I thought I should share this, as it is so easy to do, and so cheap compared to buying 1L refills from the supermarket even (they are about $4?)http://tipnut.com/homemade-liquid-soap/I used 4 freebie bars from our recent hotel stay, which was 59g total soap weight (15g per bar, and one bar slightly used); 2t honey; 1/2t glycerol/glycerine.Whizz soap in blender until crumbs. Add 1/3 cup boiling water and whip, then 1/2 of 1/3c (so 1/6 cup) lukewarm water add the honey and glycerol (from a chemist). Let it cool 15 minutes then any scent you want (that complements the soap you are using!) to 1 cup water. I used lemon verbena, freshly crushed and steeped in the water, then strained out before adding to the soap paste.Its really thick and creamy, makes about 1L, total cost $0.01 for the glycerol ($5.15 for 100mL), plus whatever 50mL of honey from Aldi works out to be (500mL for $3-4?) So about $0.40!!!
and slime for the kids. Have recipes ready to convert so will let you know how it goes.
i've been wanting to make hand soap in mine (and i have a friend who made soap in hers)here is the recipe i was going to use QuoteI thought I should share this, as it is so easy to do, and so cheap compared to buying 1L refills from the supermarket even (they are about $4?)http://tipnut.com/homemade-liquid-soap/Don't know if you've made this yet, Brazen? I just made it a few minutes ago. Overall, I like it, but had a few problems, and some ideas for how I'll try it next time:I would mill rather than grate the soap - it would have made the process much easier later on. I ended up adding double the water, as it really was TOO thick. It wouldn't have come out of the liquid soap dispenser. Possibly the type of soap I was using???I added almond oil as well as the glycerine and honey. I'll add about double the oil, and probably the glycerine too, next time. The resulting soap has a lovely, luxuriant texture, and is nice to wash the hands with, but my hands still feel slightly dry afterward. I'm hoping more oil would stop that.Initially I was afraid to go above speed 3, in case I made the soap go all foamy. But later found that speed 8 was the best, as it emulsified everything into a glorious texture.All in all, I'm very pleased with it, but feel with a bit of experimentation it could be much better.I used a standard sized bar of soap (100g) and upped the other ingredients accordingly (before increasing the water further). It filled 2 soap dispensers at the end.To get the soap into the dispensers, as it was so thick and creamy, I used one of those cookie things - don't know what they're called. You put the thin dough into the dispensing tube and then pop in the shape that you want them to be at the other end, and then press out the cookies. An icing bag or plastic bag with the corner cut off would have worked too. Anything which allows you to direct the (very viscous) liquid into a small hole, and apply a bit of pressure to get it to go through the hole. I can confirm that a funnel does NOT work
I thought I should share this, as it is so easy to do, and so cheap compared to buying 1L refills from the supermarket even (they are about $4?)http://tipnut.com/homemade-liquid-soap/
I have been meaning to try making fingerpaints and slime for the kids. Have recipes ready to convert so will let you know how it goes.
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