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Test sheet for my lip balm labels printed perfectly so I went ahead and printed out all my labels. Turns out I put the labels in the printer backwards and of course I didn't look at the printouts until after I printed them all. There's no salvaging them. Craft sale tomorrow and those were my...

@cmzaha this is my first time making it, so I can't comment on how it will sell until after this weekend's market. It is a pain to make though, sooo sticky. I found it really difficult to scrape the sides of the bowl to incorporate the powder. I did try to masterbatch this and that could have...

@Misschief May I ask if you have any recommendations of FOs to try from Candora?

Thanks to the help of my parents, I have finished shrinkwrapping and labelling almost all soaps for Saturday's market. I think they secretly enjoy the shrinkwrapping process. I had planned to make a few batches of lip balms and bubblebath dough but accidentally took a long nap instead.

I haven't used Candora yet, the few times i've looked they seemed higher for the items that I wanted or were sold out. I regularly use Windy Point and New Directions. - ND is where I get most of my oils, I find them cheapest and they usually ship really fast. I find their prices really good...

I spent the last couple days shrinkwrapping and labelling a couple hundred bars of soap for fall craft fairs. I keep finding boxes of soap tucked away that I forgot about :oops: I'm finally getting the hang of the heat gun!

I am officially on vacation for the next couple weeks :dance: Putting the 'out of office' message on my e-mail made me so happy!

I think I became more comfortable with lye only after splashing some batter on my cheek for the first time. I didn't die, the world didn't end. I keep a towel nearby so I wiped it off then cleaned with water and ended up with a little burn mark that lasted a few days and that was it. Now that...

Any time I think I've been busy with soap stuff, I read @amd 's activities and puts it all in perspective. I don't know how you find the time!

Busy soapy day for me. Ran out of lard so had to run to the store to get some and then masterbatched 20 lbs of oils. While the oils cooled so I could move them from the kitchen to my soaping area I did a bunch of soap dishes. Then I frosted 70 soap cupcakes. 1/3 of the cupcakes turned a really...

I haven't tried BB's Lemon Cake before, but I just recently tried Rustic Escentuals' Lemon Curd to make a lemon poppyseed soap and it smells amazing. Really strong true lemon scent, but a hint of sweetness to balance it out. It's been curing for only a week so far, but its still the first thing...

Went to do all my soapy dishes and tidy up and somehow ended up making another loaf of soap I didn't intend to make today. Since it had 5 different colours and layers I'm back to having a sink full of dishes. It was an accelerating FO so I had to work fast layer by layer so i'm excited to cut...

Made a whole bunch of embeds and poured the bases for about 70 soap cupcakes today. Hope to get them all frosted and decorated tomorrow. Going to be a busy weekend!

Check your titanium dioxide as well, some are water soluble not oil soluble. I personally don't worry too much about the extra oil used to mix micas, unless I'm doing lots of colours. For one or two, it's such a small amount of oil it hasn't really affected anything. Most of the time, unless...

I would suggest first trying to blot it off again and put a fan on it. It is likely just sweating from the humidity so this will help dry it out. Have you zap tested? The orange rinds aren't something that will dissolve during the soap making process (at least from my experience) so those spots...

The links that Relle posted above will likely have more info on how to store, but in short most people seem to use a plastic container. You'll want something with a #2 or #5 recycling code on the bottom which are safe for lye solution. Use something that will have a secure lid and won't splash...

I've been in discussion with a potential customer today about doing 50 gift bags for a holiday party. I've sent her some sample ideas of what I could do and really hope it works out. It's very exciting for me since I only just started selling :)

Thank you @ItsForrest! That's exactly what I want to do, is just box them up together for the craft fair season and for long term storage at home i'll have them separated more. I appreciate you sharing your experience with this!

I've been having so much fun with my new micas, glitters and FOs! I find the selection in Canada limited, so I placed a big (to me) order from the states to make it worthwhile to cross the border. I got micas, glitters and the Really Red pigment from Nurture and they're all so gorgeous and...

@earlene Thank you so much! I appreciate knowing you haven't noticed scent transfer. At least in the short term during the Christmas markets I likely won't have to worry too much about keeping them in as few boxes as possible.