Your lotion bar molds are too cute, @KiwiMoose 
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Aren't they? They're chocolate molds I believe. 20g eachYour lotion bar molds are too cute, @KiwiMoose
I made a batch of honey and oats lotion. Now, if I can just figure out the ingredients label. I might need a thread for help because it's nothing like making a soap label. I cannot figure out how to list emulsifying wax NF and Optiphen Plus since they each have more than 1 ingredient themselves.
I can't say for sure but I do believe that if a number of ingredients are below 1%, you can list them at the end in alphabetical order.
Do you list e-wax nf or separate into the individual ingredients and do the math to put them in the correct places in the list?
I just ordered Marie Gale's book, Soap and Cosmetic Labeling. Whether I ever sell or not, I want to label my soaps and lotion properly.
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I list those kinds of things as one ingredient, like this:
Emulsifying wax NF (ingredient 1, ingredient 2, ingredient 3)
Your preservative's INCI Name (ingredient 1, ingredient 2, ingredient 3)
Thankyou! I considered listing that way but wasn't sure if that was right. Yay. Time to get to work. Nothing like last minute labeling. I want to label a small bottle of lotion to give as a sample when a customer stops by to pickup some soaps she ordered.
Sooo - went to a market yesterday and my lotion bars were a big hit! I offered passers-by a wee try of some broken-up pieces of lotion bars and virtually everyone bought some. So now I need to make some more. Unfortunately I can't get the tins now until businesses reopen after Christmas/New Year closure - 3rd Jan. I'll order them anyway and hopefully they will arrive in time for my next market on 6th Jan.
Last night I knocked out 50 lip balms that will have to get labeled today. Today I've gotta get going on foot balm for Mrs. Zing. But I can relax and take a few minutes to catch up here, there's still several days to go til Christmas, righ -- oops, sorry, gotta go!
It's Christmas day already here, so you're too late!
Donāt quote me on this, but I believe a lot of the websites where you buy ingredients (WSP, etc.) will tell you what the INCI name is.
Thank you, I figured it out. I was stuck on how to list emulsifying wax nf and figured out I don't have to separate that one as long as it's 'NF'. I used the INCI for Optiphen Plus.
So... lotion bars. I made some to give as gifts to a couple of friends and neighbours. I packaged them in tins and have already heard back from a couple of the recipients; they love them. I have a question about packaging, though. I wrapped the bars (used a snowflake mold) and placed them in tins. One of my friends and I were discussing the packaging and she suggested having refills available, without the tins, as a means of saving money, both for me and for customers.
How do you package yours?
As an aside, that same friend has already said she wants at least two more already. And, that I should definitely make them to sell. I used this recipe from Whole Elise, scented with Rose Quartz from Village Candle.
https://wholeelise.com/blog/lotion-bars/
How do you package yours?
As an aside, that same friend has already said she wants at least two more already. And, that I should definitely make them to sell. I used this recipe from Whole Elise, scented with Rose Quartz from Village Candle.
https://wholeelise.com/blog/lotion-bars/
Hey Misschief - hope you had a fab Christmas. I sell 'naked' lotion bars which are wrapped in a little tissue and then popped inside little boxes that my folded business cards come in:
I try to re-use everything that comes into the house in the way of packaging, so this was a happy outcome for me. Why on earth they pack my business cards into little boxes of 20 I will never know, but it's ended up being a useful product to have.
Interesting!! I love the recycling. I have a box of 1000 business card boxes that my boss gave me a few years ago. Those would work. Thank you for the suggestion!
(And we did have a lovely Christmas with friends... hope yours was great as well!)
I made Charcoal Tea Tree soap as requested for my daughter
I've made 6 batches of soap over the course of the past week but today is for bath & body products. So far today, I've made Rosehip Oil Eye Gel (based on an HB & Me recipe) and a batch of DIY Bath & Body's Hyaluronic Acid Serum. Now, I'm trying to decide what to make next. Or, maybe nothing.
Made a super-duper huge batch of lotion bars today. I have one silicone mold that is very thick and sturdy. It caused two of the bars to break as a i popped them out. Grrr. Should I have waited longer before unmolding do you think? I don't usually have that problem with the thinner silicone molds.
1) Already have sample barsSample bars? Purse size? Beside the bed? Glue them back together?
2) They are already purse size - now only 2/3 purse size
3) I tried and they look very 'used'. Will have to give them away to friends or family.
