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We have a multi-gen home & my mother hates when the hand soaps leave colors on the white sinks. Meanwhile, I'm asthmatic & not big on white, and therefore not interested in titanium dioxide. So I make our hand soaps with coconut oil & fine sea salt & a fragrance that doesn't discolor or...

I considered selling on Etsy, but decided it wouldn't work for me for a complex list of reasons. One of those reasons is all the fees & the way "master of the house" started playing in the back of my mind the last time I read the terms. I've gone with ko-fi.com for right now. Someday I might...

Fascinating! And thanks! 😁

What kind of grind is your coffee? If it's the standard coffee machine type of grind, maybe switch to an espresso or Turkish grind. I use espresso in mine & cut after 2-3 days w/out a problem.

Okay, I know absolutely nothing about perfume so I am slightly confused & bewildered & also fascinated. It's just one note? I found this & now I'm going to try to understand what can be done with it. Perfumers Apprentice - Cetalox® (Firmenich) (crystals)

Honestly I can't stand the scent of this stuff but since my kid loves it I'm willing to look for it. 😂

My middle child is in love with this oddly named fragrance & I'm looking for a dupe FO. I've checked Nurture, WSP, Fragrance Buddy, & google. I can locate "body oil" (whatever that means) alleged dupes w/out ingredients listed on unfamiliar sites but no FOs & nothing at all from sites I know...

Oh! Lanolin! That reminds me, lanolin ointment is usually pretty easy to find in the breastfeeding/pumping section of stores. I used it when nursing my babies & also for lanolizing wool covers for cloth diapers. Heckin helpful stuff, lanolin.

If time is of the essence maybe have a look at CeraVe moisturizing cream. It's fragrance free & has worked well for the various (non-cancer) skin issues we've had here. It's a nice thick cream, quite soothing, and available at Target in a good size jar with a pump.

I love the combo of wood w/ silicone liner, and some simple ones are available for cheap on Amazon. Sometimes you can get a little set that includes the wood box, silicone liner, and a cutter for $20-30, but you could always skip the cutter & just use a good kitchen knife. The cute little...

Nope! I do my best to take accurate notes as I work, but this batch accelerated so quickly I lost my cool entirely and went into "chef in the weeds" mode. It wasn't pretty and I completely forgot to note the things I hadn't put down in advance.

Alas, this IS the settled down version. 🤣 That bowl of ice is an idea though, I'll have to try it. I'm sad to say the biggest problem isn't my kids, it's my mother. She's only in her 60s and overall quite healthy, but she had a trauma in 2020 and hasn't been quite right since. She's a newly...

Only those of us with the time and will to hand crochet them!

Nope! There are 6 people in this house and the fridge that came with it looks to be 20 years old. We're planning to get a chest freezer eventually, and also a fridge for my future soaping space in the garage, but for now we're still in chaos. These supply chain issues are making it very...

Feel free to set it aside for a while and deal with it later. I hope you have enough supplies for the baby shower soap.