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So, I ordered some of the prepaid mailing boxes from the post office which were stuck for 6 days at a location less than 30 minutes from my house. On the 7th day it was out for delivery that never happened. Then yesterday its status changed to delivered, picked up by recipient. This shocked me...

I use a sous vide (Anova) to do my hot infusions. I've done 2 hours and 12 hours at 152°. I didn't think it would be bad to spread that time out over days. But, I'm not an expert on these things

I like this. Worst of the worst and best of the worst😁 That's why mine was a spectacular failure! Best looking soap I've made to date I think

I strongly encourage you to hire professionals to remediate that. You might want to leave the house until the remediation is finished. Especially if you have a compromised immune system or chronic illness. This is a cleanup you want done right the first time.

A month has gone by. Showered with a bar this morning and added it into the rotation. White lather, no purple streaks in the tub, I use an African net sponge so I couldn't tell if it'll mark a washcloth (but earlier testing showed that it will mark but not stain). I think this experiment was...

Rustic! Pretty! Nice save!

I infused madder root, ancho chili, tumeric, and tomato powder into castor oil (sous vide, 12 hours, 152°) Life popped up in the tumeric🤯 The tomato didn't seem to do a thing The ancho and madder root seem to be the same color

Do you still have the discoloration when you do not use the silicone liner?

I pivoted and am trying @IrishLass 's cocoa shea GLS. But I'm waiting on polysorbate 80. Oh, and I'm using your write up of her write up. This is where I stopped 😁

Master batched 36 pounds of lye water. 50/50 concentration. 24 pounds in a 2.5 gallon HDPE carboy, and 12 pound in 6 essential depot two pound lye bottles. Now fighting the urge to make a new hanger swirl challenge entry...

Thanks for this! I'm gonna "tube" my hangers too!

The purples are mellowing quickly... Comparison between the first and second (second is on the bottom)... I'm liking the 3.5% more and more. It's got a pink/mauve things going on around the gel'd edge too

My skin doesn't really care yet. My face loves castile. I make a Shea/cocoa/palm kernel/castor that I love. The pure coconut is a close third

Sometimes I talk to much. In my professional life I was that person who rarely spoke but got stuff done quick fast and In a hurry. I'm terrible with names. But every other detail sticks. And I really really really like it when customers come back and tell me how things worked out for them.

Labels-self printed & wizard labels Tottles&Jars-Madina, uline, sks bottle EO, Glycerin, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol,Fats- jedwards international, bulk apothecary, wsp Lye-essential depot Fragrances-wsp, bb I've purchased EOs from everyone it feels like. And Amazon for a lot of the...

I measure the water, then make ice. Then measure the ice.

This is what I did. Five different unscented recipes. Focused on having the conditioning number at least twice the cleansing number. I have long winded conversations with people trying to figure out which should work best for them.

There's a thread here about an inexpensive vanillin stabilizer (ZCS) that works that might interest you

We are not alone! 😁

I'm in. Found a 2.5 gallon hdpe carboy (thanks @DeeAnna!) and a 3 gallon pp#5 bucket to hold it I've got a question about adding in the impurity. I assume that the weight of any sodium carbonate added in to the batch needs to be subtracted from the water. Is that correct? And how much do you add?