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Has anyone else ordered from them recently and not received their order? Did you call for an update, leave a message and not get a call back? I'm in that boat right now over a mold I ordered on 1/28/2012 and it said it would ship in 24 to 48 hours and it still shows as not shipped. I've...

I have used a coffee bean grinder to grind up any dried herbs I wanted to add to any soap I make and it works great. Problem is it's not easy to really clean it out well. You can't put liquid in it so you can't soak the "bowl" ,for lack of a better term, and while using a damp paper towel...

I started testing out soy tarts and most of them are coming out fine except for 2 batches yesterday. I know about selling tart crumbles and while I'm not trying for these on purpose :D it's what I got on those batches. Could this be from letting the wax get too hot, much like soaps...

Well I tried to make up some goat's milk and oatmeal lotion and cream for our eczema patches and rashes and within 5 days of making it I picked up a bottle of it and it felt rock hard to touch. So I started to unscrew the cap and it came gushing out around the cap and I quickly resealed it. My...

So I hadn't heard anything from the 2 craft fairs I sent registration paperwork and payment to and my hubby and I figured this means I didn't get a slot at either one. This was actually good new for me since somehow I had it stuck in my head that one wasn't until the 19th of this month and...

Just got in some avocado oil, mango butter and cetyl alcohol. Hubby asked if we could make some cream with the mango butter and avocado oil. So we're making a small 16 oz batch. Tomorrow I'm going to make the same lotion recipe I used before with BTMS-50 but with cetyl alcohol to see the...

I've been looking into containers I can use to safely store "larger" batches, 1-2 gallons but prefer 2 gallons, that are air tight. I actually found some at Home Depot with lids sold separately. Not planning to buy just yet because I need to go to the store and find out if they are FDA...

Well with the excellent tips from IrishLass and judymoody and others my second test batch is done and boy does it smell so much better. Using grams for weight was -so- much easier. And today with my head more cleared out I definitely smelled the "fishiness" of the BTMS-50 so I used it at 1%...

I used swiftcraftmonkey's directions and recipe with a few changes to match what supplies I had and I just love how it turned out with the exception of (may be me since the headcold isn't quite gone) a slight smell I can't put my finger on. Recipe Used: 5.6oz Water 1.2 oz Organic, Hi...

I think I handled all the "wth??" moments pretty well. My crockpot went wonky and on low was going up to 180F+. I can't say I saw too many of the phases because of this. I used David's tutorial and recipe except I used citric acid to neutralize since it was all I had. I forgot to pick up the...

I'm making a list of ingredients for the next items I want to learn to make in the coming weeks. I've got on my list to learn liquid soap, lotion, sugar scrubs and maybe salt scrubs and I'm at the point of looking at which preservatives to buy. I know phenonip is great for the non-water...

I have quite the mass of soap cured and every one I've given away to test has passed and exceeded expectations of both me and the testers. Everyone I run into locally wants my website address and when I give them the Etsy site a little part of me cries "You're sending them to the competition!"...

I was looking to buy MS Publisher on its own and had been watching Amazon mostly for used versions as they came up for sale. Well I came across one that was the same average price most were selling theirs at but there was a small description under the sellers info that caught my eye. It said...

I made up some oatmeal, goat's milk and honey soap, fragrance free and just unmolded it :D It looks great except it lifted up in the middle while refrigerated lol. I flipped it over once out of the mold in hopes that that it will sink back to level as it warms up and finishes doing its thing...

I tried doing a search here and it won't let me look past the first page of possible matches so I figured I'd ask here. Hubby has a friend that is allergic to coconut oil and has asked if I can make him some soap. I've been looking at Palm Kernel Flakes but can't find any recommendations for...

Ok I redid my batch of pumpkin pie soap but actually made more because once friends and family found out I was making it 12 bars wasn't going to be enough for everyone lol. It came out looking amazing and smelling like the real thing and shared pics of it had folks getting out their forks. I...

I have a couple rebatching questions on how to approach soaps that are on opposite ends of what seems to be wrong with them. I could really use help to fix them or just to know that my thoughts on fixing them are in the right direction and will work. My basic recipe is 50%OO, 25%CO, 20% Canola...

For the Soap Swap folks here's a teaser: And here's a pic of my fresh poured Pumpkin Pie soap: I made some more Orchard Stroll -very- early this morning, popped it in the oven and then pulled it out about an hour ago and it came out completely different looking. the glossy...

So I've been using the CPOP this week and I've not used it before now. I read up on it and researched what to expect and I'm not worried that I'm necessarily "doping it wrong" but I noticed that the top and bottom of the soap in the silicone mold gets a leathery, bumpy texture to it. My oven...

I have used SF Herb Co for 4 years for personal orders of herbs, teas and EO's and for gifts for others but today I got my first ever -big- herb shipment. I'm happily packaging them into air tight containers when I see on a package label a note "This item has been packaged on machinery that is...