Recent content by not_ally

Definitely, I was assuming that if we did this everyone would send samples that were small enough for two or three washes each, ie, maybe an oz each. I was thinking of taking a 4 oz bar and cutting it into quarters, I think anything smaller would be harder to handle. ETA: @Mobjack Bay, sorry...

Thanks for the update, Vicki, very interesting!

My driving age (16) niece, Addi, is doing everything she can to *not* drive! Her mom/my sister can't wait to stop doing the after-school activity pickups, she bought a new car so that she could give Addi the old Prius, signed her up for driving lessons, etc. Addi also has ADD/executive...

I'm surprised that NG is a sub of WSP's parent company since (a) NG has not been migrated to the WSP website like RE, EBB and JS and (b) its prices have remained low/stable and its customer service has remained good (responsive to questions, fast to ship), unlike WSP. The consolidation in the...

@Mobjack Bay, my hair (normal-dry/medium thick/somewhat coarse/wavy) is usually a little frizzy after I wash it. That was true with liquid shampoos, and continues, but much less so (I think maybe unnoticeably to anyone but me) with shampoo bars. I add hydrolyzed rice protein to my bars because...

Thanks for writing up your results! I have only made/used the DIY B&B "regular" (not pourable) bar, a couple of HumbleBee recipes and my own CP shampoo bars, but based on those some comments re slip, texture, rinsability and fragrance: What do you mean exactly by slip? I have never looked it...

Add me to the list of people who found the SCM site hard to navigate, or at least extremely time consuming. When I took a soap hiatus it was free, and when I returned and it required membership I did not sign up because of that. @Mobjack Bay, I am always surprised that those "best of shampoo...

Just a note regarding ocean/beach FO's, they tend to be accelerators. Always check soaping notes and reviews with them, you don't want to be taken by surprise if you are planning a design which takes time and the batter thickens up before you can do it. If there are no notes/reviews, I either...

Beautiful! Love the colors as well. It's a subaddiction within the (soaping) addiction, though be warned :) ETA: thanks for sharing which discs and beveling key you used as well. It is really hard to figure out what those are going to look like, so it is very useful.

Kerala is incredibly beautiful. But it was too long (I was meant to return to the US after a couple of years but things happened, including COVID) and I missed home. Tamil Nadu is beautiful as well!

I've been thinking about this and was reminded by a post by @Barefoot Farm Girl. Do those of you who use hard oils add ROE to them? If so,how? I've never added ROE but think it might be time to start. My recipe is very heavily lard (and lately tallow) based. It seems weird to melt it...

I was in India for seven years and returned to the US in 2022, I wish I'd known you were out there! I would have loved a local soaping buddy. I was in Kerala, where are you?

Solid state Everything gets weighed in grams What @AliOop said about GSE and ROE What @dibbles said about gel -I think that you probably did get gel when you CPOP'd, especially if it cracked. Also if you did not get a partial gel ring or something else that made it obvious that it wasn't fully...

Thanks @Mobjack Bay and @paradisi. I know she (or whomever is running the business now) is getting the emails because they are not bouncing back and I've also sent a message through the website "contact us" form. It's not worth the aggravation to follow up. But I think it is worth flagging...

I used ss.net in my past soaping life, and had good experiences with the products and the service. Since I started soaping again about a year ago, I emailed the owner, Paige, a couple of times with questions. No reply. I figured she was busy so just let it go and did not order whatever it was...