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Made Hanukkah soaps for a friend of mine, who's going to make gift baskets. wasn't thrilled with the milky way molds, too much work for too little return lol. But I also found some different sizes of Star of David molds in silicone, each one makes 8 decent sized soaps, and they worked out ok...

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Different, yes. More creamy, but at 4wks, not much lather either creamy or bubbly. But at 8wks or older, it gets much better. And it's a totally different feel on the skin. Of course everyone likes different skin-feel.

Give it more than the usual cure time with that much shea. I think you'll find that the lather, while still very creamy, will improve a lot after 8-10wks, or longer. Dunno why that is, and of course it depends on the oils it's paired with, but I have a recipe with that much shea that I...

I wash my stick blender and thoroughly rinse my lye pitcher. Other than that, containers, utensils, etc get piled in the soap pot or crock pot, and wait until later.

Well, I think it's kindof subjective. Lower numbers don't last as long. Play with soapcalc some. Do you have a recipe that washes away faster than you like? What number does it get? Got a recipe that lasts forever? What number does it get? For example, we lnow 100% coconut soap gets used up...

The palm kernel oil is highly cleansing as is the coconut, so at 5% SF, it might be a bit drying, although the cocoa butter will help some. I have discovered I actually like palm kernel oil better than coconut for some reason though.

Just picking away a little at a time at my business plan. Been reading the Crafts Inc book and workbook, been reading Marie Gale's book, working on logo designs and label ideas. Saving up to buy insurance. Researching craft fairs and markets in my area,. Stuff like that. Just tedious...

Just wanted to make sure it was an option for anyone, not just the spreadsheet author.

It has been removed from the silicon molds, right? Leaving it in there too long will delay the bottom from drying well, and also not give as much surface area overall for the soaps to dry. If it's still too soft to unmold without smushing it, freeze it till firm, careully unmold onto wax paper...

Very cool! Can we add new tabs if we have a supplier we've tried that's not listed?

Search for a thread DeeAnna answered that for me on. Here it is: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=42558 Specifically this post, but the whole thread is good http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?p=428100 And another that DeeAnna answered answered on...

Yeah, that's the perception according to them. For the reasons stated in her example about the 'shea butter' her friend got in a pump bottle lol. From what I read on her site, moisturizing is cosmetic. It's adding moisture, changing external physical properties but not changing how the skin...

Also, the FDA isn't even allowing citing of established research or studies to support claims elsewhere in one's literature or websites. They're even examining what people say about their stuff in other places besides their direct advertising and labelling, such as blogs, facebook posts...

FDA website says this: MORE EXAMPLES: http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2012/ucm310937.htm This company had articles on their website talking about what herbal ingredients like aloe are known for. The FDA says that this is a bad thing because it becomes associated...

I meant our forum's FO chart, or the link to it, is what I meant.

That would be great too! To have our forum's as a sticky. Yes! Please? And ya'll know where to find me if ya want an email address in addition. :)

Omg, I know right? I think between all my stuff, it ends up about 300 per year. Some are clients sites that they pay me to maintain and host, some are family members, some are from my now-defunct-after-15yrs design business, and some are just because I'm greedy... And now ya'll can benefit from...

Well, like I said, I'm addicted to collecting domains, so I just got scent-addicts.club if anyone is interested in a free email box there.

Those who need an email address at a private addy for this purpose, just PM me your desired username, and I'll get you fixed up. Will be a tiny inbox, but more than sufficient for signing up and meeting the requirement of having a paid ISP or business email. I used one of my own hosted domain's...