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I am horribly sorry for any issues you may have had with Bulk Apothecary and can assure you that these problems are not typical. We are a very reputable supplier and any issues you ran into are truly the exception. We currently ship over 400 orders per day and have tens of thousands of...

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Normally I try not to plug our products on the forums, but this post seemed appropriate. We feel we offer some of the highest quality and best priced essential oils in the industry at http://www.bulkapothecary.com. I am sure others on this forum will probably feel the same about their site...

Essential oils and fragrance oil should mix right into a liquid soap base without polysorbate. 2% is very high though. If you add too much of any fragrance or EO, you will have to worry about breaking the salt curve of the soap base. Once that happens your product will become water thin and...

We always recommend our customers be honest with those who ask but focus on the positives. If you are taking a mp base and adding color, fragrance, herbs, essential oils or anything else and then shaping it and packaging it, you are definitely making a homemade creation. You are not making...

I would definately keep it around .5% or lower if you want a slight tingle. Many topical analgesics on the market use menthol at 2% and some use camphor as low as .2%. But topical analgesics are meant to dull muscle and joint pain. If you go too high on your menthol or camphor level you might...

:D I am not sure if this is appropriate but I would like to extend the olive branch and offer you a special coupon code for Bulk Apothecary exclusively for soap making forum guests. I am not sure if it is against the rules on the forum but since it seems like it fits the discussion I though it...

That seems a bit ridiculous to me. I believe it should be a sign of flattery. Just don't let it bother you. Everyone simply has different ways of looking at things and you can't let it get to you. :D

I agree, .5% is a good starting point but it really depends on the salt curve of the soap base or shampoo base you are using. Remember all soaps, shampoos and washes have different salt curves. Once you add enough oil to break that curve, the soap turns water thin and there is no turning back...

Ok, let's start with the formula. First, almost all of the commercial body butters on the market are an emulsified cream. That means there is a water phase and an oil phase that are emulsified with heat, time and emulsifying agents. It takes practice, but once you get it down, it is easy...

There are a number of places to buy soap molds that would work for your needs. There are hundreds of soap making supply sites out their like ours that offer a full range of cutters, molds, trays and everything else you could ever want to make your soaps truly unique. Furthermore, soap molds...

Silicone, pvc or petg is really the way to go. There are thousands of molds to choose from but you definately want something with some flex. For durability, I would suggest Silicone but any plastic would really work. I just know that most of my customer like the silicone ones even though they...

Right idea but wrong approach. There are literally tons of melt and pour soap bases to choose from and they are very inexpensive. You really need to check out some soap making supply websites like bulkapothecary.com, brambleberry.com, snowdriftfarm.com or any of the other hundreds of soap...

A lot of people try to add high levels of oils to drastically alter their m&p soap and there are a number of things to consider. When adding fragrance oils or essential oils for aroma, the best advice I could give is to find a reputable supplier that has a high grade oil. All fragrances and...

This is a good question that we get asked a lot. The primary difference is the therapeutic qualities of essential oils. Fragrance oils smell great but don't have any real medicinal qualities. As others have said, fragrance oils usually (but not always) contain essential oils to achieve the...