Making your soap allows you to avoid undesirable ingredients. Many people have become aware of the added chemicals, increased costs, and commercial processes used to manufacture personal hygiene items. People have been making the change and making soap at home. It is an easy first step towards frugal living and creating a more natural, healthy environment. Did you give this DIY craft a try? Follow CanScribe on Instagram and share your thoughts/results!
Apricot Kernel Oil
Properties: Highly Conditioning, Moisturizing, Stable Creamy Lather
High in vitamin A, C, E, linoleic and oleic acids. Too much can make soap too soft.
Argan Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Adds Hardness, Stable Rich Lather
High in vitamin A and E and antioxidants.
Avocado Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Medium Creamy Lather
High in vitamins A, B, D and E oleic and palmitoleic acids.
Babassu Oil
Properties: Cleansing, Adds Hardness, High Bubbles
High in vitamin E and antioxidants like phytosterols.
Castor Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Creamy Lather with High Stable Bubbles.
90% ricinoleic acid, which has traditionally been used to help heal skin conditions.
Cocoa Butter
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Adds Hardness, Stable Rich Lather
High in vitamin E and other antioxidants. It doesn’t fully saponify, so it lends more of its properties to soap after curing.
Coconut Oil
Properties: Cleansing, Adds Hardness, High Lather with High Stable Bubbles
Coconut can be drying if it is over 45% of total oils in a soap IF you do not compensate by increasing the superfat content. it makes a wonderful cleansing, hard bar with great bubbles.
Grapeseed Oil
Properties: Highly Conditioning, Creamy and Stable Lather
High in lioleic acid, omega 6 fatty acids, and antioxidants.
Hazelnut Oil
Properties: Moisturizing, Cleansing, Stable Medium Lather
All around great oil for soap because it cleanses, moisturizes, and creates nice bubbles.
Hempseed Oil
Properties: Highly Conditioning, Low Lather
High in vitamins A and E, but can go bad in soap faster than other oils. Use as 5% or less of total oils for a longer lasting bar.
Jojoba Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Strong Stable Lather
Like beeswax and cocoa butter, it doesn’t fully saponify, leaving more to hydropylic (water loving) qualities to help moisturize dry skin.
Lard
Properties: Conditioning, Adds Hardness, Stable Creamy Lather
Makes a great, long lasting bar. Make sure to choose a free-range, natural source.
Macadamia Nut Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Adds Hardness, Creamy Lather
High in antioxidants, oleic acid, omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids.
Mango Butter
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Adds Hardness, Creamy Lather
High in Vitamin A and C and antioxidants.
Neem Oil
Properties: Conditioning, Moisturizing, Adds Hardness, Stable Creamy Lather
Calming, gentle oil used in soaps as an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial oil.
Olive Oil
Properties: Very Conditioning, Low Cleansing
Gentle oil with little cleansing properties, but high in antioxidants (Vitamin E and polyphenols). Makes a very soft soap and is best paired with a harder fat or oil.
Shea Butter
Properties: Conditioning, Adds Hardness, Stable Lather
Gives a silky feeling to bars. High in vitamins A and E, fatty acids and minerals.
Sweet Almond Oil
Properties: Stable Medium Lather
Gentle on the skin, Has vitamin A and E and oleic and linoleic acid.
Tallow
Properties: Conditioning, Cleansing, Adds Hardness, Stable Creamy Lather
All around great ingredient for soap making. Makes a great, long lasting, cleaning and bubbly bar. Choose a free-range, natural source.
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Robert was born in Midland, Ontario on January 11, 1953 and passed away in Nanaimo on November 20, 2009. Robert was the youngest of three. I was the oldest, Doug was the middle child. Our mother and father were divorced when we were very young. Our mother remarried a man who had three sons and then another girl and another boy was born. So there was eight of us altogether. Robert moved to Toronto, Ontario after high school and worked in various jobs there. He then moved to Edmonton, Alberta in 1976 and on to British Columbia in 1977. He lived in Vancouver, Victoria, and finally resided in Nanaimo. Robert had a great sense of determination and optimism. The more he could learn, the happier he was. He continued his education in B.C. at Simon Fraser University. He also took courses in the culinary field and worked as a chef for many years. He also studied law and worked as a paralegal. He studied religions and languages (he could speak many languages) and took many computer courses. He took a Medical Terminology Course, and Emergency First Aid which included CPR.
Unfortunately, Robert's health was never great. He was born a "Blue Baby" and not expected to live. He lived with the HIV virus and with cancer. This was a big factor in his determination to be able to work at home and was why he was taking the Medical Transcription course. Robert was involved with various charitable organizations for many, many years. He cooked numerous meals at food kitchens for the homeless, especially at Christmas and other holidays. He spent time at various senior centers, volunteering, and visiting the residents there. He was an active volunteer at the Nanaimo Parole Citizen Advisory Committee and one of the outstanding jobs he completed for them was their Committee By-laws.
I am very proud of the things that my brother achieved in his lifetime. I have received so many letters, calls and cards since his passing, all of them telling me how much he was liked and how much he will be missed. Robert spent most of his time helping others. I'm attaching a couple of pictures, one when he was very young. If there is any other information you need, please let me know. Thank you again for setting up this scholarship. It means so much to me that his name will carry on. And I know he would be extremely pleased that his name was helping others. That was his number one goal in his life - to help others.
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