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Apera is a good ph meter, Mix 5 g of soap paste in the 45 grams of water it will give you ph, Always solution. BTW I do not understand the trend to check ph in LS we all know that it is 9-14 ph LS seems to be on lower range around 10. The last one I added some sufracants to make it maybe...

I have some soaps with shea butter and cocoa but Kokum goes to my shampoo syndet bars

Cedarstar you covered it all. However most people I know soapmakers they do not bother. We also have A Canadian guild and membership and insurance is very affordable. The discounts with every supplier in Canada is also something not to overlook :)

Saffire blue is out , not way there is many more, with free shipping. Send me a pm so I put links for you

I am with Obsidian, I bought few soaps (M&P) on shows but all of them went to garbage, not for my sensitive skin

Sharee welcome to the forum I am also from Ontario, and MCM we have tons of Canadian suppliers :)

The Dish was brutal so is the Dish group on FB, I need to leave it, I was too scared to post on dish beside "welcome to the forum" and "happy Birthday " :)) While here I do not feel that anyone will attack me or make fun of me ;)

soap will not cure, it only help , you need something on skin and also changing life style helps a lot

Mango butter is kind of expensive so I leave it for leave on products. I like shea and cocoa butter .

Soap does help but I switched from steroid cream, after prednisone for days , to my calendula body butter (thick lotion) it clears my eczema like a charm and stops itching immiediately. I grow Calendula in my garden ;)

I have few batches with shea butter and one with cocoa butter (probably 3 years old already) and I do like it, but I never go over 5% , it makes the difference, However my favorite are combination of OO, Castro Lard and tallow. No soap is as good as these ones. Some are already like 5...

i forgot to go downstairs will do it now: Soapwort root powder. This is what I use. and you actually can make solution and wash your hair ;) I found this, but I am sold to syndet shampoos, https://www.natural-homeremedies-for-life.com/homemade-soapwort-shampoo.html

welcome to the forum :thumbs:

no acceleration or discoloring I like it the soap is kind for smooth , Even that I add sugar

they also used juka roots or soap something forgot the name, the plant root powder that I was adding to soaps to get more bubbles, I do not feel like running downstairs to check the name. I bet someone knows what it is, The hair was washed once a months when full moon. It suppose to make...

thanks Susie , this is what I am trying to tell Zany but she does not listen at all ;) Oh boy

no pics too many of them, I am harvesting yellow beans, zuccini, Tomatoes, carrots, all herbs, and my favorite thing ; calendula officinalis flowers

they are safe on skin but they damage hair, damaging hair does not cause any health problems, It is just damaged hair which is dead anyway. I have friends who make the same things as I do, UK, and all over the Europe, Eu regulation is about safety not the beautifying .....

you know how it goes with professionals? I brought to Canada a puppy; boxer from last litter . She was a beautiful dog. I went to well known vet to give her a clean bill of health before breeding. He told me that I have no chance with her on dog shows or breeding here, "do you know how...

if this is CPLS your paste went through sanctification process it looks awesome , like Vaseline. Check for zap and start to dillute . It should be light soap it takes like 4 hours for me not to zap and ready to add water , Some soapmakers like to keep paste for few days, I make solution as...