Roll call and intro thread

[lauredhel]

Welcome to newly arriving members. Will you take a moment to drop us a line?

- Where you from?

- Do you make soap right now? If so, what kinds? what do you like?

- If not, are you interested and researching, or just here for the soap pr0n? Which is fine too.

- Any burning questions? (One free newbie q per introduction!)

Comments

[lauredhel]

Did you use a stick blender to make your soap? What was the recipe?

I'm sorry I can't help with the castor oil - not in Holland for a start :) - and I actually was never happy with the results I got with adding castor oil. I know some people do swear by 5% for lathering and for shampoo bars, so good luck in your trials.

Have you tried a dilute white vinegar rinse when you're soaping your hair? I believe some people also use a lower superfat when making shampoo bars, but you have to be careful with that. You could also try dropping your olive oil content and upping the hard oils, recalculating your lye amounts of course.

[eowyn_unquendor]

Argh, I lost the lye calculation!
I didn't use a blender, just a spoon because I didn't have a blender. It worked out fine I though.

Actually, this community inspired me to Google for castor oil, and it seems that the two biggest pharmacy chains here have it. I also read that no more than 1/3 of the total oils should be castor oil, so I guess I can improvise now with your hint; less olive and more coconut oil.

Yes, I do use vinegar rinses. In the beginning I needed a lot of vinegar, but right now I think I need a 10% solution. We have hard water here.