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I was not made for significant hot or cold. Thank goodness the climate around here is very moderate (BC). Although my hard oils are pretty much always rock hard.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes. I do feel like a schmuck. Because of the depth of the burn, I'm sticking to an antibiotic/ antiseptic cream. Once it's closed I'll be using aloe and lavender. The usual rule for burn is to keep them open to air but since this is on the inside of my palm...

Sadly I have myself a deep chemical burn and no sensation in that area, it wouldn't have been a big deal if I hadn't had a paper cut for it to get into, and eat. Some antiseptic cream and instructions to keep it cover (via dr) it should be all better in a week. If the right side of the brain...

It doesn't hurt, which is probably not a great sign, but I've burnt myself far worse than this, it'll heal in no time. And I'm left handed so I saved my good hand.

It was permixed. Some how only the cuts were hurt. And my skin is white. Ah... quite light.

Turns out I did not seal my lye container properly after I last used it. Since I was putting it away in a moving box I didn't wear my gloves. Horrible mistake! The container spilled, on me, my hand while I caught it. Lye got on to a couple of fresh nicks on my hand and after vinegar and lots of...

FOs are to EOs as ASA is to willowbark tea, in a lot of ways. Right now I am torn. I live my FOs, they are so much cheaper than EOs but I want to me some soaps inspired by bindrunes and, well it would be truer to the heart to runes to use the natural thing, but at the same time I have glass...

I would love the invader's and brains.

Very nice!

I have colour treated hair and haven't had a problem with it stripping but I think it's safe to say it can be a problem for a lot of people. Mind you I also have short hair and dye it once a month so frankly it wouldn't matter.

I research everything I use. I know the FOs I use are created under the strictest regulations, and I only use certain EOs because they are dangerous. I mean, rosemary is dangerous for people with heart problems, like my grandfather, so I'm not going to make soap with that and give it to him. And...

My favorite shampoo bar is 100% coconut with a high superfat. I've used a variety of different oils, never lard, personally I hate lard, but my coconut bars are perfect for my hair, and my roommates hair. Cured her dandruff of all things. You'll have to experiment with oils but I have found...

My salt bars are rock hard and they are 100% coconut oil at 20% sf. My bars are hp so I'm afraid I can't help with when to add the salt.

1. You can use any recipe. A high coconut recipe should not be drying if it has a high superfat but everyone is different. 2. I don't ever do lye discounts so I can't say. 3. Do not insolate. 4. Cut it just when the soap hardened but not fully cool. You don't want it to be liquid but it...

I used fine ground sea salt (like Irishlass I have heard mixed reviews about Dead Sea salt) I used the half the weight of salt as I did oils. So for a 16oz oil recipe I used 8 oz of salt. Worked for me, I know people use less ppo and some use more.

I use shortening/ Crisco in a lot of my soap, however it does not contain palm oil in Canada. The shortening I use now is 100% canola oil. I do use palm oil and I don't plan on subsituting it with anything. I like it and it isn't hard for me to get since I live near the supplier. Anyway, I...

Also, do not soap while tired. Oh the near misses and not so near misses I have had when sleep deprived.

No problem.

1. More likely than not, that was hp not cp. They use the same recipes. 2. The fragrance probably won't come through but I have used Michael's colourants with success. 3. Superfatting is extra oil in the recipe, it is a safe way of avoiding a lye heavy batch and takes the edge off harsher...

Your website looks great. Can't say I will ever try hemp oil (allergic to all things hemp) but I'm happy BC has atleast decriminalized marijuana. People can drink and smoke legally, so why not let them smoke marijuana legally?