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The foaming part is fine, although i DO like the idea of milk powder instead of the surfactants (yet another play date!! :D ) the problem I have is they don't harden up at all if I add the potato starch - I'm sure it's reacting with something like the ewax or the cocoa butter??

Has anyone experimented with these? I've played around and got good results but then I read that the well known brand ones are made using sodium alginate and potato starch for a really silky foam. Off I goes to buy both of these products and play some more BUT when I add the potato starch the...

All diluted and cooling, it worked a treat - thanks again DeeAnna! I'm already loving this luscious bubble monster!

Thanks DeeAnna - off to play!! :dance: I'll try crockpot method first but would also like to try the cold method, if using cold method, what do you do about the stearic acid?

OK, paste made and zapless..... I don't have any canning jars and wonder if I can heat the whole batch and dilute in a crockpot - has anyone tried this method?

Wow!! Thank you so much from one Irish lass to another for this amazing tutorial. Can't wait to give it a go.

I'd be glad to. So tell me, apart from stable lather and slip, what else are the characteristics of a fabulous shave soap? Give me something to aim for :p

Will do ;) thanks! I will have to send one to TEG for testing!!! :D

That seems like a lot of oil/butter and liquid in general. I don't use butters but for an 850g bicarb batch I use 27g liquid in total. When you say 'dye' is it a liquid also? Do you live somewhere humid? I suggest you try a simple recipe to see if it holds together for you: 850g Bicarb 425g...

I see what you mean. Yes I will have a play around and see if it can work though, thank you!

Hmmm.... glycerine is a humectant, I haven't tried it but I don't think it would be a good idea in bath bombs? If you want to get rid of the Poly 80, you could try red turkey castor oil. What % fragrance are you using?

Haha, thank you! Yes a shaving product :D As for the properties, I'm wondering if it isn't possible to attain all the properties of a proper shaving soap? Using stearic acid, glycerine, cetyl alcohol, SCI/SLS/SLSA and, say kokum butter? Is the stable lather something that comes from the...

Can someone please tell me if a 'soap' made from surfactants/emulsifiers would be considered a GOOD shaving soap? If not, why not? :D

i might be inserting foot into gob here but i usually superfat at a massive 15% and i've only ever had one soap with dos - i now know it was because i has a high % of sunflower oil as i thought at the time it would make a nice white soap (it did, but a year later it's almost all orange lol!). i...

hi earthchild, yes, corners of her mouth. i'm not sure what meds she's on at the moment, as i said, she IS being treated - i'm not trying to cure her, just make her something that might help naturally. you're probably right as she said it gets worse when she's stressed. i'll print out your...

thanks hoegarden - i learn something new every day!! i never knew that rose had whitening properties. i will definitely make a balm, as you said, all natural would be better. we've got lots of wild roses growing along the vineyards where i live so a rose infused oil would be neat - all local...

phew, thanks new12soap, i was feeling a bit upset that folk had taken the question the wrong way. i see what you mean about the tea tree. i've got loads of calendula petals picked locally so i might infuse them in oil. at the moment she's trying two unfragranced bars i made about 6 months...

oh it's not that she hasn't been to the doctor and i'm not asking for medical advice at all - she's tried all the meds and now wants to go the natural remedy route! usually you guys have had some sort of success with these sort of problems, i just wondered what advice you could give - sorry.

i'm sure in this multi cultural group there's someone who can help me! a lady from madagascar, who has the most beautiful, unlined skin, wants me to make her some soap that will get rid of the darker patches she has around the mouth area. do any of you dark skinned ladies know of anything that...