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Hey everyone! I am trying to create some new tropical smelling EO blends and I really want a vanilla for my "Tahiti" line. Problem is - I can't find it ANYWHERE. Hardly anyone even carries it and those that do are out of stock. I have some FO, but I'm trying to keep this line natural. So, I was...

Why did no one tell me this??? I've been on there for, like, an hour, putting recipes together! How many test batches did you make when you were first starting out? How big should I make them? How many different recipes did you finally settle upon? I'm doing HP, if that matters.

Hey everyone! I've been making m&p for years now and I'm finally confident enough to brave the big, bad lye and make soap from scratch! M&P just doesn't offer what I want to offer, so this is the conclusion that I think I was inevitably going to make. I'm choosing HP because I'm impatient and...

So, my husband and I took the kids to Wilmington, NC this past week on vacation and being there reminded me of how much I loved living there as a young girl. We spent a lot of time on Oleander Dr. and it made me want to make a fragrance for Wilmington. I knew vaguely that oleander is...

hi! I was just thinking about some unusual accent combinations and I wondered what others have come up with. What are some unusual blends that you've had success with?

I've been making my soap for a while, and I've always made it really plain (I only do opaque soap, too). I don't use FD&C colors for health reasons and all the herbs turn so ugly after a while. What do you do to "pretty up" your M&P soap? I've thought of glitter, but adults don't really...

Hi all! I have been making soap for a while, but just the basics. I work with M&P for various reasons, but I love it and everyone who has ever tried my soap loves it (I do add some extras to the bases, though). I have been doing this for a while, but just recently started thinking of selling my...

Hi! I'm looking for a spicy scent for a new blend I'm working on...not like cinnamon or cooking spices, but more like a cayenne or habanero. Any suggestions?

Hello! I would like to add sprinkles to my soaps, but how does that work with M&P? I know I could use Jojoba beads, but I can't find all the colors I want, so I thought of just adding colored sugar sprinkles. I'm going for something like a "Funfetti" look for kids' soap. Would this cause any...

Hey all! Is everyone just getting paper from OfficeMax and printing labels themselves? I've seen so many different shapes and sizes for labels, that I have no idea what is best. I would LOVE gold foil stamped labels... but maybe one day. What are your suggestions for labels? I have soap, Boston...

Hi everybody! I would like to include a milk bath in my line and I'm having trouble finding a suitable recipe. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking of using powdered milk (anything but soy - see my anti-GMO/Monsanto posts ;D), powdered honey, calendula petals and maybe something else...

Hi everyone! I saw on fragranceoilfinder.com that there are several vendors that offer this fragrance type but I wanted to see if anyone has tried any of them yet. What do you like about it? Does it smell true? I'm going to use it in M&P and bath/body products, so not too worried about...

Hi everyone! My name is Shannon and I'm not really new... I just forgot my login information and which email I used, so I signed up under a different user name. I'm so forgetful!!! Anyway, I'm looking for jars for whipped butters and sugar scrubs. Can anyone tell me where is the best place to...

I think that my daughter is developing eczema, or at the very least - VERY dry skin. I want to make her some soap that might help her skin. I know oatmeal is good, but what else should I do? Would lavender or tea tree be beneficial? What base should I use? I have a lot of aloe, hemp, cocoa and...

Hi! I'm looking for perfume dupes of Escada, Euphoria, Juicy... you know - top-selling perfumes. My sniffer is under the influence of baby-hormones, so I have to rely on the help of kind, in-the-know strangers :) *Edited for typos :D Yay for pregnancy scatter brain!

What do you do with oils that you purchase, but when you get them, you hate them? I got my shipments in from BB and WSP and I hate 90% of the oils! There's a couple that aren't bad, but I don't know what to do with the others. From now on, I'm buying sniffies first!

Geeze! I want WAAY too many fragrances! What are the best companies for choose-your-own sample sets? I just want a little to see if I like the scent. I do MP right now, so it would be super easy for me to just pour a 1 oz. sample bar and have individual sample bars.

Should I use honey powder in my MP soap, or can I use actual farm-raised honey?

Hi again! I have ideas for a few personal, unique fragrance blends and it got me wondering how many soapers usually create for their lines. I have several "straight-up" fragrances to use, but I want some blends that are unique to my lines. It's just a lot of money for all these different FOs...

I'm looking for a good rain scent to blend into a kind of April Shower fragrance with lilac and grass. Any suggestions? TIA