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This is one of the best movie quotes ever!

How is he old enough to be walking already? Gah! He is beautiful!

I recently decided to follow the curly girl method, which involves not using any shampoo and only water soluble product. Essentially you wash with conditioner, using friction instead of sulfates to clean. I have found that my hair is most definitely curlier than I thought. But is still shower...

I'm about half way through a 50 pound bucket purchased in November also. What problems are you having?

Eh, I just eyeball it. I add the mica premixed with water and hand whisk until the color is right. Since they are soap stable, it is pretty much "what you see is what you get".

I just poured 2 loaves of this today for a customer! I used pink and a bit of TD to brighten up the top layer to prevent it from looking sickly. Does that comply? If not no worries.

I am lazy... I have all of my inorganic colorants premixed with water in squeeze bottles. The colors I use frequently are in big ones for condiments and less frequently used are in travel sized bottles for shampoo and conditioner. IrishLass is right that the mica settles out, but I put a few...

This year I want to finally stay ahead on inventory. We have grown so quickly that it is nearly impossible to not run out occasionally! It is an awful position to be in. I am also trying to go plan free, so I need time to finalize a new vegetarian recipe.

I believe any potential peanut proteins that could have contaminated the product would survive saponification.

It is 21°f right now which is 40°warmer than Sunday morning.

I don't think we made it above zero today.

I am lazy and the snow is free!

I frequently make a 50:50 solution in a 5 gallon bucket that my coconut oil came in. In the winter I set in a snow drift to cool. The other day it melted through 8" of snow down to the ground!

We just donated 100 pounds of soap to the local food bank. Some are end trimmings, some are undersized soaps that I don't sell, some were scents that no longer sold well, some were specifically made for donating.

Wahoo! Most of the accounting is done for this year. Just one set of data to fix and then it is on to finishing a physical inventory of bulk oils and other supplies. I managed to get the essential oils done last weekend. My accountant will be much happier this year!