This DIY detangling spray offers the best of both worlds – it conditions the hair with a small amount of choice, combats frizz with glycerine, and conditions hair with apple cider vinegar.
People have used soap for centuries and it continues to be widely used as a cleansing agent, mild antiseptic and ingestible antidote to some forms of poisoning. Soap can be produced by a simple process called saponification that takes place when a fatty acid comes in contact with an alkali. When fats or oils, which […]
I decided to make a video the other day to showcase my natural soap. It wasn’t anything spectacular, just me washing my hands at the basin with some captions about handcrafted artisanal soap 😉 Here’s the video: https://www.soapnthings.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my_soap_movie.mp4 It got me thinking about how people perceive having “clean hands”, especially now that there is wide […]
Soap… for some it’s an object of cleaning only, for other it has a cosmetic purpose. And it’s probably the first item to be manufactured by chemical means that is still in production today using similar production methods. It still fascinates me today that ordinary oil, fats and butters can turn into a solid mass […]
I made facial hot process bars in March using colloidal silver as full fluid and have kept them in storage to cure. I usually only do cold process soap bars, however I needed to hot process this batch to test a granite or marbled effect using activated charcoal, which turned out beautifully.
In part two of our water and soap saving tips, we discuss how you reduce water consumption for cleaning dishes. By doing a little bit of prep work ahead of time, you can reduce water consumption considerably. The goal here is to reduce the amount of food which will become dry and become difficult to […]
Cape Town is currently in the grips of a serious drought, and people are sharing innovative ideas on how to reduce water consumption. Obviously leisurely baths are out of the question :), and we are now reducing our showers to 1-2 minutes, or as I am, skipping days between showers and using the old-fashioned “lappie” […]
Looking for an environmentally friendly, 100% Chlorine free cleaning and bleaching agent? Oxygen Bleach is an excellent detergent and bleaching solution based on hydrogen peroxide. It is a good cleaning and bleaching agent at normal to hot temperatures, and has strong fungicide effect. Fruit and vegetables treated with oxygen bleach can be kept fresh, and be stored for […]
Achieving natural colour in handmade soap products, is a tricky chemical experiment at most. You have green coloured oil, beautiful purple lavender blossoms and after being assaulted by a caustic solution to saponify the oil into soap, you have a questionable and unappealing brown experiment a few days later 🙁 There are plenty chemical additives […]
