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For those with acrylic molds, what is the thickness of the walls? I'm thinking of making my own and I'm curious if it is actually cheaper than the pre-made ones.

Understood, but as my "brand" really has no meaning yet, or place in the market, I'm just wondering if one should wait to see if it takes hold before investing the money in the trademark. Plus, what happens if my brand name is not as popular or liked as I think it should be? Then I'd have to...

So I'm thinking of at least registering my business idea locally, but I'm wondering if it is necessary to trademark my business name. Is it worth the $325+, at least when you are starting out?

I always take too much out for the colors and end up messing up the swirl. I think 30% is probably a good number to target though.

I've used the OMH from WSP (acronym overload!). I have a batch 6-8 weeks after cure and it is pretty strong still. To me it smells more like almonds than anything, but perhaps all OMHs smell like that.

Glad you had a great experience. I'd really like to setup at our local farmer's market, but I'm doing research on all the background business/legal aspects I need to do before I can make the jump. Seems like it would be fun and interesting!

Gotta love the versatility of cocoa powder!

With my never ending obsession with FO/EOs, I've been thinking of simply ordering a series of basic FOs (allspice, cinnamon, apple, vanilla, etc.) and creating my own blends, mostly for fall and winter type fragrances. Obviously this is what people do when they use EOs exclusively, but I'm...

Wonder what some good scent combos would be for beer soap. I feel like if you make it with beer, it should be scented with something that at least matches with the action of drinking beer.

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/safety/faq/always-add-acid.shtml Same idea with a base.

How hard are the bars of the folks that use 10% CB? I'm looking for something to make my bars a bit more long lasting and was debating trying some CB.

Wonder if a straight 50/50 coconut/olive oil salt bar would give you the best of both worlds. Don't really need to worry about drying out the hair if you superfat it enough.

Wonder if doing a combo salt bar/shampoo bar would be the solution. Salt is what is used in water softeners, so a salt bar would act as a localized water softener. Not sure if you'd need to go to full salt bar levels with it or not.

Any references to find out which EOs are tops, middle, or base?

I've run into this issue with small batches as well. I've decided to get a small graduated cylinder and measure the volume in ml, and then convert that to weight by approximating the density as 1g/ml. Worst case, I'm overestimating the weight by a little as I doubt any of these will have a...

What FO/EO combos are people going for this year? I got some sniffy samples from SOS of some fall/winter scents and I need to grab a few for the Christmas batches!!

So my wife of course love the smells produced by scented candles, but I'm wondering from a home use point of view if making my own candles is the most cost effective, efficient way to distribute fragrance oils into the house. Obviously there are other methods (reed diffusers, oil burners...

What ratio did you use for each? Both are quite powerful and I'm wondering what the sweet spot for the two is.

I'm not sure I understand the rational behind this comment. Pressure cookers work by increasing the local pressure of a liquid by trapping the steam up to a certain pressure point, at which time the pressure release valve activates and releases the excess pressure. However, they are most...

Awesome, needs to be a sticky!!