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Yep - I do mine with one skewer no problem :)

Hi Nao, I'm in the UK too and spent a huge amount of time and money on trying to find a good emulsifying wax here! My advice would be to look at 'Aromazone', although they are based in France they do free delivery to the UK. They have a wide range and you can buy relatively small quantites to...

Wow $20 for a calculator seems pretty excessive! I'm a secondary school maths teacher in the uk, the scientific calculators we use cost £5 ($7) and will be fine up to university level maths. What does the $20 one do?!

1. Earlene - I haven't done this one yet, so something new to learn. 2. Misschief - I have the next week off... I'm IN! 3. IrishLass - I've got some spare time, so I'm IN, too! (I'm excited- this will be my first challenge!) 4. TeresaT - excellent! My first one has a major oil slick, but I'm...

1. FlybyStardancer 2. Sonya-m - super excited to try this!! 3. amd - I have no idea what I've gotten myself into But I'm doing it. 4. traderbren - can't wait to whip it good! 5. Misschief - Oh, such fun! 6. Snappyllama - I cannot wait to try my hand at whipping up a batch. 7. Lisa Anne 8...

Newbie i think your explanation is spot on! I had a first attempt at this yesterday - in a loaf mould cut on the vertical. My fragrance oil accelerated so trace became very thick very quickly, i was spooning it in at the end. And as a result the pattern came out very shallow after the cut.

Thanks TEG, I was about to look up how Norway handled cosmetic legislation with their membership of the EEA!

I'm aware that Norway are not in the EU, however it was sold by a company in the UK which is in the EU. I would imagine that most of their market is in the UK where they do need to be compliant with EU regulations. And if they were compliant why would they abandon labelling procedure for...

In response to the original question, as it was sold in the EU I don't think it is legal. Yes, as its a fragrance oil the ingredients can just be listed as 'parfum', but it does require a name label, weight and batch number. The company selling it should also provide you with a msds, allergen...

Best wishes with your move into teaching! I've also gone from the chemical industry to the classroom - its quite the contrast! But 5 years later im still there.

Oh no! Its a standard rate of 24 euros to the UK, i thought that was enough!

I've never had to pay customs duty for anything from within the EU, only the occasional time i've ordered from the US. I've used youwish.nl loads of times - its only the delivery charge which is off-putting!

Another source for Aleppo soap is 'Nature et Decouvertes' in France. Search pain d'alep on their website. I got some of the 35% stuff last year while i was in France on holiday. So yes i like trying other peoples' soaps too!

I'd love to join in :)

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