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Sorry you weren't feeling well! I find piping practice is an excellent reason to make cupcakes and frosting, too.

Absolutely everything. Now I kind of want to know what systems in my body benefit from having an emulsifier injected into them. Good luck with your vaccine!

That makes sense. I have lake dyes lying around, so since it's just me using stuff for now I might take some chances and color-code with that instead. My skin tends to not react well to the more antimicrobial EOs, but I do see your point about fragrance being a potential source of irritation. I...

Maybe, but people put kaolin clay in shave soap at higher amounts than I would use for mica, so I'm not sure how much more impact the little bit of mica would have. My larger, more glittery sizes of mica would have some grit to them, but I have some colors that are pretty matte because they're...

Not selling, so this is just me being overly dramatic. Good to know about the selling point, though, I'll keep that in mind if I ever go pro. Also, sad about the shampoo bars. A lot of shampoos contain colorants, so it's strange to me that it would be a selling counterpoint, but that's good to...

LOL, I have ALL the colors! I'll figure it out when I know what FO I'm using, but for now I just want to know if it's possible. I also have like, so many FOs. It's really bad. I'm leaning towards a hyacinth FO (because it accelerates rapidly) with pink/purple/green/yellow swirled into a clear...

So I know it's not used in liquid soaps because those aren't (usually) thick enough to hold it in suspension, but it seems like cream and shave soaps would be thick enough. I haven't seen any pictures of thicker soap products with color, so I'm just wondering if there's a reason. Or maybe I'm...

My hydroxides arrived, and I'm excited to begin my (probably ill-advised) foray into cream/shaving soaps. Also bar soap, and a number of things I've just gotten supplies for this week.

I seriously love polypropylene, I have sets of pitchers and beakers in different sizes that I got off Amazon. I can stick them in the microwave to just melt things, and I also put them in a hot water bath for lotions and stuff. Plus, they come in so handy for subdividing batter, and are...

That is what palm oil and tallow are called after they have been reacted with sodium hydroxide to make soap. So, some of those bars do contain actual soap.

@CatahoulaBubble Thank you so much for posting these updates. They have been the bright spot of every day. 🥰

It was Moderna/Pfizer. I took an overdose of all the vitamins I have after the shot, and also put myself on an ibuprofen regimen to help with my arm for the first 24 hours. The fever kicked in about 18 hours after the shot, and lasted less than 24 hours, so it's still way less miserable than the...

Had fever and chills yesterday from my 2nd covid shot, and somewhere in there I bought a beveler. The Plantanica one ($60). I'm a hobbyist, with no plans of going pro anywhere in the future. I'm not sure I need it, but I do want it, so thanks, feverish me. I know there was a lot of stuff I...

😁 I hated bar soap, but started making it because I was attracted to the visual art aspect. Read up on fatty acid profiles, formulated my own recipe that I thought might not be as irritating to my skin, made it, and discovered to my surprise that I liked it. Best of luck to you!

It makes the soap slightly harder and easier to unmold.

Ok, here are my guesses based on how little information I have to go on: The weird after-feel can be cause by a combination of the following: - You have hard water, the soap you're using doesn't have a chelator, and so the soap is leaving soap scum on your skin. It feels rusty. - Soap cleans no...

I have so many questions, but I'll start out with just this: 1.) What recipe are you using? 2) How long does your soap cure before you use it?

More bioterge-90 then, since that's the only anionic surfactant that I'm seeing in there, and I know from experience that SCI doesn't bind with oils (it's why we love it!). Mango or Shea butter might help thicken it as well, but you'll still want more of an anionic surfactant to help hold it all...

@amd My 2¢ without having seen your starting recipe: Melt them down, add your choice of stearic acid, BTMS 50, or e-wax. A bit more slsa to compensate, maybe, to push the formula more towards your previous success.

I adore mine, and as long as I burp it (which is fairly easy to do) it doesn't give me bubbles. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07DJLJFG6/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also love the trigger mechanism for power/speed, and it has handled my abuse fairly well. My mom has a...