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I have decided to go with a leave in conditioner instead of a serum. Reason being, I mixed up some oils with glycerine and everything you said was absolutely correct. It separated AND drew moisture to my hair. I put it on my hair a couple of days ago and my hair is still wet feeling!!! Keep in...

Thank you!!!! What a wonderfully thorough reply. I really appreciate your help. I have already bought the bottles I will be using. I couldnt find and like the type you mentioned but they are a flip top lid with a tiny hole and on the directions I will clearly state to only use a dime sized...

Thank you for that. Unfortunately Dimethicone is not covered on the EU legislation list of usable products :(. Another question for you, I read somewhere that the Glycerine can dry out the hair in dry environments and cause blisters on the scalp, but adding jojoba oil to the mixture will combat...

Hi. I am formulating a hair serum. I live in the UK and have recently had my daunting assessment and I had products and certain brands of products left over which are not covered by EU regulations so I have been looking online for ways to use these products so that they don't go to waste. I have...

Yikes! Sorry, I didn't know that dove was such a bad thing. I really like it myself and me and my family have used it for years. Thank you for the calculation. I will look into adding tallow to your recipe as well as possibly adding some titanium dioxide for more whiteness. Thanks again.

Yes I do have other oils on hand. This is not my first CP attempt but I am just trying to find a nice basic cp recipe that has a good lather, not too hard, not too soft, white (or nearly white) and is moisturizing. I get confused using the soap calc. because the numbers at the end result always...

Hello again everyone. I have had to delete this post because I received a message from the person that I got the recipe from online. That person has their recipe online for all to see but I received an unkind message today from them saying that I had "copied" the recipe when I posted it here. I...

I have ran this through the calculator. Does it sound like it would make a nice bubbly lather, not hard but not too soft, moisturizing bar? Castor Oil 0.35oz 10.00% Cocoa Butter 0.35oz 10.00% Coconut Oil (76...

Will this recipe be okay for melt and pour recipe from scratch?: Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) 2.56 Oz. Minimum Water 5.97 Oz. Propylene Glycol 9.00 0z Glycerin 3.00 0z Sugar 3.00 0z Mixed With 3oz water Coconut Oil (92 degree) 8.50 oz Shortening (Vegetable) 8.50 oz (6%...

Just ordered some! Thank you Maya!!!!!! :D

I think the baking soda is supposed to soak up the moisture as well. I am not entirely sure. I live in the UK and I can't find anywhere that has large Jojoba beads :(. Thank you for your reply! :-o

I am making some lotion bars and I want to use coffee beans for the massage side. I like the coffee smell with certain fragrances (like vanilla or chocolate) but not so much with others such as cucumber and lemon etc. Is there a way to remove the smell of the coffee from the coffee beans? I...

Hello everyone. I have made this melt and pour recipe from scratch a few times and it turns out great but has a yellow/amber tint to it. I was thinking, if maybe I substituted a few of the ingredients that perhaps it would come out without the amber color/tint to it. Here is the original recipe...

Yay okay thank you. My buckets are "PP" lol but now I am confused again about the amounts of liquid to use?!?! It is simmered wine plus water to = 18oz so I should simmer the 6oz of wine down, weigh it, (let's say it weights 4 oz after simmered) then use 14 oz of water with my lye and then add...

Thank you! Is plastic safe to use? I bought some cheap buckets to use that are deep. I thought that would be better for mixing. Will it be okay using plastic? P.S. I love your quote about travel! So true.

Thanks for that info!!! So should I just have 18 oz of water mixed with the lye then add the 6oz of cooked wine at trace? Or should it be 12 oz of water? I get confused very easily with this stuff if you can't tell lol. :shifty:

I think I will just stick with oz lol. :crazy: I am so happy to know now. I think I ruined a few batches of soap that I am going to have to throw out because of the fl oz/oz issue. ugh. Thanks for the info!!!! :D

I like the following recipe because I have all of these ingredients lol. I was just a bit worried about the "will foam a lot" part. Is there anything I can do to make it not foam too much? Or at least not foam A LOT? I am a bit worried about this because I don't know how much it will foam and I...

I have been making double batches of this recipe. The weight of all the ingredients before making soap is 79.2 oz (4lb 15.2 oz.) The soap weighs just over 4 pounds of soap when complete. I am not sure how to figure out how much more PG I can add to lighten it?!? Thank you so much for your help. :-o

How much more? Could I add it after it has been made?