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It's hard to forget the fragrance if you start putting the bottle in the mold during prep.

I use full milk in my milk soaps. Just changing from 33% lye solution to a 35% lye solution reduced the overheating enough for me to not have cracks on most fragrances. I think the lye solution % is as important as the temperature you are soaping to prevent overheating.

I use Palm kernel oil in my lip balms. I did it to avoid butters because I didn't want to hassle with graininess. I don't make a huge number and like to give them away for Xmas and as freebies. They are definitely creamier and softer than cocoa butter balms so you will have to decide if they...

Can I ask how long a bar currently lasts? I find that bar soap at a sink lasts forever, tub with a washcloth a long time but showers are a different story. I can get 3-4 weeks from my bar and I don't use a washcloth. Men with long showers and 2-3 suds up even shorter. More people using a...

I definitely have people who would like for me to have more soaps with essential oils only. The bigger issue is that they don't want to pay more. Plus, many who think they only want essential oils are the same ones who like things like black raspberry. I have always used essential oils...

One of few but I took a class. I had a friend who let me watch and help one day and did make a couple of batches before I took a class at a folk school where I vacationed for a week. It was a very good experience. The teacher pushed basics and I learned to calculate lye by hand as well as to...

I have always ordered Supreme from NDA. I see they have Japanese. Why do you like it better? I need to place an order from NDA.

If you are leaning toward paper then go for it. There is nothing that prevents you from changing later if you decide there is a better option. My question to you would be are you selling and what would work the best for the type of sales (markets, retail, on-line). How you sell may direct you...

I am one of those who just add dry mica to soap batter and stick blend. The key is to make sure the mica isn't added to too much liquid soap batter. If there is too much liquid it will make it much more difficult to fully dissolve the mica which can result in spots/streaks of color. If I...

I soaped Mardigras several years ago. I like fruity scents to have a dominant specific recognizable fruit and this didn't; definitely a blend. I think it stuck ok but never reordered. Lavender Fields I considered more of a "clean" lavender. I mainly used in blends and switched to a FB...

If you are using Lavender FO then they vary a lot and picking a more/less floral lavender might help. I would probably start searching suppliers for lavender and sandalwood to see what blends they have. First, it might help you with what other notes they are using in the blend and second you...

MMS introduced Tassi Lavender after Soapalooza (or her previous company) closed. I don't know if it is the same fragrance but believe MMS tried to offer the same/similar to the Soapalooza one.

I haven't ordered in a couple of years. I liked the Eucalyptus Thymes a lot and it stuck well in CP. However, it is no longer listed. I also like the Sage, Sweetgrass, and Cedar. My last bottle was probably purchased in 2022. It was strong and stuck well in cp. It took a few tests to...

Would you consider a lavender and sage blend? I think the one from Pure Fragrance is good (the old Moonworks) and the one from Fragrance Buddy works as well although a bit lighter). There are others out there that I have yet tried. The sage makes the scent cleaner and maybe a bit earthy but...

IRS or a state closing down a business is almost always for either failure to pay in state/local sales tax or failure to pay in employee withholding and social security taxes. In both cases, the business owner "collected" these funds from a sale of product or by the employee's withholding...

I ordered the Eucalyptus Rain last year from your comment. I liked the refreshing scent, and it sold well. There is something about the sharpness that doesn't quite ring true to me of Eucalyptus EO. On my last log I blended FO 15: 1 eucalyptus EO. Such a small change but it made the...

Part of the reason you didn't notice was because it wasn't on the website that it changed until after you ordered it. I have a couple fragrances I purchased thinking ok and then they were changed.

BB seems to be quietly reformulating for IFRA 49. They have a line Additional details on the description page and are noting when reformulated for IFRA 49. I am currently testing the OMH reformulated 12/2023 and the lilac (10/2023), and cherry almond (5/2023) three scents that I had used in...

I have looked at some closeouts and several have IFRA lower than 5%. I was surprised that BB is closing out Kentish Rain that I used for a lot of years. Getting a good strong fragrance with current IFRA requirements may be difficult to do.

Although I normally like sales on fragrances I have been surprised at how many sales and for how long that have lasted. I feel like something is going on in the fragrance industry that I am clueless about. Have you noticed the frequent sales and do you have any idea why? I got a notice from...