Search results

@AliOop This is so impressive! You are truly Wonder Woman to get this range of items together during such a busy time of the year! Wow! And all for a donation. Wow again!

@Servant4Christ My friends and family have been happy with the DIY Pourable formulation, so I urge you to keep trying. I agree with you, though, that it's tricky to melt it down and pour fast enough. I've been using the microwave but decided that next time I make them, I'm going to use a...

Very interesting! Do you remember the dilution ratio?

Do it! I bought the DIY Pourable Shampoo bar recipe, and I was so imtimidated by the ingredient list - what each ingredient did and how I would source each one - that I just stared at it for a few months. Then I at myself down and made an excel sheet of each ingredient, how much it cost, where...

I've started a thread for this recipe, for easier access and others who may be interested. Humblebee & Me Shampoo Bar with Rice Starch

I'm tagging @Quilter99755 @JoyfulSudz and @Servant4Christ so you know I'm responding over here. I used this bar for this first time this morning. It's been two weeks since I made it. I just cut my hair short - think: Chris Jenner :) - and my hair is straight and of medium-minus thickness. I...

I've opened a thread on Humblebee & Me Sulfate-Free Shampoo Bar with Rice Starch because there seems to be a lot of interest about this recipe. I hope this is in the right place. I also wonder if there's a way to move over the posts abut this recipe from the "What Bath & Body . . . " thread so...

What a coincidence! Thanks for your response! The consistency of my bars was not soupy, but more like soft play-dough. I agree with you about the gloves. Since my bars are for personal use only, I just used my clean bare hands when I added the clay. I put one of my bars in the freezer this...

@AliOop , thanks so much for your comments! I feel better about the clay now - and I'm definitely going to try your freezer and fan tips.

I made my first shampoo bars using the Humblebee & Me Sulfate-Free Shampoo Bar with Rice Starch . Mine came out much softer than hers. I know this because she says they harden up in 3-4 days, and so far it's been 10 days and they're not hard enough yet. I think the fault is with me and not the...

@ivylorraine Thanks for such detailed feedback!!! Really appreciate it! I just recently got a short haircut, so now I'm really looking forward to this particular shampo bar.

Thanks for posting about this recipe! I've been ordering ingredients for my first shampoo bars (I bought the DIY pourable bar recommended on this forum and also planned to try Humblebee's rice starch shampoo bar). I see I have all the ingredients for this one as well. Yay! I'd love to know what...

Thanks for your response, @psfred . I use vinegar as full water replacement, mainly because I like how it feels in soap, but also because - from what I understand - it also provides some protection against DOS. I don't think the soap is rancid because it has absolutely no rancid smell. I...

Thanks for your response! I used 33% lye concentration, but I still need to "force gel" (I use a heating pad) because of the soy wax. You've given me insight into another yellowed-soap mishap. I recently made the exact same recipe with the same FO, and one batch yellowed and the other one...

Thanks so much!

I noticed the circular pattern too. Very strange! That part of the soap wasn't in contact with anything, though, except the air. I stood the bars on their berry colored bases.

I use soy wax and I love it! I use it at 23% or 24% of my oils. I find it adds hardness and good lather to my soap. The only downside, for me, is that I have to work at pretty high temperatures and I have to be quick if I want to do swirls. I think @KiwiMoose manages to do more intricate swirls...

@Ford, thanks! I didn't use any TD. The white part of the soap is just uncolored batter. I've found that if I use sunflower instead of OO (no light-colored OO available here) I get pretty white soap. The base is just mica added to the batter I separated out. I didn't pre-mix the mica with oil.

@KiwiMoose , thanks so much for your comments. I'll indeed keep an eye on it. The weird thing about the discoloration is that it's not uniform. If it had just "yellowed off a bit", I think I'd be less alarmed.

The fragrance is still evident. I used it at 6%, which is the top end of the supplier's recommended usage rate.