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I've heard that egg yolk (sans egg white and even the membrane around the yolk) can be great in a shampoo bar. Who here has done this? I'm wondering how to adjust my recipe to account for the weight of the egg yolk-- do I weigh it and remove that much of, say, the olive oil? (Already...

My daughter has incredibly thick hair. Our hairdresser recommended a special kind of shampoo for "scalp treatment", just to make sure it cleans deep down to her scalp. Any tips on what I can add to my next shampoo bar batch to help with this? The soaps I make are all natural/organic-- I don't...

Has anyone tried a recipe these two ingredients-- goat milk and honey? I make my soaps usually using milk from our goats. I've learned quite a bit as I've been doing this-- number one being to keep the temperature LOW (I prefer not more than 90F). I've been wanting to try a honey recipe...

I'm fairly new to soapmaking-- and I've so appreciated the help I've found here when I've posted! And it already looks like I may have found a good customer base already for the soaps I'm having so much fun making using milk from our wonderful goats! :-) I also only have been doing mine CP. I...

I just got several new oils, one of these being organic palm oil. I do my soaps naturally/organically, so I love the organic, unrefined oils. At issue: This palm oil came in a gallon-sized container with a narrow pour spout at the top-- and the oil, of course, is solid. As I am still a...

I'm relatively new to soapmaking. I like to make my soaps naturally/organically. I've so far used olive, coconut, palm, castor, and sweet almond oils, as well as shea and cocoa butters I'm finding definite qualities in each of these. (Like how much castor oil can help with getting a good...

I'm new in this forum. I posted this question the other day in the CP forum, but only just now found this group! I'll probably receive the same answer here, but thought I'd post the question here anyway. My mother gave me a couple of "perfume oils" she came across some time ago and has done...

I'm visiting my mother right now, and she's just given me a couple of "perfume oils" she got a long time ago and never uses. I've never even heard of these. They're in a small cylindrical glass bottle with a roller at one end. I assume these are designed to use as a "roll-on" perfume or...

I'm new in this forum-- so glad to have found it! I'm relatively new to soapmaking, and I'm loving it! I'm also wanting to break myself in to candle making. I love to do everything naturally/organic-ly-- and I'm already appreciating things I'm learning from people here who do things this same...

Has anyone used emu oil in your soaps? How have you liked it/not liked it? What can I expect from it if I put it in my next batch? I've just found several small sample bottles I was given a while ago. LOVE this stuff, but have never used it in my soaps. . . . . Thanks! - Cathy

I'm new in this forum-- and relatively new to soapmaking. TONS yet to learn! I much prefer doing things naturally/organically. And, as we have some wonderful goats, I prefer to make most of my soaps using our does' milk. I'm trying to get some basics under my belt as far as coloring my...

I've just found this forum-- so glad you're here! I'm relatively new to soapmaking. But I've gotten what I feel is some great training on the basics. I'm a natural person-- we live on a small farm, working to do things as natural/organically as possible. And we LOVE our goats. So I try to...