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They ship larger quantities in plastic bottles or cans and then you must transfer to glass when they arrive. If you are ordering small quantities, 1oz 2oz, etc. they will probably be in glass. I usually order 1lb/10lb quantities from them. But very happy with quality, ship time/price.

This is normal! You've done nothing wrong. Soap is fine if you take it out and get gets a little sweaty at a show. I just bring mine home, open up all the boxes and turn the dehumidifier on pointing toward them for a day to make sure they dry out well.

My parents had a hot tub when I was a kid and we had these little liquid scent products that you could add to them when you got it. That way it would smell like something other than huge amounts of chlorine. They were added each time you got in (if so desired). They would sometimes last for up...

If its dark looking "stuff" on the luffa after she scrubs it may just be skin. I do massage and sometimes when i get folk with dry skin that don't exfoliate regularly they start to slough while i am massaging. So, if i use a cream and it starts to soak in too much you can actually look down and...

we did half sized bars for our favors. we wrapped them with a cigar band wrapper with our names and the date. We did three different kinds in our wedding colors and put them on silver trays by the door so folks could choose which they wanted. OR they could be used as name cards. Put the...

Hi Charlott! we were in el salvador (for a few hours at the airport anyway) back in January on our way back from costa rica.

wow, this is my first day back too! i dropped off the face of the earth (or computer at least for a while). Got married, got goats, have goat babies, major projects in/outside of the house. and i was boycotting the computer a bit....

a lot of them tend to smell like sun tan lotion....

wholesale supplies plus has a scent called exactly what you want "simmering cider". its a nice one. they also have a couple of leaf molds that are cute. "fall leave" is a guest size soap and there is another larger one that looks like a maple leaf.

there are definately differences in smell depending on your source. also you'll find some labeled "sweet patchouli" or "dark patchouli" which are pretty decriptive to their smell.

is there an MP base on the market w/o palm oil? i am trying to eliminate palm and pko from my soaps for environmental reasons. so far, can't find mp w/o it...

this is why parents shouldn't drug test their kids at home....the boxes also make NO mention of the possibility of false negatives or false positives...

when you add oil to mp it cuts down on lather, but it'll add moisture/emollient properties with the oil...

my first 2 or 3 batches i stirred by hand. after reading soapmaking books and they recommended not using a stick blender because it moves things too fast and you don't really get to learn what trace looks like..... yeah...after 45-60 minutes standing next to the stove i grabbed the stick...

soap not necessary to sterilize...