Cream in Soap

    Oooh, that's a great suggestion! With my non milk soap, I like 33% lye concentration, but confess that I don't always stick to the same thing for every soap. When I first started making soap, the only lye calculator I could find was MMS. That one gives a range of water amounts to use, but no...
  18. Liesel Atwood

    Using Coconut Cream in Soap

    Thanks so much for the link you provided ! I will read it ASAP. I am going to guess that the SF of coconut cream might be as high as 10- 13 %. LOL It will be fun to see if I'm anywhere close. Thank you for the reminder about the high solubility of coconut oil soaps. I tend to use about 30...
  19. Liesel Atwood

    Using Coconut Cream in Soap

    update: I have been using the solid "cream" portion of the coconut milk and my soaps have been amazing! Although I have been using an ounce for ounce water replacement (2 oz coconut cream, 2 oz less water) I have been considering not discounting it at all. I know it increases the super fat...
  20. Liesel Atwood

    coconut cream

    I love using coconut cream in my recipes too! I recently bought a case of canned coconut milk, and thought it had no additives. Now I've discovered that there is guar gum in it. So when I opened a can, all the solid fats/coconut meat? are in a solid white mass, with a slippery, almost clear...
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