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Where is the best place to buy micas in the US? Best color selection, prices?

Are there any advantages to using one over the other? I need to order some more coconut oil and there is only a dollar difference in price for 50#.

For those soapers on the west coast (US), GloryBee Natural foods has palm oil on sale $8.95 for one gallon pail. https://www.glorybeefoods.com

I am about to make some jewelweed salve and I would like some input on which oil I should infuse with the jewelweed for making my salve. I already have OO infusing for making some soap. I was hoping to use an oil that would absorbe into the skin well. For those who don't know about...

I haven't been making soap lately, but I have been busy. I've been making cool ties. So far I have sold or given away about 40 of these. My co-workers have really enjoyed using these since the weather has been so hot lately. http://www.flickr.com/photos/32786044@N ... 822011958/...

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From time to time I do secret shops for a company, usually at my local Krogers store or Staples. When I went to request assignment yesterday they are looking for secret shoppers in Canada. If anyone is interested let me know, the company asked for referals of your Canadian friends. Teresa

Has anyone made soap on a rope? If so what type of rope did you use? Cotton? Nylon? I had someone ask me for this and I'm at a loss to know what type of rope to use.

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no...

I gave my sister soap for mother's day and my brother in law just pm'd me to ask for more, he loves it. I guess he will be getting a shaving set for father's day next month. I've given away several bars at this point and this is the first person to ask for more. Of course up until the last...

For those of you that make whipped butters and creams where do you purchase jars from, the ones I've seen online are expensive in the sense that you have to buy such large quantities. Anywhere you can get a dozen or two that won't break me?

Do any of the forum members know what I'm talking about when I say dirt daubers? I think they are a type of wasp that make a nest out of mud(dirt). I'm not sure if they carry it in their mouths or if they eat it and it comes out the other end for they to make thier nest. When my baby sister...

Yesterday I got out my supplies to get ready to make a batch of soap and my digital scale went wonkie, numbers come up but it doesn't respond to tare or mode buttons or the on off button. The only way to turn it off is unplug it. So now I'm shopping for a new scale. Can't find one locally...

Anyone ever use flaxseed oil in their soaps? The info I found: Flax seed oil is the world's richest vegetable source of omega-3 fatty acids. Flax seed oil contains the highest level of alphalinolenic acid of any known plant source. It also contains high levels of lignans-active...

Thought I would post some pics of my new soaps http://img243.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=soap3035.jpg there is Chocolate-orange creme, Lavender creme, Lavender salt bar, Coconut-mango salt bar, Peppermint salt bar, Peppermint, and some shaving soap.

I bought some PKO and PO in gallon bottles, since these are solid how do I get it out of the bottles? Do I put the bottles in hot water to melt it so it will pour out? Do I have to melt the whole bottle or get it warm enough to get out what I need? Will melting the oil several times hurt the oil?

Where does hydrosol fit into the fragrance scheme? Is it considered a FO or EO? If I use it in soap should I use more to keep the fragrance strong?

What fo or eo work well in a shaving soap? I've worked out a recipe that I like, now I want it to smell nice as well.

I have been thru the worst week I have seen in years. I live in western KY and we had an Ice Storm last week that made every tree look like a tornado had been thru here. I have been without electricity for more than a week, heating with bottled propane inside my home, and was without running...

What differences are there in orange oil, sweet orange oil and bitter orange oil? I see all of these advertised but nothing to tell me the difference.