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Thank you. Oops, I'd forgotten about it being water soluble when I posted. So would it then be possible to dissolve it in part of the lye water and then add it into the oils?

@AliOop "For colored clothes and for grease stains, I use a bit of PS-80 to pretreat." Can the PS-80 be added to the stain stick batter itself, either with the CO before adding the lye water or after trace?

Just logged in to Nurture this morning and discovered they've raised the threshold for free shipping from $30 to $150. What a bummer! I wish I'd known that was happening, I would have stocked up on my favorite FOs...

Thank you, @AliOop!

Was hoping to get some input on this. Would washing soda be a helpful booster in a Stain Stick or should I just stick with the CO on its own?

I'm thinking about making stain sticks with 100% coconut oil and adding some washing soda to boost it a bit. DH can get his clothes pretty greasy and I thought the extra kick might be good. Do any of you wise folks out there know if this would be a helpful addition, and if so, how much do I add...

So it seems there's more than one way to colloid an oat :nodding:

I buy Bob's Red Mill Oat Flour which is made from the whole grain (bran and all), which got me to wondering if it could be called colloidal oats. Doing some research on the internet, I ran across this website -- What Makes Colloidal Oatmeal Colloidal? -- comparing two methods of making...

Another part of all this that really gripes me is that with every bit of new information some regulatory agency deems important to be cited on labels, the print becomes smaller and smaller to fit it all in. I can't read the verbage on most labels anymore without a magnifying glass, so it all...

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Beautiful shelves! Did you make them yourself? I hope your show was a big success!

I love patchouli! My husband hates it! When we got together I promised I would stop wearing patchouli if he would keep the cat out of the bedroom (lol). I've made several patchouli blends that he (and others who don't like patchouli) love using the blends from Blends Archive » EO Calc -...

Thanks! He's a 10-month-old Bernedoodle we adopted 2 weeks ago. He's the smartest, sweetest, most mellow pup until we take him to the dog park where he goes totally deaf and bonkers chasing and humping all the other dogs. Won't he be surprised when we take him in to get neutered in about 12 days!

We've still got mountains of snow in the backyard where it doesn't get much sunshine. Our new pup, Gus, will really miss his snowy romps thru it when it's gone!

How did your Neem Oil soap smell? Was the smell noticeable without the addition of other scents to mask it?

@DeeAnna That makes sense. And if bathing Gus is anything like bathing my previous dogs, it's an ordeal I wouldn't want to do very often! @KiwiMoose I'm aware of the many EOs that are said to be toxic to dogs, and I'm surprised at how many commercial shampoos contain them (tea tree in...

Thank you for sharing your formula! Wouldn't the pH on this be too high since it is a lye-based soap rather than syndet? I only use syndet on my own hair, so I'm assuming the same goes for dogs.

Thank you! I didn't know there was such a thing as neem powder. Is it odorless? I like your suggestion because I did want to keep it unscented but didn't want to make Gus smell worse after his bath!

Now that Gus the Bernedoodle is part of our family, I'm wanting to make some dog shampoo. I'm planning to use a formula from Humblebee and Me (Lottie's Dog Shampoo) with some minor changes: * In the formula below, I've substituted SLSa for the SLS because that will lower the pH so I shouldn't...

Another PF sufferer here. I did exercises I found online, and I bought off-the-rack orthotics that were supposed to help PF. I have flat feet and the high arches made my feet hurt worse. Still hurting, I saw a podiatrist who again recommended basically the same exercises. He said orthotics...