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Glad you found something that works for you, with the oil and vinegar. (Sounds like salad dressing! :lol:) As I discovered when I forgot about the vinegar, it really does make a difference in my hair too. And just to be completely accurate, in DeeAnna's recipe, I used jojoba as my liquid oil...

Oh Sonya, these things mean so much to us, don't they? My sweet Mimi had the tiniest bit of white fur at the very tip of her tail, that looked like she had dipped it into something. Before I brought her to be put to sleep, I snipped that white fur and put it in a locket, and I now have some of...

You might think about adding some colloidal oatmeal to your soap. Or if you have something that will grind regular oatmeal to a very fine powder, that will work too. I would think that if your daughter's skin is sensitive, you wouldn't want the oatmeal to be lumpy at all, or it will feel...

Just a note to let you know that I made the conditioner bar, and washed my hair tonight and used it for the first time. I'm really surprised at how nice my hair feels! It's silky and slippery and soft. It's as nice as any commercial conditioner I've ever used with the exception of the one that...

Shhhhh...don't tell anyone, but lard is a secret, "luxury" ingredient! :D

I remember a while back, someone asked me why I didn't make a dog shampoo bar. I did give it some thought. And then I read a thread here where some wise person said, be careful, people who wouldn't think of suing if their kid got a rash after using your soap, will sue your butt off in a...

I'm a woman with no woodworking experience and limited tools, and I have managed to figure out how to build wooden boxes for my silicone molds. They've held up well for many years now, and it really wasn't so difficult to do. If I could do it, anyone can.:)

You don't want to know. Come to think of it, I don't want to know! Because I don't do swirls, or rainbow colors, I think I gravitated toward molds for "pretty" soap. That's not to say that I don't have loaf molds too. My original is an Upland, they're long out of business. I think I have four or...

Individual molds do not usually generate enough heat on their own to gel. If your soap hasn't gelled, and is still zappy, don't try to get it out of the mold yet. It's too soft, and trying to unmold it too soon will probably end up denting it. Wait until it doesn't zap any more, and then try the...

Sometimes, after cutting a loaf of soap, it may look like what I call a "cheese rind" around the very outer edge. As the soap cures, the inner part of the soap eventually darkens to the color of the outer "rind". I've had it happen occasionally, but never paid enough attention to track it down...

Sometimes these streaks can be pretty, as in Seawolf's case, but at other times they're just annoying. There are various possible causes, but here's what I do to prevent streaking, in case you decide you want to do that. After stick blending to desired trace, take your spatula and scrape along...

This is a good reminder to make sure the bell of your stick blender is below the surface when you turn it on, and that you turn it off before raising it out of the batter. Glad you're OK.

I do not mind snakes, lizards or frogs, but spiders, even tiny ones, freak me out big time. I don't think it's funny, but my friends do, when I use my vacuum method of spider disposal. I get the longest extension tube on the vacuum, so I can stay as far as possible from the critter, suck it up...

It's quite sad how they always target the most vulnerable. It's not like the elderly don't already have enough problems without trying to defend themselves against scammers. I remember when my aunt retired and moved to Florida, she said scammers were coming out of the woodwork, on the phone, at...

Speaking from my own experience as a gardener, my hands get dirty, but not greasy, so the soap doesn't have to be extremely cleansing. I like something just a bit scrubby, to help loosen the dirt, but not something scratchy. My favorite is oatmeal that's ground a bit, but not too finely. And...

I've had it for many years, still love it as much as the first day I used it. http://forcraftssake.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20

Something else I just thought of...recently I noticed that my hair seemed even frizzier than usual. I was stumped. What had changed? Then I realized what it was. I always use an apple cider vinegar rinse between shampoo and conditioner, and I had run out of ACV, and kept forgetting to buy more...

I agree, I was happy to see that your recipe was not a mile long. I hate the idea of buying dozens of ingredients in the hope that this recipe might work, only to have it not be the one for me, and as you mentioned, be left with a laundry list of things I'll never use again. I put an order in at...

Oh Sonya, I'm so very sorry for you. It was obvious how much you loved him, and the excellent care you took of him. And you loved him too much to let him suffer, and you did the right thing. I believe in my heart that he's waiting on the other side of that rainbow bridge to see you again one...

Thanks so much DeeAnna! I'm going to give this a try. I've been struggling with my frizz for what seems like forever, although when I think about it, my hair was always wavy, but not nearly as frizzy as now. As it's gotten frizzier, I've thought that I needed to condition it more, but from what...