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Interesting. The hydrogen peroxide solution will have water in it but since hydrogen peroxide itself is a disinfectant maybe that would make a preservative unnecessary. Thanks for the link! It's a little more complicated than I was hoping for and it makes a paste when I was going for a stick...

Update: Started having problems around 11:30 AM this morning and reapplied, first application was at 7 so that got me 4 and a half hours. Now it's 2:45 PM and I'm starting to notice the same thing. I seem to just be sweating through the product, and it gets sticky. If I rub my underarm with my...

Looks like soap! I wouldn't worry too much about the inconsistencies as you should expect different properties from the three different oil mixes, and it sounds like your results are what you'd expect.

What I read and hoping is correct is that you don't need a preservative in a product that doesn't contain water. Still, with my recipe as-is I'm probably going to go through it fast enough that I won't have to worry about it. This sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. Would you be able to...

So having used this for a day I'm developing some opinions about it. It seems to be effective as a deodorant but it doesn't seem to work the same way as the milk of magnesia spray, which is confusing since they both have magnesium hydroxide as the active ingredient. With the spray, the water...

Not the way I understood it from DeeAnna, it's the Na+ ion that reacts with the fatty acid is what I got. Which makes sense when you think about her explanation of the reaction of pure stearic acid, she said that the fatty acid has a H+ ion where the glycerol normally would be attached. What...

Thanks! I did pull the trigger on the 7 pounds at the link @IrishLass provided though, so I should have enough. I probably should have tried it in a smaller quantity first just to test it out. It sounds like it's similar to coconut oil in a lot of ways so I should be able to find use for it all...

Thanks for the info! That's basically the same price on a per ounce basis as the Walmart coconut oil. Maybe I can use the babassu after all. 7 pounds of it would give me enough to make deodorant until the apocalypse probably.

I'll definitely give it a look. It's been a little frustrating getting into this new, I ask questions and every single one of them seems to have a 10 page thread detailing every aspect. Information overload! And my inclination is to just jump right in and find out for myself, so I don't read as...

I'll likely make it with babassu next time, if I can figure out where to buy it. I figure it's more expensive than coconut oil. I wanted to get these made to try them out before I do the babassu, and I already had the coconut oil. Like I said I'm not terribly worried about stains on my black...

So I just gave my dogs their evening treats. They both like their treats, but my female dog in particular just looks so happy when she's eating it. Om nom nom nom.

Well I made some with the coconut oil and they're in the freezer now. I scaled the recipe to make (3) 2.2 fl oz bars (those were the size of the twist tubes I got). I was going to do 0.5 oz magnesium hydroxide but when I got to looking at how much oil there was that seemed like way too much, so...

What would make a good substitute for the coconut? I'm just going to make a small batch for myself at first and I have the coconut oil on-hand, I was wanting to try this tonight. Like I said I'm not too worried about it because I don't often wear white, or really any light colors for that matter.

Blizzard? Man...it's 88 degrees today where I'm at. Only supposed to be 60 tomorrow though.

We'll try this one. It shows too much hair but I couldn't find a balder one in the generator I used.

I need an avatar for the forum. I could use a picture of my soap but it's not super-pretty like some of you guys's stuff. I must contemplate.

Congrats on the success! I haven't read up on the process for making liquid soap (though I did make some by accident during my shave soap misadventures). From what I understand crystal clear soap is a goal most shoot for and take pride in, so I'm wondering how difficult that is to do. I actually...

Good to know. I don't remember the exact size but I got a pretty big bag of powder on Amazon, I expect it will last quite a while. And the liquid stuff (milk of magnesia) works great too, I put a little bit in a 2 oz spray bottle and just spray it on in the morning. The bottle fits in the pocket...

I just read through the first page, I'll check it out more when I get home (I really need to try and get some work done today). Interesting though to see what different people are trying as natural solutions for deodorant. I don't know if magnesium hydroxide is an ingredient that many would...

No, I hadn't seen that thread. I'll take a look!