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    Recipe Question

    I am making a Mango Soap recipe and I'm not really with a lot of acknowledge of oils .... but, does this sound ok?? 2oz. Mango Butter 2oz. Shea Butter 41.46oz. Coconut Oil 4.15oz. Sweet Almond Oil 4.15oz. rice bran oil 12.35oz. Distilled Water 9.15oz. Lye 3.5oz. Mango Fragrance Oil...
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    Lip Balm Question

    I want to make this lip balm recipe for valentines and I am missing one oil....The recipe calls for Avocado Oil...I have everything but that....what can I use to replace that oil??....I have seen recipes with Sweet Almond Oil or Grapeseed Oil....could I use one of them???
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    Palm Kernel Question

    ok, I got this recipe and I ordered all the supplies I needed to do it ..... I've never worked with palm kernel oil.... So, if I got palm kernel flakes and measured them out as the flake wouldn't the measurement be reduces once the flakes turn liquid form?? I know with making candles the wax...
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    probably stupid questions

    I got some cool recipes and I'm going to try them out....One of the recipes has JoJoba spheres...Well, now here comes the questions! do jojoba spheres color the cp soap or can I do like a swirl soap with them in the mixture? all of the recipes ask for palm kernel and palm oil...can I sub...
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    conditioner question

    I have a question... I am getting ready to make some hair conditioner and got a recipe from a friend who sells hers.... The recipe calls for coconut oil and the only coconut oil I have is the 76 degree oil...So, anyway... Here's the recipe and could I sub rice bran oil for the coconut oil...
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    Tallow Question

    I want to make a recipe with ground coffee and it asks for Tallow...I don't have any tallow so what can I put in replace the tallow???....or can I just leave the tallow out???.... Here's the recipe: 16.15 Oz. -- Coconut Oil 16.15 Oz. -- Tallow 10.76 Oz. -- Olive Oil 3 tbsp -- Ground Coffee...
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    Castor Oil question

    What can I put in my soap that calls for castor oil....here's the recipe: Shea Butter 4.2% Canola Oil 12.5% Castor Oil 6.2% Coconut Oil 16.7% Olive Oil 12.5% Palm Oil 27.1 % Rice Bran Oil 8.3% Crisco/Veg. Shortening 12.5% what can I put in place of the castor oil ..... I...
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    Anise Soap Recipe needed

    I have looked online for a fisherman's soap(Anise Soap) recipe and only got ones that are 100% coconut oil .... I'm not sure but how does that work?? Has anyone else made this type of soap ??? Does it lather up and work good??? HELP PLEASE!!!
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    Lye/KOH Waiver question

    I'm going to start selling Lye and KOH ....but, I've noticed that all the other sites I've come across who sell the products I sell have a waiver to sign before they sell the Lye/KOH..... So, does anyone know of a good online waiver that could be used???
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    Zen Cart, Cube Cart, OScommerce cart questions

    Ok, how do I add one of these carts to my site without having to move everything to one of there templates???
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    shopping cart questions

    alrighty... I have set up on my site the paypal shopping cart but for some reason it's not working right soooo... since I have the business plan on hostgator.com they have in the plan three different shopping carts.. OScommerce, CubeCart, Zen Cart. Well, I have all three of them downloaded...
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    Recipe Question

    I want to make some Goats Milk & Oatmeal soap tonight and I'm using my 2 lb. mold... measurements are 3.5X9X3.5.....Well, I ran the recipe I have threw my lye calc. and came up with this.... Palm - 14.94 Coconut - 14.94 Olive - 2.99 Lye - 4.98 Water - 11.65 GM - 5.98 Oatmeal - 8.97...
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    Essential Oil Question

    I want to make anise eo soap and even though I'm going to use my good ole recipe I don't know how much eo to add. I usually add 1 oz. of fo per pound of oil so it's usually 3 oz. of fo .... but, eo is stronger so I don't know how much to add per pound....Can someone tell me ??? I don't...
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    Online Store Almost Completed...

    Well, it's almost done.... I've got a few more things to add and then some little tweaks to do ....But, can you all take a look and tell me if it is ok right now?? http://www.lavenderdreamscandlesupplies.com There are like three of the side links that aren't done yet,but, they will be done...
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    dye question

    well, I've done the liquid dye in my cp soap and it never turns the color the dye is suppose to be.... So, then I used the pigments and they were great. So, my question is... Can I just mix a tablespoon of TD and some liquid dye??.... Will that at least work on my cp soap??? Just a thought ...
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    funnel soap swirl tutorial

    here is the addy to the tutorial for the funnel soap swirl tech. http://thesoapbar.blogspot.com/2008/10/ ... orial.html
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    swirl pics as promised

    here are the love spell swirl.... I love them , but, the pink didn't really show up....but they are awesome anyway. these are the funnel swirl...they didn't turn out like the tutorial ones did, but, they still turned out great in my opinion considering it's the first time I did it!!!
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    color pigment for soap

    I really like the way the pigment colors worked....so now my question is....where can I get these ??? I bought the ones I have off ebay and I couldn't believe that they worked so well.... I'm soooo over using liquid dyes that turn the soap into a terra cotta color or they don't turn out the...
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    stupid question

    how do I make a stylesheet.css???
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    FINALLY...I figured out what I was doing wrong

    ok, I've been complaining about my oils leaking when I pour my soap into it's mold and I've been complaining about my swirling and why it gels up when I want to try to do the funnel swirl. WELL....I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!!!.... I'm so surprised I figured it out by myself that I'm still in...
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