The Art Of Making Liquid Soap

[Guest guest]

> Anyone else here make liquid soap? I just made up a new batch of it

> (actually made a few batches over the past week) and I have Failor's book on

> it, and while it is a really good book .. I truly think she makes it sound

> harder than it is, anyone agree? ... Then again I've not done the alcohol

> paste method, and maybe that is harder ....

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

>

this is on my 'to do' list for next year, Chris.

Do you have any tips you can add??

 

Debbie King

<A HREF= " www.cottagehillsoaps.com " >http://www.cottagehillsoaps.com</A>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

At 09:12 AM 12/11/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>

>Hi Neysa,

>

>I haven't done shampoo but I've noticed that if I under dilute my liquid

>soaps they stay pretty thick and concentrated and then I just use less

>soap and use more water when I am washing with it.

 

Oh, Chris, you and those other straight-haired, oily-haired ladies who can

use shampoo on their heads!!! We curly-heads, we ethnic ladies learned long

ago that shampoo is our worst enemy. Our dry hair repels dirt, and we

found we need to 'shampoo' maybe only once a week. The rest of the time we

rinse with cool water.

 

There are a few curly-hair gurus emerging for us, and some have written

books. The most famous is probably is Lorraine Massey of the Devachan salon

in NYC. She published Curly Girl book last year, and it really helped me. I

know someone who recently got a haircut from her, and says it's the best

haircut she ever had in her life. The reason I'm posting in this thread is

that everyone recommends a non-lathering cleansing formula for our hair,

and Massey has developed No-Poo. Gotta love that name. Here are the

ingredients

 

No-Poo: Aqueous extracts of: achilea millefolium, chamomilla recutita

(matricaria), cymbopogon schoenanthus, humulus lupulus (hops) melissa

offcinalis (balm mint), rosmarinus offcinalis (rosemary); isopropyl

palmitate, cetyl alcohol, behentrimimonium chloride, methyl propanediol,

grape seed oil, peppermint oil, propylene glycol, hydroxyethylcellulose,

wheat amino acids, soy amino acids, oat amino acids, diazolidinyl urea,

methyl paraben, propyl paraben, menthol, fragrance.

 

If anyone has curly hair and they want to learn how to beautify it with

proper management (which is just being developed for us in the 21st Century

<sigh>, go to:

http://www.devachansalon.com/

NCI, of course.

Forgot to mention --- in place of no-poo, you can use conditioner-- that's

right -- conditioner, since it has adequate surfactants -- to 'wash' your

hair. Leave some in at the end, don't rinse it all out.

http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady

[Guest guest]

> this is on my 'to do' list for next year, Chris.

> Do you have any tips you can add??

 

> Debbie King

> http://www.cottagehillsoaps.com

 

Hi Debbie,

 

My biggest tip or suggestion is to be sure to get a stick blender! My

opinion is that it is essential for liquid soap making!

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I haven't done shampoo but I've noticed that if I under dilute my liquid

soaps they stay pretty thick and concentrated and then I just use less

soap and use more water when I am washing with it.

 

Tried that. Maybe I just still used too much H20

 

The borax is a good emulsifier, but I personally haven't found it to

really thicken the soap.

 

Me either.

 

Have you ever tried xanthan gum? I have some

here I was going to play around with, but haven't gotten to yet ...

 

 

 

No didnt try that.

 

Let me know how it works!! Where did you get it and how expensive is it??

Thanks!

Neysa