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  1. Mark the Box Guy

    Coconut Oil and the hottest day in England

    I don't normally pay much attention to the weather forecast in England; it's always cold, wet and dank. But today I was informed that our 90 degree heat was the hottest day since 2006 not by the BBC, but instead by a rather ordinary bag of coconut oil that I foolishly left near the window. The...
  2. Mark the Box Guy

    Hysterical soap - I just had to share

    Too funny.... http://pinterest.com/pin/385198574349196521/
  3. Mark the Box Guy

    This charcoal soap is a huge mistake, right?

    Now that I have six batches of soap under my belt (including a shampoo and shave soap) I figure that it's time for colour, and as much as I enjoy everyone's beautiful swirls and micas and so and so, those colours really aren't my style, so I went with black. Jet Black. Elvis Black. So I grabbed...
  4. Mark the Box Guy

    New to lotions: Is a hair conditioner bar simply a lotion bar?

    I've been looking all over for information on creating a hair conditioning bar, and the bulk of the information involves either ingredients that sound like a laboratory experiment, or contains advice on how to rub coconut oil or shea butter into African hair. Neither of those solutions sound...
  5. Mark the Box Guy

    Distilling water with a coffee syphon

    DEBUNKED: see later posts. I'm now using my coffee syphon to distill water for lye. For many years, university lecturers have revered the powerful impact that a proper coffee syphon can have on grading awful essays. Clarity and objectivity are preserved because these bizarre devices brew...
  6. Mark the Box Guy

    Does Lanolin saponify?

    I recently read that Lanolin is sticky above 110 degrees F, which lead me to think that it would remain sticky in a soap bar unless it saponifies. I understand that many hard fats have high levels of unsaponifiables, which I'm assuming means that rather than become soap, those fats will remain...
  7. Mark the Box Guy

    Was this cut too soon? Is this normal?

    My first attempt at making a shampoo bar may not be working out. I've been working on this recipe for some time by reading others' comments and abusing SoapCalc with possibilities, and believe that it should be moderately low cleansing, and very creamy and bubbly. I had intended to produce it...
  8. Mark the Box Guy

    First try at a hair conditioning bar

    Though Genny's now immortal shampoo recipe has (according to soapcalc) low cleansing, low bubbles, medium creamy, is soft, and has a ton of conditioning, and therefor has the same general characteristics I'd like in a conditioning bar, I'm compelled to still consider it a shampoo, though I have...
  9. Mark the Box Guy

    Soapmaker Discount on Gift Packaging Boxes

    May I start by saying that I'm quickly become addicted to soapmaking, so I've set up a permanent 10% discount at both FoldaboxUSA and Foldabox UK for forum members. Our folding product gift boxes have been used by many beauty product companies over the years, and now it seems can be used as a...
  10. Mark the Box Guy

    2nd batch of soap and Berlin Phil's blue arm

    Nicole has sharp elbows, so when she woke to the sound of someone pounding on the door, my ribs paid the price, but she looked out the window and saw it was Phil, and though she wasn't happy, she wasn't surprised either. He'd done this before. It was an unusually sunny British morning, 6am...
  11. Mark the Box Guy

    On the making of scented water and EO

    Like good whisky, making floral water and EO is done by distillation and requires a still. Given that soapers want distilled water, infused water, and organic EO, and pay mightily for them, an examination into copper alembic stills is in order. Distillation is a simple process that involves...
  12. Mark the Box Guy

    My very first batch is sitting on a shelf.

    My first batch is currently saponifying in a lined cardboard box on top of my bookcase, and in a day or so will be removed, sliced and racked to finish for a few weeks. It was a good process, clear and true, and affirmed grace under pressure, so I should be clean and brave when I lather up...
  13. Mark the Box Guy

    Hello from England

    Though I've been reading about soapmaking for years, and have unsuccessfully made shaving soap using a melt and pour kit (I added too much eucalyptus), I've decided to try my hand at cold-process and figured that this forum would be a good place to start. thanks, m
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