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I LOVE WD!! Been with it since the beginning and cannot digest what just happened last night.

You could use a slab mold with dividers

maybe so.

I've tried this myself, and it didn't work for me - most of them either chipped or still looked horrible and needed too much time to fix. I've also noticed that putting balms in the fridge tends to make them crack from cooling too quickly. I REALLY wanted those filling trays to work, but for...

You also need the weight added to front lower third of the label.

"Soapmaker". I'm one of those who thinks "owner" is pretentious :)

This.

I hate my lip balm trays. After messing with them and getting that "chippy" look - I went back to hand filling them. I can fill with a cup and smooth them with the heat gun faster than using the trays and having to fix those "chips". I know many people like the trays, but I just about...

I have diabetes (insulin dependent and very brittle) and make CP soap. I work with gallons of FOs and EOs and put sugar in pretty much every batch of soap. If they don't have sugar, they have beer :) I make and use sugar scrubs, too. These will not affect blood sugars. High blood PRESSURE might...

penelopejane, that's a good point you make that I wasn't thinking about: a buildup of the allergen. Thank you! And people could by chucking out my soaps, but I know that some of them are repeat customers. I know everyone is different. I mean, I HATE the smell of lavender and it gives me...

That's what I do now. I'm not the best at writing what's in my head, so excuse me - everybody - if I sound like I'm off my rocker :) At market, people will tell me that they have allergies. I tell THEM that all my ingredients are listed on the side panel (and usually show them). Then I watch...

The girl I'm speaking about is 22. She was diagnosed at around 6 months. I do see what you're saying about cyclical allergies - I have "hay fever" myself. But I didn't think food allergies would be like that - unless of course you are allergic to seasonal foods and only eat them in season.

Thank you for all the links and suggestions!! What specifically makes me curious about these allergens in soap is that many people tell me "I'm allergic to nuts so I can't have this or the other" or "I'm allergic to avocados, so this and that are out" -within the frame of soap products. HOWEVER...

Love the blue!

Does anyone have definitive proof that if a person has a latex allergy, then they are also allergic to avocado oil, shea butter, mango butter, castor oil, etc? I thought - at least in the case of shea butter that the proteins are NOT the same as the protein in latex gloves & balloons...

Only copious amounts of pixie dust and flaming torches chase away soap gremlins :)

"... then you can cry" hahahaha! Right? Markets make good money for me and it's how I got my name out locally. I don't enjoy getting up in the dark of early morning, but it's worth it for me. Spending.... now THAT'S a real problem :)

I've gotten the stearic spots on batches that I know I didn't mix as well as I should have, but I don't know if that's the real reason it happened :) Sometimes soap gremlins show up on your doorstep and mess with you just because, ha ha.

Congrats on your first show! I wanted to comment on this: "Rejection is something I find difficult to deal with. I need to work on growing a tougher skin." with a big YES. You'll probably be shocked at what you hear at live shows. Blow it off - don't carry it home with you. From the customer who...

That is always an interesting comment (made 4x my market fee!), especially from newbies :) It's certainly awesome to cover your fee for a show, but, we recently had a new soaper show up at our weekly farmers market and she happily announced that she made 5x her market fee. Well, great... but the...