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Anyone is the western states, Arizona Soap Supply is a good source. Shipping is expensive and closer is better.

Forget the corn starch and use arrowroot powder instead. My body butter is never even slightly greasy. Rate of one tsp per pound of oils. And definitely use Vitamin E Tocopherols 50 or 60, not the acetate.

Have you tried MAD OILS Dragon's Blood? I can send you a sample to try. We sell it in 2, 4, 8, 16 oz as well as can order you a 25# drum at about two weeks lead time. Look at www.arizopna-mad-oils.com Anyone going to the Guild conference in Las Vegas, we will have samples there for your...

Yes I do. We have it in 1/2 and 1 gallon HDPE F Style jugs for our local customers. This quantity would require shipping as Haz Mat so I am sourcing a 1 liter carboy to enable shipment as ORM_D saving $28.50 in fees per box.

Shipping a kit with lye will probably require ORM-D labels and possibly ground shipping. I just got lye from The Lye Guy and it was delivered by FedEx Home Delivery, so it's certainly do-able, just needs the right shipping labels. Also, MSDS (material safety data sheets) should be included for...

Spice--Sorry about the delay getting your inquiry answered. Here in AZ the coconut usually stays liquid, the palm settles and solidifies however. Setting the bottle in the sun for a couple hours will get it all liquid, but I also caution students in the instruction booklet to use a microwave...

Soap Making Kits I have sold soap making kits for some time. I teach classes twice a month here in Arizona and use a premade kit for the students. We make one in class and then the students take home a bottle of oils premixed and a bottle of lye premixed. So far over 100 students have never...

What is your favorite place to purchase lye from, and why? For soapers in the Valley of the Sun, there is a new place open in Chandler. Chandler Bio sells NaOH and KOH in 2# to 50# quantities, and pricing is cheaper than anyplace I found. They also have essential oils. I made my first batch...