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As you may have read, I’ve been trying to duplicate a Lush shampoo bar using sodium coco sulfate in place of the sodium lauryl sulphate. I tried making the Jumping Juniper bar, but the pH was far too high, so I thought I’d try one that would allow me to alter the pH a little…