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See you use arrowroot and i was wondering if that stopped the glide, but i didn’t out much in. And i had the Candelilla wax and cetyl alcohol too. I was following their listed ingredients for amounts but I don’t know. Like you said trial and error but with the cost of everything these days...

Oh yes, it was very draggy. But the thing is once you start adding those oils in then i am worried about staining clothes. It’s all good. I would rather just toss this batch. I will wait until i have enough of an order to justify shipping costs and then get more product. To be honest…i could...

Ohhh this is not good. I remelted and added more caprylic and cetyl for glide. It took a few layers of skin off lol. No glide whatsoever. And the color is a dingy brown. Not even close to what it should look like. This experiment has become dead in the water. I would try to work at it if it...

I thought the same thing as you…they listed their ingredients by highest to lowest amounts. Ok i can do the remelt and add caprylic and cetyl in higher amounts. Perfect. I am very excited to see how this turns out and hopefully works to keep the stink away. Thank you for pointing me in the...

Ok so what you are saying is that babassu oil is harder than coconut oil. But i only used less than the 40% 🤔 (10%). They have caprylic and you eliminated that. Does it not play into their formula? You upped the arrowroot more as well as the cetyl and decreased the candellila (which makes...

God no! I hate selling anything. I don’t have the ambition to make tons of product to sell and then do it all over again. This is just for my daughter and perhaps myself if i like it. And yes it was cooling quickly. My other recipe stayed more fluid for quite a while. I am thinking i have too...

Noooo? Oh shoot i didn’t see that 🤦‍♀️ Would it have made that much of a difference in glide or visual?

Oh sorry@AliOop no i used babassu. Babassu 10% Mg. 30% Capryli/capric. 28% Arrowroot. 11% Cetyl Alcohol. 6% Candellila wax. 14% Vit E. 1%

Well as above i tried breaking down my daughter’s favourite deodorant. Needless to say i don’t think i got the percentages correct. It doesn’t have that nice glistening look to it. More like a mudpie lol. Theirs looks like green glass…ish.

I have a Breville but my cupboards have a decorative border and my Breville still doesn’t fit with the top inserted. I leave the base on top of counter and keep the other components in the cupboard

So far i only use sci and SLSa

Ya i don’t use SLS either. I will have to check on the other two. Thanks

@AliOop which is the product that can cause itching i can never remember? Is it the SLSa or SCI?

I bought Susan’s shampoo bar book. It gave me a good start but i too found her SCM site very confusing and difficult to use. I finally gave up my membership.

Hopefully one of the more experienced ladies will chime in for you at aome point. I have the opposite problem in that my deo is too white 😆

Not sure about the discolouration. I use same ingredients except for shae butter and sunflower wax so maybe those are the culprits? You use coconut oil which is also a nut and must be harvested and processed. I am not sure where the difference lies.

It is a nut and the tree does not get destroyed. Why are you not comfortable with this?

Awesome thanks @artemis . Will put on my patience hat.

Nooooo that was my go to. 😢 It was easy to use and saved my recipes. Thanks for the heads up @cmzaha . Thanks for the new site @DeeAnna . It looks different but i guess will take some getting used to. The beginner side looks easy enough.

@Kcryss i too add fragrances etc after cook in my HP because i find fragrance for one stays better. Maybe i too am delusional because it might have to do with the fragrance itself, but having said that after the zap test i feel like every other addition is “safe” from that mean ole lye 😁