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Make "Lye-Free" Liquid Castile Soap from your Kitchen. Ingredients: * 47 oz organic olive oil (technically castile soap is only made from olive oil but, feel free to try something completely different) * 32.9 distilled water * 9.39 oz KOH (potassium hydroxide)(where we get ours) * (Later at dilution) 80 oz of distilled water Equipment:(all pots, spoons, bowls etc. make sure they are stainless steel and/or heat safe) * Slowcooker (one that you will only use for soap, do not use again for food) * Accurate scale * Stick blender, immersion blender * Large stainless steel pot * Spoons * Bowl(s) * Vinegar * Gloves * Goggles * Hat * Containers to store your soap * Notepad and pen Make sure you can set aside enough time during the day to give attention to your project without any distractions (easier said than done), have all of your materials ready to go, and ingredients already measured in safe and covered containers.

Make "Lye-Free" Liquid Castile Soap from your Kitchen

Homemade Sunscreen Lotion Bars. Tired of Takeout?

Homemade Sunscreen Lotion Bars

YOU can cook real food simply and easily with meal plans! Meal planning has now been revolutionized! Customizable 'real food plans' couldn't be any EASIER! Try these REAL FOOD meal plans today! 71.2K 130Google +465 110K 328 Make your own non-toxic homemade sunscreen lotion bars with this easy homemade sunscreen lotion bar recipe. Why a Non-toxic Homemade Bar? If you didn’t already know, commercial lotions can be toxic due to potential endocrine disruptors and other nasty chemicals. Soap QueenSoap Behaving Badly. I started my soaping adventures when I was young (ah, sweet 16), and have learned that not everything turns out perfectly the first time.

Soap QueenSoap Behaving Badly

Sometimes despite your best efforts during a soaping session, you’ll get batches that just don’t quite turn out right. It’s just an inherent (and disappointing!) Part of soaping. Thieves Oil Recipe. 4614StumbleUpon With cold and flu season in full swing, everyone should have a bottle of Thieves oil in their natural first aid kit to help kill germs in your body and around your home.

Thieves Oil Recipe

Powerful and versatile, Thieves oil will stimulate the immune system, circulation and respiratory system, and help protect against the flu, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia, sore throats, cuts, and more. Here’s how to make it… History of Thieves Oil Legend has it that a band of spice merchants became thieves in the 15th century, when pandemic Plague crashed the economy. Salt: The Secrets of Soap Additives Part 5. Did you know that you can add salt to soap?

Salt: The Secrets of Soap Additives Part 5

Salt gives soap bars four very distinct characteristics: a foamy lather with very small bubbles, a very hard bar, soap that doesn’t dry out your skin, and a gentle exfoliant. When I first tried a bar of salt soap I was surprised – it was honestly unlike any soap I had ever used before. Read more to find out how (and why!) To add salt to your own soap. When you think of natural, you should think of salt. Now, back to learning about salt bars. I have been using a salt bar for about a month, and my hands haven’t once felt dry. Alles over zelf zeep maken. Een aantal recepten met makkelijk verkrijgbare ingredienten.

Alles over zelf zeep maken

Leuker is waarschijnlijk om zelf een recept te ontwerpen met de Zeepesizer. Super Simpel Zeep 500 gram rundervet (ossewit frituurvet) 67 gram natriumhydroxide 186 gram water Sannie's Zeep. Soap Making Ideas. Creative soap making ideas to add that special touch to your handmade soaps.

Soap Making Ideas

There are a number of special ingredients beyond colorants and fragrance oils that you can add to your handmade soap that will give it that extra something. Chamomile flowers. Add whole or gound up chamomile flowers for a relaxing, beautiful scent and to give your soap healing properties. Lavender buds. Soap making tutorial! - BATH AND BEAUTY. Okay...let's get this started!

Soap making tutorial! - BATH AND BEAUTY

You will need: 1. a digital scale. This is a absolutely the most important piece of equipment. 3 Easy Homemade Shampoos for Dry Natural Hair. By Chinwe of Hair and Health Finding a good shampoo can be challenging, especially if you want to mix your own AND you have dry strands.

3 Easy Homemade Shampoos for Dry Natural Hair

While some store-bought shampoos can be stripping, many homemade shampoos do not seem to do enough cleansing. However, the following recipes may provide that cleansing power without leaving your strands very dry: 1. African Black Soap Shampoo African black soap is created from palm leaves, cocoa pod ash, plantain skin ash, palm kernel oil, and sometimes fewer or more ingredients (e.g., shea butter). Ingredients: 4 tbsp African black soap (crumbled into pieces) 1 cup hot distilled water 2 tsp glycerin (or pure honey) 3 tsp grapeseed oil Instructions: 1. 2. Liquid castile soap is generally made from olive oil (and/or other oils) and water.

Ingredients: 1/4 cup liquid castile soap 3 tbsp organic coconut milk 1 tsp distilled water 1 tsp safflower oil (add more if you desire) Instructions: 1. 3. Instructions: 1. Top 10 Natural Homemade Shampoos. New Here?

Top 10 Natural Homemade Shampoos

LIKE Natural Health Beauty on Facebook to get daily updates about health & beauty recipes using the most natural ingredients. Follow our board on Pinterest (beautynhb) too. It’s fun and exciting! How To Make Your Own Soap. People have been making and using soap for nearly 5,000 years, and possibly much longer than that. At around 3,000 B.C. enterprising Babylonians, Mesopotamians, and Egyptians began making simple soaps to use for sanitizing cooking implements. These days, we rely on soaps to clean just about everything…our cooking utensils, our clothes, and, of course, ourselves. For most of those 5,000 years, people made their own soap. So if you are thinking about homemade soap of your own, you are in good company, at least historically!

It is a simple process, with lots of ways to have fun and be creative. How Does Soap Work? Knowing that soap has been around for so long, I started to get curious about how those little suds work their magic. Well, there are a bunch of substances out there that are hydrophobic, or “water-fearing”. Not only are oil and grease plenty cruddy on their own, they also trap dirt particles in their sticky grasp.

This is where soap comes in. How to Make Olive Oil Soap. Wouldn't it be nice to make your own soaps to pamper your skin? Handmade soap made with olive oil is useful for people with dry and scaly skin. To know how to make olive oil soap, read on... Although there are many varieties of commercially made soaps available, most of them are too harsh for the skin. 6 Lotion Bar Recipes (Using Coconut Oil and Natural Ingredients) Bulk Cosmetic and Skin Butters. Cocoa Butter Origin-Peru An aromatic solid butter pressed from the roasted seeds of the Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) and further processed to yield a warm color and delightful odor.

Natural, Organic Emulsifers for Cosmetics.