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I’d rather not use Borax if I don’t need to. Can Soda Wash be used instead?

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Thank you so much for input. I will be experimenting with this.

I used 25.6oz water, 7.32oz lye 20oz Olive Oil, 8oz coconut Oil & 4 oz Sweet Almond to make the paste. Like I said it turned out perfect. Then I heated and cooked 16oz of paste for 3 hours till it was clear in water test. Boiled 6oz of water and added the paste. When paste was dissolved I then...

I tried making liquid shower gel for the first time. My paste turned out beautifully. How ever when I did the cook I accidentally added the water and cooked the paste till it dissolved then added the alcohol, glycerin and citric acid. I cooked it for about 2 hours and it never thickened. That’s...

Thank you for all your suggestions and expertise. 🫧🫧

What about the preservative I add. Will it be depleted after heating that mixture? At what temperature does it need to reach after adding the coconut oil and olive oil and how long?

Thank you so much for all your help. I will try my hand at rebatching. 🤞🏼 And keep you up dated. 1 more question, how do you zap?

Zany_ You are right! I will never make that mistake again. 😆

I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you all for the information. I really appreciate it. I have no idea how to Zap it.. Lol! This is my 2 jars. I will keep you up dated with the results.

Thank you so much for all your input and help. I will attach a picture of the hydroxide I used.

Please excuse my verbiage. I’m new to making soaps of any kind. I’m not really familiar with all the soapy lingo. I cooked it high in a crockpot for 2hr then about 4 hours on low. That’s when I realized I used the wrong hydroxide. I then scraped the fats off the top and cooked the liquids all...

This is the formula I used. I used castor oil instead of rice brand oil.

I dissolved the batch in 1- 1 ratio of distilled water. It actually turned into a nice golden liquid soap. I put 1% Optiphen Plus in one of the 1lb jars. Yes one of them. Lol! I now have 2 1lb jars of liquid soap. Anyway the one I put the preservative in got a little thick like honey but the...

Hi, yesterday I tried my hands at making liquid soap. I thought “I got this” WELL I did not have it. I used sodium hydroxide in stead of potassium hydroxide. 😠 and I know better, that’s what’s so frustrating!! Needless to say it’s fatty and there is a separation that is like water but oily? I’m...

Has anyone used Olivem 1000 in their Lip Balm formula?

I took 2 oz from the base to experiment with, and yes the % of aloe and jojoba is a higher % then I realized. I did not calculate by % when I added. When adding by 1/2tsps didn’t seem like that much. I realize that now. Thank you!

No I have not. I should have known that... LOL! I will. Thank you! The Aloe I added at 3.8% & Jojoba 7.4% To 2oz shower gel. I will try adding one at a time and at a lower %? I will reply with my results. Thank you so much!

It’s my own formula. Ingredients- distilled water, cocamidopropyl betaine, coco glucoside, Decal glycoside, natural silk, glycerin, xanthan gum, optiphen plus, black cumin seed oil as vitamin E when I add aloe Vera and jojoba oil at a low % as I am experimenting, I loose the foam.