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Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

Jeneen Cox — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:58:00 GMT

Thank you Jeneen 417-234-0899 E-mail: ShowmeSoaps@... "Resentment is like a cancer that eats you alive. It's an emotional poison with

Re: BORAX IS SAFE IN CREAMS AND LOTIONS

Willow — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:55:01 GMT

thank you for reposting this!! here's a nice website i found today that talks about emuslifiers http://allnaturalbeauty.us/emulsions.htm hthWillow ... I

Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

Sherry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:40:41 GMT

Here is a simple recipe USING BORAX and beeswax as an emulsifier. Calendula/ Lavender Lotion Water base 1 Tb Aloe Vera juice ½ cup calendula water 1/8 tsp.

Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

too2bizymom@... — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:40:34 GMT

It thickens but doesn't harden.It has a creamy consistancy you expect from a scrub. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

BORAX IS SAFE IN CREAMS AND LOTIONS

Sherry Barker — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:38:30 GMT

I did not see my reply posted so I will post it again Using borax in creams and lotions is safe because when combined with beeswax, borax changes its

Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

Jeneen Cox — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:24:46 GMT

Since you add the Shea Butter, will it harden in the mixture or does it stay some what on the "runny" side? Jeneen 417-234-0899 E-mail:

using borax in creams or lotions

Sherry Barker — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:24:16 GMT

Lynn Just as lye changes composition when making soap and is no longer lye in the finished product, so does borax change composition when combined with

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Re: FW: Question about Borax

Bradley M. Small — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:45:40 GMT

Borax, yes, 20 Mule team is a chemical that is intended to boost laundry detergent's cleansing ability. You can look up the msds for it and see that it is an

Re: FW: Question about Borax

too2bizymom@... — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:45:05 GMT

This has been controversial in Bath and body world for awhile. The product itself isnt that toxic BUT sodium borate changes into boric acid in the body and

Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

carlos ewell — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:51 GMT

What is non petroleum jelly and where can you purchase it?
I like the idea of the recipes swap
--- On Thu, 2/4/10, Sherry

Questions about borax

Gill Whiffen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:48 GMT
Hi Lucinda Many recipes use borax as a natural reliable emulsifier. However it is a skin irritant and in July 2007 it appeared on the list of toxic chemicals

Re: FW: Question about Borax

carlos ewell — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:09 GMT
That's what I use in my lye water mixture. Thanks I forgot to put some in the batch I made last night. It's personal, so it's okay. Thanks for the reminder.

Re: Let's do Recipe Swaps

too2bizymom@... — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:42:09 GMT
My favorite sugar scrub 1 oz ewax (10%) .8 oz stearic acid (8%) 3.5 oz Avocado oil ( 65% ) 3 oz coconut oil .7 oz shea butter ( 14% ) .7 oz cocoa butter

Re: FW: Question about Borax

Trina Twitchell — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:30 GMT
Found the following blurb on the Borax site at the bottom of the page ~ (here's the link to the page) http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/about The MSDS sheet can