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I like hot process too! I'm sure most love CP more because it allows more creativeness? I am new to the forum too (well sorta as I stalked for eighteen months before joining) so I'm not really qualified to welcome you, but I will anyway! Welcome 🥰🥰

Productive Sunday (public holiday tomorrow) and perfect weather (although most Brisbanites wouldn't agree!) in my opinion for formulating. Although my wrists have swollen up (FMS & arthritis) and my feet are sore. Self inflicted pain so I can not complain! 1. Soap ready! Some soap that I've...

Be forewarned, it's addictive this soapy stuff x 🥰😊

I hot process with extracts, resins, infusions and hydrosols. I love the smell of oat and honey soap. Only add a couple of teaspoons per 500g. I know that you can combine a resin with it's respective oil and it will increase the scent. I believe that in CP resins are hard to add. You know you...

Yep, when you keep visiting a forum for nearly to years because Google send you there, you eventually join. Might’ve taken eighteen months but I finally broke down. Weird when you feel like you know people but they don't know you. 😁🙃😉 Off topic IF you were my husband, I'd be asking many...

😂🤣☹️😂 Oh I wish I was organised. But I'm not. My house looks like a cyclone hit. Only reason my EOs are organised is because aromatherapy is one obsession and they are used daily. I have a couple of dedicated soap cupboards they are as messy as my life. 😜 Also so far today, I've done a lot...

Did not realise it was the same model. When I searched on Amazon AU for the Apera PH60 nothing came up other than replacement electrodes. Weird as when search Apera lots came up. That's what I liked about the old Hanna too, separate electrodes and so worked well with our permaculture living...

I assume it's for lathering reasons. It's good in transparent LS. Castor oil differs from most other soft oils in its fatty acid composition; 80 to 85 percent of castor oil is ricinoleic acid. Castor also stimulates the production of collagen and elastin. So maybe it's high in castor for...

Yesterday's adventures in soap land. Not soapy? But related I suppose. I refilled 50ml bottles of my most used EOs from 500ml bottles and did stocktake of all my EOs. I relabelled EO blends using posca pens, I colour code my blends into notes, then alphabetically. I'm quite low on EOs (low...

Wow, did not know that about Amazon. I will report. I didn't know that I could do that! Unfortunately, yep I am sure I have to replace it as it was a casualty of my son's doofness. He was checking pH of cheese and somehow managed to make the shelving in storage cupboard collapse. He got...

Awesome! Thank you 🥰 Good to know that it's fairly accurate as hard finding real reviews. Plus, until just before Christmas last year, I hadn't really used Amazon. Quick deliveries has me a bit too hooked (they certainly saw me coming). I still am unsure of their service because the...

INCI: Di-PPG-2 Myreth-10 Adipate Croda’s Ethics Policy They also have a supply chain policy and a sustainability policy They are a Korean company from the looks of things and I cannot see any bad news articles or concerns. Cannot see them on Ethical Consumer unfortunately (most likely because...

While I agree with this in theory, just because something is natural doesn't mean that it's ethical/cruelty-free/sustainable. Unfortunately, clay mining has its issues too. What happens when we deplete the earth's natural resources? Scientists and manufacturers are always working on better...

Wasn't there a documentary about this? I thought it was widely known. There is organisation that is trying to make mining of mica more transparent, however they are relying on voluntary collaboration with the industry and they are actively trying to help people source mica that is ethical...

My pH meter desperately needs replacing and I am looking for something that is accurate but not too expensive. We do have a garden pH meter (one of the meters with metal prongs), I've not used/tested it though and don't know what the accuracy is like. Are the prong ones acceptable? There are a...

What if there was a written contract between the two parties where one party assumes liability? Would that be a way around the issue of liability? Not sure what laws are but theoretically wouldn't this be ok? I ask because (for example) we have to sign liability waivers to participate in...

Yes if you want access to the formula directory you actually need to buy a subscription that's a minimum of $3 per month. I really love Susan Barclay-Nichols's blog. She is extremely helpful and RESPECTS the science (something I notice a lot is the internet *seems* full of self-appointed...

I daresay I don't boil my distilled water as I make it myself and because of length it's on the boil, I'm pretty sure it sterilises. I daresay, you could get away without heating and holding. I am going to go out on a limb and say it is personal perspective. I do cold emulsifying without it...

For your own use? Or for selling/giving away? Is it using a cold-process emulsifier? I know if you are using sucragel (Glycerin (and) Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (and) Aqua (and) Sucrose Laurate (and) Sucrose Stearate) you should not need to. There is the general argument that if you are using...

I make shampoo and conditioner but not with soap nor castile/Bastille soap but with surfactants. Personally, I don't find it hard - kinda like Soapmaking- it's a formula and you need to follow it closely. Because hair produces are water based they need a preservative. I do this because hair is...