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no fading here either! I use it blended with lavender and also I make a blend of Peppermint EO, patchouli, and a smudge of vanilla FO. Lasts for years...!!

no idea on the pull-tab idea but Majestic Mountain Sage sells "Dans Bands" soap shrink wrap with open ends and a perforated 'seam'. Makes it easy to open the soap, I've used them for years and put the seam on top or on the bottom, doesn't seem to matter. BattleGnome that is a sweet tutorial...

Another MAC-lover here. do a regular check on the Apple certified refurbished page ( just google Apple refurbished.) Look for something that came out in 2020 or 2019 and you can usually save a couple hundred bucks.

You know, there are so many variables in soap making (formulas, methods, molds,environment) that I think we just have to keep experimenting to see what works best for us and try the suggestions of others on the board. I have tried many things over the years. Here's what I have noticed over the...

I too had graininess with shea and cocoa butters in my lip balms so I quit that. Now I use babassu and jojoba oil as part of my oils blend and they stay nice and slick

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for me it's definitely yang yang! Love the scent but just opening the bottle I get a raging headache. With an N95 mask it lessens to a dull roar. ugh.

no idea what those fragments could be. Is the mica definitely listed as skin-safe? Micas are also used in many industries like the auto industry to color paints, etc. If it was made in China no telling what debris could be in it. I understand you are just starting a collection, just be...

I have bought the no-stir from WSP in buckets in the past, summer and winter, and it's always scoop-able, sometimes in winter did need a couple days to warm up. But....if it is still really hard, maybe someone made an error and you didn't get what you planned on. It has happened before (ask me...

I do think people are drawn to pretty bars with nice colors. The visual must add to the emotional appeal that goes along with scent preference. I make a couple of great-smelling soaps that are mostly brown due to the vanilla and I am not successful with use of stabilizer. They wouldn't touch...

Glad to hear it seems to be a workable situation. After reading this I recalled having a 16 year old lab about 20 years ago that experienced the same thing, per the vet. The eye movements give it away. He also crashed around, head-tilted and staggered for 7-10 days, then one day, he didn't! A...

sending you and Abby love and hugs. You and she have had a wonderful life together. Get all the info you can from the vet before you make a decision. It's hard to let go of our cherished companions, I think the most important thing is that she not suffer. If the vet thinks she has a chance for...

Don't forget, soap is a wash-off product so it's not on skin very long. The allowed percentages for soap are a bit higher than for leave-on products like lotion or balm. I am a big fan of this (free) EO calculator Enter Your Own Blend You can enter possible percentages and type of product...

I do both ~ use FO or EO name and make up my own at times to be more specific. Example, BB Vetyver FO, in the winter I had done a quarter moon embed in a charcoal base and called it Winter Moon. They liked the scent (I don't care for it lol) so I kept making it for one summer without the...

the high melt has a higher melting point than regular shea butter. I use it for whipped shea, whipped belly butter,foot butters, etc that have a high percentage of shea butter in the ingredients. It helps keep the shea butter from separating out and losing smoothness. And can help reduce...

YES! very important to remember that!!!

one more 'shea butter' comment: I use palm and also shea butter. For a period of time I was getting stearic spots in all my batches and couldn't figure out why. (same formula, same pour temps and routine ( a bit on the cool side). One day I was NOT thinking about it and suddenly realized that I...

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I got some cranberry fiber (in lieu of cranberry seeds) from MMS. Does anyone know if it turns brown in cp? I've already made a batch to test (it's only a week old) but wondered if anyone has any feedback. Really not sure why I bought it...in fact when the box arrived I had completely...

Guspuppy, I promise you, your co-workers will all take your soap (unless they have sensitivities, in which case there is no fragrance that will work for them). It's a heartfelt, handmade gift: everyone will take it and appreciate your thoughtfulness (some people will quietly re-gift it, but it...