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Is it just me, or is everything I need out of stock at BA? They have great prices, but if I can never buy what I need from them, it kinda makes it a moot point!!!

I purchased the Brother HL3170CDW color laser in 2013 when I first started out making labels for my products. I took a break for a while, but am back and tried to make a fresh batch of new labels. I noticed that the colors from this batch were a poor match to the screen color and just blah...

I posted this on the Etsy thread, but for those interested, Wix is having a 50% off Thanksgiving sale on e-commerce sites. 1 year for 8.50/mth.

I plan on making some whipped butter for Christmas gifts and am curious what scent(s) folks like in their lotion/body products?

Anyone have a good source for double walled or some other, decent plastic jar for whipped or body butter? Bulk Apothecary seemed to be the best I could find.

Are there any new sources for candle maker insurance out there beyond the usual suspects? I'm somewhat shocked how expensive it is compared to soap/cosmetic insurance. Looks like the Soap Guild is the best, but of course requires you to sell at least one soap or cosmetic. Indie Business...

What is everyone's favorite site/supplier for candle containers? I've hit the usual suspects, but I'm just curious if there are gems out there that I'm missing.

Okay, clearly I am either clueless, or there is some secret voodoo that goes on with shrink wrapping. I did try watching some videos on Youtube, but those weren't very helpful. I got a roll of the 75 gauge perforated from National Shrinkwrap and one of those standard blue impulse sealers...

Just curious if anyone out there offers sample packs of their soaps. My friend thought this would be a good way to get people to try a range of scents and then buy the ones they liked. I see a labeling and packaging nightmare :). Just curious if others offer this and how you handle it.

How is everyone that sells listing out the components of the pigments/colorants? Do you list each specific one (iron oxide, chromium oxide, solvent yellow 172, etc.), or do you just say "pigment"? Some of the ones I got from TKB have like 4-5 components to just one color, and that makes for a...

Anyone have any good bulk sources for fine salt to use in salt bars? I'm getting a little sick of just buying 26 oz sizes at the grocery store since a batch can take up almost one whole container. My CostCo didn't have it, and Gordon's Food Supply had 25 lb bags of iodized salt.

I promise I searched for this but couldn't find the info. As a significant volume of salt bars is salt, how are people calculating the amount of FO/EO to add? Based on oil weight or total combined oil/salt weight?

Finally getting my butt around to making my Christmas soaps. Scented with Reindeer Poo from NG. Smells great. I did a bad job keeping heavy trace at bay, so the swirling wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it turned out good enough. Got a chance to use my Bud soap cutter as well!

Anyone tried making these? Considering people like using Epsom salts for baths and soaks, I'm wondering if we'd see a benefit from using it in a soap bar. Trying to think if MgSO4, which I believe goes slightly acidic when hydrated, would have an effect beyond increasing the superfat of the...

For those that do salt bars and individual molds, what tips/tricks do you have to get a nice, uniform bar? I've found that if I wait too long into trace, when I pour into the molds I get gaps and ridges in the bar. I had better luck with my second try by pouring earlier, but I'm wondering how...

Just curious what the small business crowd around here uses to track all of their business related sales, expenses, etc. My plan is to use PayPal Here/Online for my merchant account, but I'm guessing most export this sort of data into a central database/program like Quickbooks. I noticed...

I had been wanting to try this embed thing for a while. I made two colors, red and yellow, to simulate Christmas ornaments. I scented each differently (yellow was frankincense and myrrh FOs, red was cranberry FO). Weight fraction of each ornament was 10%. Hand rolled the balls prior to...

Title says it all. Wondering if this is a requirement, or if I can simply use my personal accounts and keep the receipts from any business purchases. Not sure if having these separate accounts helps make a clearer separation between personal and business assets when it comes to an LLC or if it...

Well I wanted to try a new technique (to me) where I used a frosting injector to embed black "balls" into my orange soap matrix. I was hoping that it would go in smoothly and create nice spheres. Unfortunately, as you can see from the pictures, that didn't happen. I think I let the orange...

So I'm thinking of at least registering my business idea locally, but I'm wondering if it is necessary to trademark my business name. Is it worth the $325+, at least when you are starting out?