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Why is Dr.Oz to be blamed for this ????? I don't believe the things that he says have any merit. I think he makes this world more sensitive to things and puts ideas in to peoples heads that everything is harmful (and I am not saying he is 100% to blame for this, just one piece of the puzzle. I...

Had a similar situation these past two weekends. The first weekend I had a honey bee farmer next to me who makes soap and lotions as well. So I got to hear her whole speel about how the honey does this and that medically as well as her soaps. She actually ended up being at the same show I did...

I knew that picture looked familiar but didn't want to say something and people think I was nuts!

The best advise that can be given is to take a step back and read through the this forum and absorb all of the information before making another batch. You cannot just throw ingredients together without using a soap calculator and expect it to come out perfect (heck, even when you do use a soap...

I hate Tea Tree. My hubby's buddy loves tea tree and peppermint (which I am also not a fan of) and wants candles, and lotions, and soaps in this scent blend. It's nauseating to me. There was also WSP Orange Cranberry FO and when soaped it smells like vomit to me and the hubby also picked that...

I have been making GM soaps with natural colors for a couple of months for my PL. I missed playing with my colors (and I have a zillion of them), so I made a couple of new ones to replenish those that ran out. First one is Lavender 40/42 with sparkle mica and purple vibrance from Nurture. Did...

Both gorgeous. Can't wait for cut pics!

I agree with what everyone has said. As an example, there is a local candle maker who has a store front and though it is on a heavily trafficked road, I have hardly ever seen anyone there. She still does markets and shows on top of having the store. Last summer during the Farmers market she...

I highly doubt the color or scent will survive saponification. Pretty sure it will become brown and the scent has no way to survive. But give it a go and let us know :)

There is no "quick cure" with soap.

Ain't that the truth!?

Yes, good point :-D

Beautiful!

Castile is 100% OO. You can do 70% OO and fill the remaining 30% with your oil choice (run it through a calc) and you have a bastille soap.

Can the resin be ground up in to a powder to mix with some oil and then added at trace? If so, I would love to use something like this for my rose GM soaps :thumbup:

Congrats, Susie! Love always finds its way, especially when you're not looking for it.

Thanks all, and thanks for directing me to PaperMart, I'll check those out. I get mine from WSP. As much as I get being able to see the bars, I really like the clean and pretty look of the paper. And I honestly won't have much to wrap going forward since I am down-sizing my soap amounts and...

Is that a mica/pencil line or is it just dark from being used when hands/body were really dirty?

Yes, a little. I have some soaps at a brewery that have shrunk and need to hit them with the heat gun again. Another issue I hate with the shrink wrap is sometimes when I am wrapping at least every fourth one the wrap splits when applying the heat so I have to unwrap it and redo it with another...

Thank you for the idea on trimming the labels; didn't think of that. I have tried all I can think of on making the ends on the shrink wrap smoother without completely covering the ends which you can smell the soap at that point. With the paper I can smell them through it. I get the point of...