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I recently made SCM's version of this using 5% cocoa butter and 5% sal butter. It doesn't lather as well as other bars - probably due to the butters. If I was to make it again I would leave the 5% cocoa butter in but take out the sal butter. I have fine hair and it does tend to weigh my hair...

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Holding true to OOB - hasn't faded or morphed. If I was making up an order I would definitely put it in my cart.

Butters and oils give some moisturizing to a shampoo bar and depending on the butter, can also help to harden the bar. They are also hydrophobic so "when diluted and rinsed, will remain on the hair where they can counteract hair problems" (taken from the BeSpoke formulary). Cocoa butter has a...

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In SCM's question section for shampoo bars someone named Sarah had asked about using Varisoft EQ 65 and Susan had responded that if you use SCI or other pH balanced ingredients you didn't need to alter the pH. Then in my notes I have to sub Varisoft for the Centronium Chloride at 2% (if this...

My current recipe is around 26% but I am going to increase the percentage this next go round. A while back, Earlene had posted her recipe in the de-funk de pits thread (which, if you're interested in making deodorant is THE best place to start reading). On a whim, I whipped up a small batch...

You can successfully use other butters in your recipe and not worry about staining and the deodorant will work fine. The real key to the deodorant is the percentage of magnesium hydroxide. My recipe uses cupuacu and sal butter and works great.

I offer $3.50 first class package for 1-2 bars of soap. I believe that the weight limit for first class is 13 oz. Three bars and up it's $8.95 and anything over $60 in their cart, shipping is free. Weebly allows you to set up shipping based on the dollar value of their order so it's pretty...

That's also what sets one soap maker apart from another IMHO - knowing what oils are the best and using that supplier to source them (I hope that makes sense). I usually stay with companies that I know have good quality oils - companies that I've purchased from for years and years but lately...

Cetyl alcohol can be incorporated into a recipe to increase the hardness and it can also give oil free moisturization. BTMS 50 is better than BTMS 25 because it has more active ingredients plus a humectant. To save money, you can sub equal parts BTMS 25 and Incroquat CR for the BTMS 50. I...

You'd be better off finding something on Etsy.... IMHO other makers add far better ingredients to their bars - Lush doesn't even work to balance the pH of theirs.

I made and sold cp shampoo bars for a while (a very long time ago). I also used them. My experience was that there was a long period of adjustment where you had to use a vinegar rinse or your hair would feel like yuck. Then I found that I didn't need to wash my hair every day anymore and I...

I wonder if the soap was reacting to the drill bit?

I really like your shave and a haircut soap!!! Very nice..

I also round down my soaps - most are 4.5 oz. when I wrap and I mark them at 4 oz. to allow for shrinkage. And yeah, I've had the poison ivy soap requests before as well as the soap for kitchens (odor eliminator). I've also had requests for other types of soap that have led me on quests which...

I've used an apple corer to make a hole in a bar of soap before - worked fine.

Depends on the market... I have done one where I sell hardly any soap (10 bars if I'm lucky) but I sell lots of body butters. Another one, I have to spend all summer building up inventory to sell there. I would take into consideration what venues you will have available to sell product after...

You shouldn't have any problems. I've used fo's that were over 10 years old in soap and you'd never guess...