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Ooh DeeAnna thank you for replying! Re: Meadowfoam oil. I'm glad to hear this, because I honestly thought it was odd that for amount of PS80, I only needed 3% of the meadow foam, but then said 100% of the EOs. I figured oil was oil, right? So I got the recipe back out to check and here it is...

Dearest Soapers! I'm seeking advise regarding dishwashing soap. I'm not sure if this LS I made is good for dishwashing or not. I think its original purpose was more a hand soap? So now that I succeeded in making this LS (thanks to IrishLass!), my questions are: Can I use this as dishwashing...

I hope this isn't so late it is considered necro-posting. I've been reading up on all the laundry detergent posts and wanted to ask about using EDTA. I have both Di and Tetra EDTA in powder form and understand I should use Tetra. I live in California, have hard water, and do not have a...

Ah what a relief! I've made lotions and face scrubs that needed preservatives because of their water content and was always instructed to just use distilled. This website about deionized microbiologically pure water was a first. I'll take the tip to boil my distilled water for 20 minutes. Thank...

This might be such a newbie question, but what's the best way to test for pH for these kinds of products? Will pH strips suffice? Or should I get one of those pool probes? I also have a question about water. One of the sites, https://itsallinmyhands.com/2014/05/17/water-in-cosmetic-diys/ said...

Awesome! The It's all in my Hands website is perrrfect. I've already learned so much reading just a few pages. The Humble Bee site had one surfactant shampoo recipe I'm going to take a look at too, and a great resource for other stuff I want to know about and tackle. I remember getting into the...

"Crunchy enough" hahaha!! I already have Germaben II from making lotions before so hopefully that can work. (I think that might be one of the a crunchy ones!) Thank you so much for this explanation. It was surprisingly difficult to find this out through numerous searches on syndets and...

Thank you so much for your reply! I didn't even think of that. Of course that makes perfect sense regarding the crothix and dilution. But I'm definitely not going to make the soap shampoo and go for the surfactant shampoo recipes lsg told me about on Herbarie. So syndets is short for synthetic...

This is exactly what I've been searching for. Thank you so much for sharing this source with me!

This is exactly what I needed to hear. I too was thinking how LS wouldn't be that different from bar. I read a few mentions of making shampoo with surfactants, but I don't really know about that world and couldn't seem to find any recipes. The Herbarie has a whole list I'm going to dive into...

Dearest Soapers, I'm so happy it's summer, for it is my soaping season! I want to tackle my long pending project of making my own shampoo. From all the reading and video watching (I can not access Craftmonkey) it seems that making any liquid shampoo involves a LS base like Bronners, or any...

I just wanted to suggest, check your KOH strength beforehand and put it though the calc just to make sure. The soapmakingfriend one allows you to input exact KOH strength. I made the mistake of not doing this and using my weak KOH ("84%-92%") and having to make up for it later in dilution. If I...

Oooh while you're on the subject of the stearic acid, I've noticed that my LS looks like it's separated, but I don't think it's separating with the oil, do you? I think it's just clear LS. Theres a thin line of it forming in the left one too. (But I diluted that one about a week before the one...

I succeeded in making IrishLass's Creamy Shea/Cocoa recipe! I've failed making LS several times in the past and have since had a phobia towards LS. I came upon her recipe on this forum and it gave me courage to give it another shot! Her directions are wonderfully detailed with plenty of photos...

I recently joined a vegan forum and learned this about palm oil: "The World Wildlife Fund argues that supporting sustainable palm oil does wildlife more good than boycotting palm oil entirely. Why? Because conscious eaters pressure companies to conform to ethical practices. Without people like...

So I'm confused about GMO. If I'm correct, the general thought against GMO is that if you mess with the genes of one plant, that'll mess up the whole ecosystem and environment. The really controversial one is glyphosate (round-up) weed killer which, if I'm understanding things correctly, kills...

@Dean - I only made lip balm because I realized I had all the ingredients for it from soaping anyway and it's super easy to make! Literally melt and pour... then clean, which is bit of a pain. I got myself a pound bag of organic beeswax back when I started soaping maybe 2-3 years ago for a soap...

I know this will get some rolling eyes, and a bit off topic but do you think soywax will sub well for beeswax in lip balm? I've been using this bag of beeswax I've had for years only for lip balms for holiday gifts. But after some reading yet another thing Im trying to add on the list.

I don't think anyone is claiming palm soap to not be vegan. That's why you'll see reference to "vegan palm-free". And maybe the part you were missing is that some people are sellers who are wanting to make soaps to provide for their customers specific needs and wants even if they personally...

I love soy wax! I remember when I discovered it and was so happy to find it. It doesn't have much (or any?) conditioning properties so I use other oils and butters to up those qualities. And yes the GMO issue is another layer to deal with. Someone told me back when I first discovered soywax (on...