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hi everyone. I need your advice for my first liquid soap experiment. I have Catherine Tailors book and I have read it. I have been making cp and hp soap for 3 years now so I have a fair idea about the processes she is explaining. alcohol method seems to be easier and faster so I want to try that...

yeah I love the stick blender too. the only down side is that you must be very careful not to splash the caustic soap on you. I have a bed experience on that. Nothing bed happened since I was fully covered with aprons gloves etc. but it scared the hell out of me!

hi everyone, I have recently found out about this new method "heat transfer". Briefly the source describes the method as following: put fats and oils in seperate bowls. mix lye with water and when the lye completely dissolved, put the lye water in fats. (very carefully lye water will be...

I am using a soap calc which shows iodine value, hardness, conditioning, lather, persistance of lather, and cleanliness. when I compare palm oil to mango butter, it shows that mango butter makes more persistant lather and harder bar than palm. mango butters iodine value is lower which means the...

Today I am a bit disapointed in my recipe since my sister hated it! She says it took ages to dry her hair and it didnt feel very good. She has a little finer hair than me. Also she doesnt have a water treatment filter in her shower. These could be the reasons. Another shampoo bar, which didnt...

Nettle leaves give a very nice lime green colour. And the freckles dont discolour in time. Nettle leaves are everywhere. All you do is put your gloves on and collect a cup of young leaves. Then put them in the liquid part of the base oils and whizz with the stick blender until it becomes green...

Hi there!...I have been trying to perfect a shampoo bar for some time now and I finally nailed it. I have thick(ish) dark curly hair which I color every month. Every shampoo bar recipe I tried and every commercial poo bar I bought ended in disaster. There are 3 factors for a perfect shampoo...