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You guys, I am so thankful for this forum and the fragrance cheat sheet as well. Without it, I wouldn't have known about this fragrance's love of ricing; as a result I was well-prepared! I was able to do a somewhat complex soap recipe (buttermilk soap to play up the tart, with red clay/mica and...

My husband and I adopted a puppy at 10 months old when we first got married four years ago. In fact, it's our anniversary today. During the night, our little pup started having trouble breathing, very lethargic, and totally limp. The vet is trying to save her with fluids, heat wrap, and...

Hi all, My nephew has developed very bad cystic acne at 12 years old and is very embarrassed about it. His mom would like me to try my hand at making some gentle, natural soaps that might alleviate the symptoms a little, as she is not comfortable with him taking a pill so young (and a family...

I know you cannot sell items made from licensed character molds; I have a customer that wants M&P bears for her baby shower that don't look "country cute" if that makes sense. Does anyone know if this bear is a licensed character? I can't tell. Silicone Cute Bear Mold

SO far from BB I have loved: Oatmeal Stout Blueberry Delight (discolors, but smells amazing!) Energy So, here is my order for FOs, please advise if any of these have smelled awful or weird or accelerated like crazy. I do only cold process, no M&P (other than as family gifts.) 1/2 and 1/2...

Hopefully it's okay to post this, but I saw Michael's has a coupon for today only, 4-7pm, 40% off entire regular price purchase. They have quite a few cool silicone molds that would work for embellishments, both in Martha Stewart Jewelry and in the Mod Podge area of the glue aisle. I'll be...

I am so glad I read all the articles out there about selling locally, because it turned me on to the interest in local ingredients! After testing out my product, I took it around to some tourist-y places today and got some very positive feedback and interest! My very first large order - for a...

One of my friends owns a pet supply business and asked me if I'd try my hand at a dog-friendly soap type bar. She wanted one with lard and a lavender scent, and one that's unscented. She gets a lot of outdoors people who would appreciate a solid bar than messy liquid to have to pack on camping...

We're a brand new business with a launch date of 9/1. Right now I have two 5 lb log molds and our custom molds are coming (24 4oz-ish.) I make a pretty hard bar so I can unmold and slice at around 12-18 hours, so I am making about 40lb per week (double batch of soap, split and separately...

Lately as we've been moving into production mode, my fear of lye burns is increasing exponentially. I'm soaping more at night and early morning before my "normal job." I know when I soap tired, I am more liable to make mistakes so I am making sure to get a good night's sleep and skip soaping if...

We got this cabinet last year on clearance home goods because the wine bottle divider was missing. Oh, darn! Now I have more room for soap oils! It holds everything I need in one place and keeps it all dust-free. The top opens up and out over the doors, doubling the counter space, so once the...

I asked my hubs what he wanted for his 30th birthday, soap-wise, and he wanted a scrubby soap in a manly scent and color. So here it is, "Drow Repellent" - an activated charcoal salt soap with primrose extract and a lime & fir needle blend of fragrance. It came out a lovely even color and...

I usually use wooden or acrylic loaf molds, but I found myself needing to make many 1 pound loaves at once in the last couple weeks and the only place I could get them locally only had silicone. I've used silicone before for mini sample cubes and hexes and of course embeds. Mostly small...

Hi all :-) Happy to have discovered the SMF! Recently my testers have asked about pine tar soap for psoriasis. Obviously I cannot claim on my packaging that it works for psoriasis, but I am certainly open to trying it if people want it. My question is this... On the video I found about pine...