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the color from the olive oil will probably lighten up with time, and it won't be so greenish anymore. might be a tad off-white from the cocoa butter. I love the smell of the natural shea in soap! I know I've mentioned that, but I just really really do. lol

I have a recipe, the very first one I ever made, and although I liked it, hubby didn't as there was very little bubbly lather after the 4wk cure -- it was all creamy lotion lather. I tucked it away and forgot about it for a few months... just started using it last month, and was surprised to...

Oh! I like my newest batch. I haven't diluted yet, waiting on my jugs to get here... but I took a pinch of it and washed my hair with it -- I can sorta smell the neem while it's wet, but I can with the bar soap too, so that's not a big deal. The tea tree and jasmine work well enough to offset...

Some EO's will just sit there afterwards, helps if you add them while the soap is warm. Most mix in ok though. Some types of liquid soap require more dilution than others to actually dissolve and stop forming that icky skin on top. Some are well diluted while still kinda viscous, but some get...

I would be interested. Not everyone uses windoze lol. I'm on linux and android, except at work, where I obviously would not install personal software. And having the recipes accessible anywhere natively is a good feature, eliminating the extra step of exporting and uploading to a cloud server...

I have searched and searched, and all I can find is that a few years ago, they reformulated just like Crisco did, to eliminate hydrogenated vegetable oils. Although Crisco still contains some, and Cookeen has completely eliminated them. Based on this, and the following fatty acid profile chart...

Yes, payment up front, just like any other purchase. And a minimum order, for a custom loaf. Maybe the option to save their recipe for future re-orders. Might be a good idea to have only a couple choices of base, normal and extra conditioning maybe? And have those premade, so you can just melt...

I always use unrefined shea in mine, it is white. I don't think it needs much, if any scent, as the natural shea scent survives but a tropical scent might be nice with it... I like jasmine or tuberose or honeysuckle too.

Melt and stir once, divide the mixed palm into containers or bags in amounts you commonly use. Then you will kniw that all the amounts are mixed and the same. :-)

This is a recipe discussion that we've managed to spread out over about 3 threads lol. He's aware of the potential cost and possible drawbacks, but is experimenting with possible substitutes for palm that aren't lard or tallow, so he's testing mango and shea. :-)

I haven't tried the refined shea yet. I like the scent of the unrefined too much. I might get some with my next order and see what I think.

Try this: 50% shea butter 20% coconut oil 15% olive oil 7% cocoa butter 8% castor oil Same bubbly, a bit more long-lasting, a tad more conditioning, less cleansing so it won't be as drying from the coconut. Always make a test batch before putting stuff up for sale... You may not like it...

Here's the youtube video that I remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO65EQhZFgQ

But... but... Now I'm CURIOUS!

wonderful!

Are you using the appropriate ink type for the labels? ie: laser labels only work well with laser printers, inkjet labels work best with WATERPROOF inkjet ink when on glossy labels. Something I saw in a tutorial, for helping to keep the labels nice with any kind of label/printer combo. Use...

Ok, I think I might try it in my next batch. Thanks! :) BTW, sorry about the scary bunnies... I just couldn't resist. It was my evil twin, she made me do it. :angel:

One that's pretty close is the one that resembles "Heaven Sent" perfume. they make a "Heaven Sent" type fragrance oil. Smells just like baby powder.

Ok, so I was cleaning out some of my cupboards recently, and found a can of powdered calcium hydroxide with calcium carbonate, and minor amounts of various oils like olive and almond -- not enough to wet the powder, so they must be miniscule. Anyhow, I remembered this thread, about using...

Depends on your lease, depends on the zoning for the area, whether they allow certain types of home-based businesses, depends on your renter's insurance, depends on the applicable laws in the state you're moving to. Some states have different rules than others about whether you're allowed to...