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Do you use something to hold the beaker above the pan surface? Or do you just place it in the pan with some water?

What do you use the watch glass over then?

That's what I figured and that's what I did. Thanks. As for the Hydrosols, would a watch glass really hold in the liquids? Just seems that at 170 degrees for 20 mins, pretty much everything boils away. Plus, I heat it in a pot. Do they have watch glasses for pots? Anyone have any...

I'm trying to measure the pH of a finished lotion and I'm unsure how to do it. I have liquid pH tester, but not sure if that is accurate with a lotion that already has some color to it (tan). I also have strips, but since it's a finished lotion it doesn't absorb into the paper strips. Any...

I guess another thing I should do is reduce my lipid levels to something around 20-25%. Don't remember what I was thinking when I made it so high. Must have seen it somewhere.

Yes, thank you for the additional input. I will try the formula again without the salt this time and see what comes up. I did not use any thickeners as I'm trying to keep the formula as simple as possible to avoid irritating ingredients. I do have some thickeners though that I have yet to...

Thanks for the help, both of you. I'll try to find the HLB rating and try an intermittent blending pattern. But otherwise, no one else has problems with ingredients added during cool down not emulsifying?

I'm trying to make a lotion (or cream) and used about 41% oils (heated to 170 and maintained) , 47% water phase (heated to same and maintained), 5% emulsifier (Olivem 1000) and another 5% of oil not added until it cooled down to about 110 degrees (seabuckthorn) and 2% powder also not added until...

Guess I'll be needing a better scale.

The liquid is supposed to be an extract, not just a tea. How sensitive of a scale? Mine is just a basic kitchen scale. I think it does increments of 0.1 ounces, or grams.

Yes, I did consider that but I wanted an extract for more punch by weight. But if I need more water than what I will already being using with hydrosols, I might still do that.

I'd like to add Green Tea Extract to a cream I'm making and I don't know which form to use. A liquid extract containg Green Tea, Spring Water and Organic Grain Alcohol USP. ...or... A green tea extract in powder form. I will already be using other powders, so I don't know if too many...

I'm not an experienced or knowledgeable person in the soap world, but thought I'd throw a few tidbits in. If you're using Honey, perhaps you could try Manuka Honey which has stronger antibacterial properties than other honeys. It's usually rated with a UMF scale, the higher the stronger...

No such luck?

Is there a site or list somewhere that gives the ratios? I'd like to keep the soap only olive oil. Is that non-comogenic?

Thanks. It might be worth a try to add some oils and see if they mix. I won't bother with the exfoliants just yet.

Not sure if anyone knows and not the proper place to ask, but since it came up... I was looking over the FDA's site and I'm confused by some of their rules. Such as when a cosmetic becomes a drug. I see many products sold all over the internet that make claims that would seemingly fit the...

Thanks for all of the responses. To add some clarification... 1. I am a he. 2. I wanted to add stuff to already made LIQUID Castile Soap. By already made I mean purchasing a bottle of Castile Soap. The kind made with nothing but Olive Oil and Lye. My hope was that I could buy a...

Hmmm...no one has tried it before?

Hi, I'm new and wanted to make some of my own soaps. Out of simplicity sake, I was wondering if I could just add essential oils like Tea Tree, Neem, etc. to already made Castile Soap? Could I just mix and stir? Do I have to heat? Do they have to be essential oils, or could other oils such...