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  1. Ashraf Emam

    Gums are killing my lovely lather!

    Hi DeeAnna, First of all, let me explain what I mean by "I am selling" .. it simply means I would be attacked by other competitors in the market, and they would approach to attacking my products from any and every angles .. it doesn't mean I don't appreciate non-sellers opinions, because I do...
  2. Ashraf Emam

    Gums are killing my lovely lather!

    Yes, you were right! but you've also said the magic word : "I don't sell" ... I am selling :)
  3. Ashraf Emam

    Gums are killing my lovely lather!

    I am going to invade the market soon, I will be one of those OTC I hope .. but going natural instead, and I need the client to focus on the beauty of the natural products, not to sacrifice any feature they are adapted to.
  4. Ashraf Emam

    Gums are killing my lovely lather!

    Well, I love HEC and I love Xanthan gum OK ! but, that been said, they are killing my shampoo lathers. I mean my shampoo still lather for sure but they are badly effecting the lather. especially HEC it also gives a bad touch like an egg white !! I am not using more the .05 of each per KG, and I...
  5. Ashraf Emam

    My first soap volcano experiment :)

    It really depends on the country you are from, I am from Egypt and for several reasons (not to be mentioned here) this type of industry (producing KOH and NaOH) is so important and the final products is well know for their quality.
  6. Ashraf Emam

    My first soap volcano experiment :)

    Waw!! Thank you for being so informative .. you are great in analyzing and sure enough you are great in making soap .. Good day to you :)
  7. Ashraf Emam

    My first soap volcano experiment :)

    Thank you, No my batch wasn't totally lost .. and I did tried the whisk but the volcano was so rough that no whisk can handle it. It's a chemical reaction due to the high temperature and it happened fast, the regular temperature should be around 45 C - 55 C for both the oils and the lye .. In my...
  8. Ashraf Emam

    My first soap volcano experiment :)

    Hi beautiful group, I want to share with you my first liquid soap volcano experiment, and by experiment I don't mean I did it in purpose I mean it's the first time to happen to me. Well, to make this post useful and helpful to everyone I will start by saying that my soap consists of coconut...
  9. Ashraf Emam

    Thicken my soap and some more questions

    Thank you very much for these useful information, I found out that using rosemary extract can replace the sodium benzoate. is it true? Plus.. I will add several oils in the mix, coconut, olive, sunflower, sesame, castor, I actually don't know how it will behave in the batch :) .. Why I am not go...
  10. Ashraf Emam

    Thicken my soap and some more questions

    Hi wonderful group I have some questions and I need your experience,.. 1- What replaces the sodium benzoate and gives a long shelf life? 2- If there's no replacer for it, what is the safe ratio? 3- If I am going to use EDTA , what is the safe ratio? 4- How to thicken my liquid soap (is it the...
  11. Ashraf Emam

    Hi, I am expert in solid soap making, but newbie in liquid :)

    I have 4 years experience in HS and essential oils extraction, but fairly new in LS.
  12. Ashraf Emam

    Colorant and Essential Oils in liquid soap

    Thank you , you've helped me a lot I really appreciate it. And I will do the introduction as well, I didn't know this section. However, I have 4 years experience in solid soap and essential oils extraction, but this time I decided with some friends to go in mass production and we will start with...
  13. Ashraf Emam

    Colorant and Essential Oils in liquid soap

    Thank you so much for your help.
  14. Ashraf Emam

    Colorant and Essential Oils in liquid soap

    Hi everyone, .. I want to know what is the best time to add the colorant and essential oils among the liquid soap making steps? What is the ratio as well.. Thank you wonderful group.
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