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Who came up with the idea anyway? What's the story behind it? Inquiring minds... *curious*

Thanks! I found the pigments, but they're actually more expensive from justpigments than from the supplier I just sourced. (Half the cost, all told, and I've tested these so I know they work fantastic.) They look amazing. <3

Hi folks, I branched into candles (yup, another newbie). I do wicked and wickless candles for the kinky crowd (wickless candles go in water baths or are melted with heat guns). (It's a TON of fun. Think pedicures with paraffin wax, only this is all over your whole body... ^_^) I have a soy...

Omg thank you I was on my last bottle!

Not in the way you may be thinking...? I mean, yeah, you can probably have a line item expense that says "discounts given", but you can also just net the discounts against your revenue and report that as gross. Saves time.

Sorry, the MP is gone.

Hi! I do indeed, which ones are you interested in?

I don’t reuse them as I always have far too many bottles around, but actually, yes, the bottles are reasonably sturdy. I actually stopped using my laundry detergent bottles because it was so hard to get everything out of the bottle and it was crusting around the rim.

I’ve got a cocoa butter and olive oil soap for sale and it’s quite nice if I do say so myself. I use dual lye and sugar.

I would get the Goplus. I have one too. Loving it.

I’m a different beast. I use 50% because multiplying Soapmaker’s lye/potash numbers by 2 to get the desired lye solution is something I can do in my head. I can’t do that for any other concentration. It also helps with getting soap out of the mold quicker soaping at 50%. I make OO soap anyway, I...

I use the bottles that my distilled water comes in. Benefit: I don’t need to wash them out.

Very interested in the results, cmzaha! Btw was the avocado dual lye? I’m thinking of trying it but haven’t gotten around to it (preparing for spring fairs).

I concur. I don’t like mixing lye either, but it’s a necessary evil. I mix about a gallon at a time, which is enough to last me a few weeks. I sometimes do marathon lye sessions where I dedicate the day to making my NaOH and KOH (and sugar) solutions. I always have tons of #2 containers around...

Her second paragraph says she uses shampoo monthly.