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Wow i just keep it simple…60% magnesium, 38% babassu, 2% cera bellina wax. Mine does not have fragrance but if i do want to add fragrance i will just adjust the babassu. The cera bellina was at 2% works very well in my deodorant roll up stick. I never could understand why anyone would want to...

What is a natural shampoo exactly? What are the ingredients?

A friend brought me some sandalwood from India. It was a small bottle and when added to my soap didn’t produce much smell. I haven’t tried FO yet as I don’t know where to buy a decent one and I don’t know how strong it would be. But i like strong smells so i would probably stick to the small 8...

OMYGOSH @KiwiMoose! I have been looking for square molds as i like them better than round. May i ask what you use for the square?

Perfect! I just squeezed/reformed the broken bits together again , but that is a great idea.

Gonna get in on this…i have thick curly hair and use a shampoo bar. I love it! As far as i can tell shampoo is a cleanser and one type really should fit all. My hairdresser told me you cannot formulate a bar…she was wrong. I made my bar, stick it in my shower without a dish, tested how long it...

I too like aloe on my skin. I think it might depend in skin type? Some like it and some don’t.

Ahhh ok, thanks very much. Always a glitch but very informative.

Thanks Zany...one last question. So you know how people make cleaning solutions, they use vinegar and Dawn dish soap. So if i make olive oil castille with KOH will adding this to vinegar be the same as adding Dawn for a cleaning solution?

Ok so it just depends on which lye you use?

@Zany_in_CO now I’m flummoxed! I thought castille soap was liquid not solid.

Very interesting. I have rosacea, i wonder if this would affect my issue or help it. I will have to give this a try after Xmas as it’s craziness to try before 😵‍💫

I used to do laundry with soapnuts. The results were decent. But it became messy when the nuts escaped the little bag that you have to use. And then i kept forgetting how many times i had used them before they were no longer working. So then i did the “tea” and freezing into cubes so the tea...

Very true Ladka. I use 3% with my lard and have had no problem.

I usually remove some of the water that I dissolve my lye in, mix my sodium citrate then blend it back into my lye. Nothing has happened so far. Am I just lucky? I have done this many times.

Ok that’s what i thought. Thank you this will give me a starting point.

Thanks @DeeAnna i have been tossing around how to make a conditioner bar and didn’t know how to start. I have thick wavy coarse hair so now i know from what you posted that i will need a bar heavier on the fats (emulsifiers?).

@Relle I feel bad for you people over there as everything on an island seems to cost more, and I especially feel really bad now that my daughter's living there. On the other hand...maybe the cost of living will make her come home 😉

Wow! Suds n Such hardly melted her lard before stick blending.

Is the Chemistry Store a good place to buy essential/fragrance oils?