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Now I am a bit confused... is the oil you need laurel seed oil? Or laurel berry oil? And it is the bay laurel, correct? I was thinking that the oil was pressed from the "fruit" of the berry, but now I'm wondering if it is from the seed, or if I am even thinking of the right plant. Sorry if this...

Ok, at least this I know I can help with. I use this exact mold because it's nice and sturdy unlike some others, but I prefer silicone because there is no throw-away. But it is definitely tough to unmold without bending/cracking/leaving some soap behind. 1) turn it upside down on top of a...

Does anyone know how to close a thread? Do I need to pm a mod or go to the general forum and ask for it to be closed?

I will only respond to say that I had hoped it would have been dropped at this point. Can a mod PLEASE close this thread since it seems to have gone so far astray there is no saving it? Thank you.

Just a thought, you can buy bay laurel plants in the US and grow your own "berries"... but I read that it can take 10-30 years to get one to produce the fruit part of the plant. In the mean time, I suppose you could use the leaves for cooking. Wish I was thinking about this 7 years ago when we...

CanaDawn, I'm not arguing anymore... I was just trying to say that I was upset because I felt targeted, and I apologize for my behavior. I am taking the advice given here and on other threads. I mentioned my father because I was feeling frustrated at all of the negative input I had felt I was...

Thank you! Finally a question regarding clarification T____T When I said that I meant it loosely--as in soap is what made me decide to sell at the market! To give some background: I've been selling M&P soap through facebook for the past few months, and when I started CP soaping I thought I...

I also just realized that at least some of you seem to be posting here thinking it's a different thread... If that is what caused all of the misdirected posts I feel a little bit better, because now I understand that some of you were posting not realizing I had started this thread, and so felt I...

Hazel, I made 7-8 batches for a friend.... not to sell at a market? I don't understand where all of these rumors about me selling a bunch of soap are coming from... And I just wanted to add that this was a thread I started, for completely different reasons than the discussion currently taking...

The local farmers market that I plan on attending (where I will NOT be selling soap...) does have blanket insurance, and I know that the group which oversees it also oversees other semi-local markets and regulates them. I'm not sure if that is the same thing though, because it would seem that...

Yes, I forgot to turn off my e-mail notifications (which turned out to be very bad for me, because in trying to explain myself I seem to have worsened the situation). I won't comment on that any more at least because I don't want to keep beating that horse... And thank you. I really was only...

I digress... I had thought that there was some kind of rule against disrespect or criticism of other users, and felt that I should be protected under it. I apologize for taking offense at what I felt were personal blows ("inexperienced", "irresponsible", and a few things I will not mention) on...

I don't know why it is that no matter how much I explain myself, someone on this forum has SOMETHING to say to attack what I've said in one way or another, but if you were attempting to weed me out, congratulations. I can't continue to put up with the constant backhanded comments from a few...

Oh. My. Gosh. For the umpteenth time, please stop attacking me for starting up a business to sell things that are NOT SOAP. Because you may SAY that you are not attacking me (nicely put, "Suzy Soaper") but when it is BLATANTLY obvious that you ARE, just cut the crap. I AM NOT SELLING SOAP TO...

I walked away from this thread for a while in order to retain composure, as it was quite obvious to me that there was some discussion being had about my recent post regarding farmers markets. I simply want to state that I do not believe that I have in any way pretended to be more experienced...

On a slightly different note, it would seem that some of my more positive posts on other threads are mysteriously "vanishing" without a trace... Since I see no issues with that happening to other posters, I will take that as a notice of my presence on these forums being unwelcome. If I have...

I don't know how/why my post was deleted, but it seems that you have recieved plenty of help from more experienced soapers :) SFIC is a very good M&P to start off with. I wish you the best of luck!

Blah, I tried to leave in peace, but forgot to turn off my e-mail notifications. I will try to answer some trying questions briefly, simply because you all seem to feel that I am going to tarnish your reputations as soap makers with my horrible inexperience. 1) Sometimes things I say can be...

That's so funny! In a good way! I know a lady who is Romanian and married a man who is primarily German, and has a very similar story to yours! :) Congrats on the numerous years, and may you be blessed with many more :)

I think this became kind of a slam to both sides, so I just want to say that if anyone is worried by us newbies entering the marketplace, don't be. If you think we will hurt people, the worst we can do is probably make someone peel (because honestly if we're handling the soap bare-handed three...