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  1. CecileBC

    Working with Rice Bran wax - Lotion bars

    Hi all ! Hope you're well ! Does anyone work with RBW in lotion bars ? I would like to know if the following works for you: Apparently, RBW can be worked this way: raising the temp above melting point, adding the other butters. When all the butters are dissolved, start mixing while the pot...
  2. CecileBC

    Ta Daaaa !!

    Hi ! Sorry, it just made me laugh... I wonder why we make such a fuss about making soap..... ;)
  3. CecileBC

    Is this right ? (Lye concentration)

    Hi all ! Hope you're well ! Could I just ask confirmation for what I think I understood about lye concentration : I have been soaping at 33% or at 40% lye concentration, without knowing why. After researching this forum, here is what I understood: - More lye = less water. Resulting in less...
  4. CecileBC

    Solid oil massage bar ?

    Hi everyone, I would be interested to make a solid oil massage bar. (Editing the post: in the meantime, I realized that these bars may be called "lotion bars" ? There is quite a lot of information about these here.... ) I think I would use CO, Cocoa, Shea and a wax, and I saw some people add...
  5. CecileBC

    Olive oil alternative

    Hi everyone :) 🙏 I just wanted your advice on this new challenge I'm facing. I contacted yesterday a certification agency here in France, to get info about how to have their logo on my soap packaging (bio, cosmos...). They told me to be aware that OO has increased in price by 30% and keeps...
  6. CecileBC

    Stuck with acne oily skins recipe

    Hi everyone ! Hope you're all well. I am stuck with a recipe for oily acne prone skins, which comes out with a low palmitic/stearic value - low INS number... Adding cocoa butter helps, but it has a high comedogenic value. Would anyone have a suggestion for increasing the longevity value...
  7. CecileBC

    Formulating on and on and on...

    Hi ! Another quick question if I may: For the last three days, I have been trying to twist my recipe according to different skin types. I try to balance the fatty acids: for dry skins for example, I decrease the myristic range to 20% (coco), increase the oleic to 40% (olive), and keep the...
  8. CecileBC

    Wax mix: what would you choose without using either palm nor soy ?

    Hi all ! I have been starting making soap and candles. In the process of testing recipes so far. I do not want to use palm wax or oil, nor soy (I live in France, and would like to source my waxes and oils nearby and not overseas....) So I have tried sunflower wax, canola wax and even olive...
  9. CecileBC

    No sugar no coconut ?

    Hi all, I was wondering: for great lather / bubbles in soap, if I use max 20% coconut oil and I do not want to use sugar, what would you advise ? Babassu oil? Some other oil or additive ? Thank you :) I just saw a similar post, sorry... You mentionned: - add 5% castor oil - lower superfat to...
  10. CecileBC

    Coffee gardener's soap help

    Hi all ! I am on my first batches of soap ever. SO much fun ! and a few hundred euros later..... (there should be a warning somewhere on how it can be dangerous for finances ! ;)) First batches were OK : basic soaps playing w/ different percentages of OO, Coconut, Sunflower, shea and castor...
  11. CecileBC

    Natural Fragrance oil or EO ?

    Hi ! After following your posts for a month now, and taking a ton of notes, I am finally ready to start on the soapmaking adventure. Please forgive my english if it is a bit crumbly sometimes - I am french... but I try ;) I intend on making soap that is 100 per cent natural. No chemicals, so as...
  12. CecileBC

    Hello from France !

    Hi ! So glad to be here ! I am really excited to be part of the soapmaking-crazy group, and looking forward to great encounters. Have a nice day :)
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