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I have customers wanting sugar and salt scrubs, but I have not been able to find containers that don't cost a fortune in shipping. SKS has good prices but the shipping is over $17 which doubles the cost of the containers. Where does everyone else buy theirs from?

Thanks everyone. Jules - I agree Walmart was the cheapest, but the last time I was there the price increased! So far Walmart has been the cheapest locally to get Olive Oil. Castor Oil I usually just shop around and hope for free shipping. Because I live in a small town and the major cities...

I have been looking into buying my soaping oils in bulk. Right now I get some from Walmart, online, Sam's Club etc. I would love to have Bulk amounts of base oil on hand like: Castor Oil, Olive, Coconut, etc. Any suggestions?

I just soaped up some shaving soap tonight with Cubans and Cognac and liked the scent. Not sure how it will hold up, but it smells real nice now. Time will tell.

I sell my soaps out of my husband's computer business. He has a basket of samples that he gives to customers he does work for. Sometimes I make a sale from them and sometimes not. Mine is two fold . . . it either sells for me or him. I am starting to branch out to area farmer's markets and...

Sorry I haven't responded to any of your suggestions. My daughter was married in July and we had her receptions this past Saturday. No time to even think of soaping! So here is what I have done and it appears it just needed to cook in the crock. They both seem to be curing and look nice...

Ok. Everyone yes I had 14 ounces in the first batch 10 water 4 milk. It did come to trace eventually looked beautiful but then after 20 minutes had turned into oil. So the second batch I tried to compensate buy taking 4 ounces off the lye water before adding the milk. It did the same oily mess...

Thanks Susie. I think that is what I am going to do. I just hate to see it go down the drain. I just said to hubbie this morning that I need to rewrite my recipes to state water and milk. Live and learn! Thanks all for your help.

Really mad at myself right now. Rebatching isn't going to work by itself. So should I make a batch of plain add it to the botched batches and rebatch them all together? I really hate to waste.

Well I don't really have it figured out. Just hoping that when I rebatch them they are salvageable. I will let you all know. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Recipe calls for 10 oz of liquid. I usually discount 4 oz to add in the milk after I add the lye water to oils this then totals 10 oz. so I had two different batches going at the same time. Everything measures identically. After the first batch took forever to trace I realized I didn't discount...

Help. I have been making soap off and on for a while now. Tonight I decided to make two batches all measured out and ready to go. After I added the lye and the goats milk to my oils I couldn't get it to trace so I added the scent hoping to force it. Finally got it to trace when I realized I...

I am glad you asked this question. I am just now starting or wanting to learn soap making and have been wondering why put any fragrance in at all? I also was wondering if I could boil my scents in the water such as rose petals, lavendar, vanilla beans, etc. Would this give a nice scent or...

Soap Calc: Iodine 52, INS 148, Hardness 46, Cleansing 25, Conditioning 49, Bubbly 25, and Creamy I grabbed this off of someone elses recipe. I am really confused on what this all means and how do you know what is the best make up of your soap. I hope this question makes since because it...

Thanks for the info. They seem to have some pretty decent prices.

What is the difference between Food Grade Lye and Lye Tech Grade? Has anyone ever ordered it from Essentialdepot.com

Thanks for all the support! Yea I know I will need to wait at least a year or more before I can even begin to try and sell anything :cry: No supplies yet, still trying to figure out what I want and where to buy it all. I can get some stuff at walmart, but I will probably have to buy...

Very pretty soaps! I have one question: How do you get the soap out of the tube?

Thanks for the link. It was quite informative and gave me some things to think about that I hadn't already thought of. I do want to assure you that I am not jumping into this without thinking it out. I fully plan on testing my product and not selling anything until I am not comfortable with...

Hi everyone. I have always wanted to learn how to make my own soap and have finally decided to jump into for my own personal use and for selling.