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  1. The shower was nice and this scrub has a creamy lather, just rub it in until all sugar is dissolved and walah smooth skin, rinses off nicely and feeling moisturized not oily.

    The homemade soap is made with- coconut, olive, caster, sunflower oils- so adds to the conditioning qualities of this scrub i think.

    OOh another thought !@#$ ommit the sugar and use as a cream wash

    maybe infuse some green tea and chamomile tea into oil part.

    Seems like I could go on and on here!

    Not sure how these ideas will work but I'm gonna try

  2. total batch size x .05

    8 oz x.05 =.4oz

    The reason I put preservative in this is it will be in contact with water.

    I have also posted another scrub recipe that is soo nice and

    I am currently using Sugarbee...as face wash ( because of less oily)

    and Sugar Bubble as body wash- is a bit more spreadable and creamy and it bubbles cause of the addition of hp soap.

    Truely I would like to hear feed back if anyone tries these recipes.

    Such a newbie here

    Smile ;)

  3. You are welcome, this is my thanks to all that have helped me in my soap making adventure.

    :yay:

    I have been formulating this for a while and have come up with so many failures...I am not a fan of an oily body or dry scrub and I was looking to make something with this first batch of soap that is not hardening up well ( hubby loves it though) outsides are hard but middle is still moist.

    So !@#$% thinking mostly gets me in trouble but I think this recipe was worth it

    Off to shower now with my new sugar bubble scrub!!!

  4. This is a small recipe as I was just doing a trial run on this one

    Sugar Bubble Scrub

    I used a bar of homemade soap for this one

    Weigh out 1 oz of soap ( cut from bar)

    2 oz lite oil ( I used mostly sunflower, a splash sesame, splash coconut)

    Heat together for 10-20 sec at a time and stir inbetween until it is like applesauce, then I put this into magic bullet to whip. It should look like thin mashed potatoes

    then scoop back into bowl and add

    about 2 tb br sugar

    1 1/2 tsp. honey ..Mix it up

    I suppose you could add some eo's at this time for medicinal purposes

    or not

    Don't forget a preservative if making alot of this.

    I just washed my hands with this mix and it was bubbly and when I started to rinse, it felt a bit slick but rinsed off nicely leaving skin feeling smooth.

    to increase size

    4 oz soap

    8 oz lite oil

    1/4 - 1/2 c sugar

    1 tb honey

    eo / fo ( my soap is already scented) but may need to add more.

    add lastly- preservative ( being as it will be in the shower)

    Not quite sure what type of container to put this in yet

    But for now it is in a glad container

    Next try I may try adding a smidge of mango butter

    Have a super day!!

  5. I'd like to share a recipe with you all

    I have been working on a sugar scrub for weeks trying to make it non oily and creamy- with a spreadable consistancy.

    This is what I have come up with for now

    Sugarbee......

    Makes 8oz

    Phase I

    1/4 cup white sugar

    1/4 cup brown sugar

    2 tablespoobs glycerin

    1 tb honey

    1 tb shower gel ( can be all natrual or liquid soap)

    Phase II

    1 tb jojoba oil

    1/2 tb stearic

    1/2 full tb ewax or .15 oz

    Phase III

    .05% germabenII

    fo about 1/8 tsp., your choice I added teatree for my oily skin

    Mix: sugars, glycerine, honey & shower gel

    Heat: jojoba oil, stearic, ewax

    Mix warm oil with sugar mixture and whip with wisk to blend

    Add: germabenII and fo blend well

    Should be able to pour into a squeezable bottle

    I just made this today and used it...no oily feel after rinsing and skin feels so soft

    Note; Can use just brown sugar for less exfoilation

    Shower gels can have different consistancies...mine is thick- but all natrual may be thinner so you may need to adjust.

    Try this and let me know what you think :yay: :yay: :yay:

  6. Need help buying cocoa butter & palm oil locally

    I have done so much research and have found that palm oil is also bake rite shorotening and something named frymaster in the butter section of grocery store

    Still can't find these items and would also be looking to buy cocoa butter locally

    I did find it at walgreensonline but not at the store

    I am in the metro detroit area

    Any help would be great

    thanks :smiley2:

  7. Mslegacy, Not sure where you typed in passion ,but those are some good ideas to start with

    My co name came from the fact that I have done everything from jewelry, candles,quilts,tartmelts,and now soap...Following my passion to create...a friend of mine said "ooh that sounds sexy"..I was totally not thinking that until she mentioned it.

    I have not as of yet filed for a business license so the name is negotialable at this time.

    So far I make two soaps, aqua grean-chai tea & rosemary-mint...for thiose I call them by fragrance.

    Thanks for getting my brain in the thinking mode

  8. Do you all name your soaps by fragrance or give them special names?

    Why I ask is , I have made a face bar with neem oil And was thinking of naming it Neemo - face and body bar

    for oily skin

    But my dilemma is that my company name is Passion Lane

    Get the feeling

    and maybe I should name soap something more sultry?

  9. Ok , I think I have settled on a recipe

    I've spent hours at the soap calc figuring this and am anxious to hear what you think of these numbers

    I am going to give this a try tomorrow- hp

    coconut 30%

    palm 30%

    olive 20%

    canola 15%

    caster 5%

    hard 43

    clean 20

    cond 53

    bl lath 25

    crm lath 27

    iodine 56

    ins 156

    Thanks all for input and advise, You all have helped so much.:yay:

  10. Oh this is so hard

    I did refigure in the soapcalc hardness drops, conditioning goes up and I loose bubbles

    What am I shooting for here

    I did read soap qualities but they are not specific enough

    I definatly don't want a drying bar

    I have figured about ten different recipes

    should I be using palm instead of lard?

    Thought I would use readily available stuff

    The bar lasting in the shower is my concern with it being too conditioning.

    Now I am totally confused :undecided

  11. What do you think of thes recipe to start with

    coconut 30%

    lard or palm 30%

    olive 35%

    caster 5%

    hard 42

    clean 20

    cond 53

    bubbly 25

    crm lath 26

    iodine 53

    ins 162

    Not sure if the numbers are what I want , but should be hard and conditioning with lather?

    Tell me your thoughts

    thanks

  12. WHOLESUPPLIESPLUS has an excellent silk & shea base, Cust loved it.

    I also have fumbled with stephensons base, ( I purchased from another supplier- my customers were so dissappointed at the no lather issue .

    I have 4 lbs still and may end up sending it back.

    When All my m& p base is used up I am going to be making my own version of shea soap.

    Someone here mentioned adding 1 tb of liquid castile soap per pound of M&P to add lather...think I am going to give that a go with a pound and see what happens.:cheesy2:

  13. Myself, drops from pipette is what I use...

    Not laughing- there is so much to learn and understand, Only way to learn is to ask.

    The toner can be used without peppermint leaves added, still a good toner that way.

    :)

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