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    soo...I made a mistake...is it ok?

    I made a soap yesterday with 5% superfat in the recipe. Only I forgot to add the 5% castor oil :( soo..no castor oil in my recipe and no superfat. Soap is not zapping me and looks good. Is it ok? Ugh! I can't believe I missed that! I topped out my container for oils so I was going to add...
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    1st attempt at salt bar...not sure what to do now

    So....I tried salt soap. It was fun and I thought it was all going well until an hour after molding, I noticed it was getting crumbly on the top sides. Checked it, it was hard so I pulled it out and cut it. (I thought I had longer than that! I know it's fast but an hour!?) Anyway, cutting was...
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    Essential Oil Overload! What should I make?

    I just bought a TON of essential oils (yay!!!) and now I'm totally overwhelmed on how to play with them! I know I want to make some diffuser blends, some blends for body butters and perfumes, and also some for uses like stretch marks, sinus, relax, etc. If I share a list of what I got, would...
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    My table setup...any advice before I do bigger shows?

    Hi! Here's a pic of my table setup that I did this weekend at a small show. I have some bigger events coming up and wanted to see if any of you had any suggestions on how to make this better before then. Couple things that I'm working on for it...a tablecloth with my company name and logo on it...
  5. J

    toner burning

    Hi Everyone, I have a question... I made a toner for my hubby (25% witch hazel, 3% glycerine, 2% leucidal liquid sf, 4% skin safe fragrance, the rest distilled water with powdered cucumber extract dissolved into it. It was fine the first day but today when he used it, he said it burned...a lot...
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    neroli/ orange blossom - sweet o bitter?

    I had my first experience with neroli oil from whole foods (the blue bottles...why nd mere I believe) and I fell in love.it was soft and beautiful, swert...perfect. Then I bought neroli essential oil (3% dilution just like they'd mere one) from nd a as well as neroli floral water. They both...
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    Is stating a type of skin this product is for a medical claim?

    hi! I'm trying really hard to abide by the rules and don't want to put anything on my packaging that is a medical claim (of course) If I put that a certain oil or lotion or for "dry/mature skin" or for "oily skin" or "normal/combination skin" is that a medical claim? Certain things work...
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    ink scratching off?

    Does anyone else have problems with ink scratching off clear labels? I ordered laser printer labels from labelsbythesheet.com and printing on my samsung laser printer. It's driving me MAD! I might have to just go ahead and get them printed professionally if I can't get this figured out...
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    best oil for lip balm for severely chapped lips

    HI Everyone! I've been reading all the incredible info you all have posted on this forum for months...it's been an incredible resource...thank you!!! My son has severely, severely chapped lips right now. I made him a lip balm with coconut oil, beeswax, honey, vit e. Those have helped a LOT...
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