Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello everyone, I have two very important questions. 1. What preservative would I use for oatmeal or cornmeal? And I'm assuming I do not need one for salt scrubs? 2. It is taking me forever to get started. The research regarding ingredients, labels, etc.... OH me. Plus I already have a successful company and keeping up with that. Soon I will get to do what I want to do... soaps and fun stuff! Meantime I must help my Mother go " all green " or rather non-toxic. The doctors report she got last week about cancer caused major stress and I don't know where to begin regarding laundry detergent. Preferrable dry. Any suggestions? What is the main ingredient that cleans and is sudsy? She's making a drastic lifestyle change, so we might as well replace many of her cleaning products as well. OH and FYI .... I don't know if any of you read buyer's reports, I haven't and don't know if this is common knowledge, but my parents both say those new washing machines are terrible. I was thinking about it, but glad I changed my mind. Sounds good, saving water, etc... But the clothes don't get wet enough and a stain remover product is necessary for, what would otherwise be gone in a regular washingmachine. If anyone here has had good experiences with those new machines... LG or whatever they are, please share. thanks! cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi CC, > Hello everyone, > I have two very important questions. > 1. What preservative would I use for oatmeal or cornmeal? What are you using them in? Liquid, powder, soap, etc? And I'm assuming I do not need one for salt scrubs? Actually I would not think of making any scrub with out both an anti oxidant like ROE or tocopherols (Vit E derived) to help prevent oxidation and rancidity of your oils base and a preservative. While you may not be adding water to your formula the user will be putting dirty and wet hands into your scrub leaving plenty of room for bacterial growth. I use liquaPar oil for my scrubs but there are others that will work too. And I too have the new model of washer and dryer and would never think of going back to the regular (old) type of machines. My clothes come out clean with less wrinkles, they are quiet and perhaps most important both energy and water efficient. ~Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hey Ceece, I'm chiming in about the washing machines. My husband bought me a very nice (and very expensive) Maytag Neptune washing machine. I loved the thought of such a " green " machine. However, within 2 years it had mold problems around the rubber gasket around the edge of the basket. It is nearly impossible to get to and clean and they have had a huge class action suit against Maytag because of it. I just clean it VERY well once a month and it helps keep the mold down tremendously. The cleaning of the clothes was fine though. HTH Toni Southern Cross Organics ceece <ccrejoice2@...> wrote: Hello everyone, I have two very important questions. 1. What preservative would I use for oatmeal or cornmeal? And I'm assuming I do not need one for salt scrubs? 2. It is taking me forever to get started. The research regarding ingredients, labels, etc.... OH me. Plus I already have a successful company and keeping up with that. Soon I will get to do what I want to do... soaps and fun stuff! Meantime I must help my Mother go " all green " or rather non-toxic. The doctors report she got last week about cancer caused major stress and I don't know where to begin regarding laundry detergent. Preferrable dry. Any suggestions? What is the main ingredient that cleans and is sudsy? She's making a drastic lifestyle change, so we might as well replace many of her cleaning products as well. OH and FYI .... I don't know if any of you read buyer's reports, I haven't and don't know if this is common knowledge, but my parents both say those new washing machines are terrible. I was thinking about it, but glad I changed my mind. Sounds good, saving water, etc... But the clothes don't get wet enough and a stain remover product is necessary for, what would otherwise be gone in a regular washingmachine. If anyone here has had good experiences with those new machines... LG or whatever they are, please share. thanks! cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 > > OH and FYI .... I don't know if any of you read buyer's reports, I haven't and don't know if this is common knowledge, but my parents both say those new washing machines are terrible. I was thinking about it, but glad I changed my mind. Sounds good, saving water, etc... But the clothes don't get wet enough and a stain remover product is necessary for, what would otherwise be gone in a regular washingmachine. If anyone here has had good experiences with those new machines... LG or whatever they are, please share. > > thanks! > cc I have one of the new front loading machines and I LOVE it! Even though it doesn't use much water I have never had a problem with my clothes getting clean and I have 4 kids that range in age from 2-14 so we have all kinds of stain issues!! I am trying to find a good recipe for soap that will be safe to use in it as it doesn't take much commercial detergent and lots of bubbles will be an issue. The other great thing about my machine is the fact that it spins so fast that the clothes are almost dry when they come out which cuts down on dryer time/energy. Just my 2 cents on the subject Molly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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