paillo said:where you get your EOs / FOs for them to be minimal cost? i'd love to find less expensive suppliers than those i'm using, as i think they're the most expensive ingredients in my soaps.
I'm not quite ready to sell but was considering (maaaybe, possibly) selling at my farmer's market next summer (a year from now). I'm trying to figure out how much each loaf, and each bar, costs to make.
Every time I add it up, the cost is just crazy. I just did all this math of what it would cost if I ordered all my oils/ingredients in bulk from Columbus Foods, and it's still costing over $1.50 per bar of soap (of course this is with fragrance oils, but a very average, no luxury oils soap).
(and this is not even including extra factors... like insurance...)
How much does your average bar of soap cost you?
I saw one person say their bars cost them between $0.50-0.75.
How do you lower your cost?
Rich, you don't have to use EVOO to soap with, the regular refined/grade a olive oil works perfectly. I buy mine at Sam's Club. 101 fluid oz is 10.98 right now. Since its lighter in color, my soap doesn't get a slightly green tint to it like it did with EVOO. In my area, pomace is $20/gallon, even if I buy it online, shipping fees get it up to the $20/gallon mark. The OO at Sam's Club is 11 cents an ounce.
I really don't think I want to know.
You live in Tennessee and you can get pomice locally?!?! I hope my husband gets the job over there!!!
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