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74Loc Maintenance: Oils -- Essential and Other
In a previous article regarding loc maintenance, I mentioned several oils -- essential and otherwise -- that can be good to have in your loc maintenance arsenal. Included in the list were: Jojoba Oil: A...
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82How to Make Homemade, No Cook Soap
Over the past few years there has been renewed interest in learning to make homemade, no cook soaps. It takes accurate measurements, and careful attention to detail but making these soaps is not hard.
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73Is No Lye or Lye Relaxers Safer For Your Hair?
To determine what is the best hair relaxer for our hair, we must first understand what they are and how they work. After all, the goal is beautiful manageable hair with body and bounce! The technical term...
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71Homemade Lye Soap: Safety Tips
Making your own lye soap is a very popular and fun hobby with unbelievable benefits. Before I start going in too deeply into the homemade lye soap making procedure, I think I need to stress some safety tips...
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77Soap: Fatty Acids and Plant Ashes--Who Thought of That?
Soap . . . we use it for everything. Basically, soap is composed of fat (from animals or plants) and an alkali, like ashes. The ash, mixed with water, causes the fat to break down into glycerine and sodium...
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85Lye from Wood Ashes
In the past, all homemakers knew how to prepare their own lye for soap making. Today, people run out to the local market or mass merchandise store for shampoo, body wash, dish detergent, and more. They have...
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71How To Bathe Boys [Humor]
Over the years (I have five boys under the age of 10), I have put together an effective system for bathing boys: 1. Inside, run a tub full of warm water, set out the lye soap, washcloths, shampoo, conditioner, lotion and soft bath towel. 2. Outside, spread the tarp out near your back door, as a mat to protect the lawn or patio from mud.
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69Learn How To Make Soap
When you watch the adverts for soap you might well imagine that the process of making soap is a complicated procedure that needs scientists and a factory to produce the magical qualities the soap provides. ...
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59How To Make Soap
How To Make SoapSoap making is becoming more and more popular, with many people looking for natural products to use as an alternative to commercially produced soap. Homemade soap has the advantage of being...
83Straightening Your Hair Safely
Photographer: Perfecto Insecto: everystockphoto.com Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This article outlines some precautions and considerations to keep in mind when...
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