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    Natural Mosquito Repellant

    Tincture of Yarrow makes a great insect repellant: http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/April08/wisewoman.htm
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    My Soap is bleeding... Break out the bandages...

    Glad to see that particular subject answered. I've always assumed that if volatile scent constituents survive, then so must some of the benefits or hazards. I so wish someone would do a peer reviewed study specifically on saponification and EOs so we aren't relying on anecdotal evidence and...
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    My Soap is bleeding... Break out the bandages...

    Can you please reference or site his statement of that quote, or a lab study or other scientific research where saponification and essential oils is concerned? I'd be more than happy to have more information on that specific topic.
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    Lemon & star anise

    I bet it smells divine!
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    Question about selling Essential Oils

    Aura Cacia, NOW brand, or any other brand you buy in a health food store doesn't come with "warning labels", except that maybe it needs to be diluted prior to use (but they never say how much). The average consumer has no idea about proper dilution rates and think of EOs as "perfume" and think...
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    Hot Process_Flaking Skin

    I'm a 6 week cure advocate myself (I don't HP, but ALL my CP soaps cure 6 weeks) and I have dry skin...but I've never gotten flaky from washing my hands with my 3 day old soap (the end pieces after unmolding/cutting). It's not as nice and conditioning as 4 or 6 week soap, but not so harsh that...
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    Hot Process_Flaking Skin

    HP is saponified immediately, not cured. Curing happens over a period of weeks. Some people think once its saponified that it is ok to use, but experience tells most of us that the quality certainly improves over a 4-6 week cure, whether HP or CP. With that being said, unless you are having a...
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    I love these

    Did you look on eBay? I've seen these at JoAnns and listed on eBay. Soaps look great and I love the natural colorants!
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    Weighing oils.......

    Grams are more accurate...but either way: Round UP with oil - Round DOWN with lye :) So for your example, use 62 grams for 7% superfat.
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    The Zap Test: A Visual Guide

    Wait 48 hours for gelled soaps, a little longer for non gelled soaps.
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    How do you ship?

    Trust me, with USPS hiking their rates up astronomically, you're better off using small flat rate boxes. I just shipped 2 soaps to California today - $5.15 flat rate/ $9.33 Priority regular rate for 1 pound 1 ounce!!! I shipped 3 to Maryland yesterday in a small flat rate box...would have been...
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    BB's 12 cavity rectangle silicone mold

    I was debating these myself after I got the newsletter coupon...I can't decide if I'm gonna sell smaller bars (like this mold) or raise my prices. Also, I'm kinda partial to fluffy tops, which obviously wouldn't work with this mold...but that's a great deal that I'm having trouble passing up...
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    Feedback on new website welcome!

    Much better! I love how you have your events listed on your home page - great idea (I may steal it)! I don't see "blood" either, by the way...I see pretty glittery soap batter...
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    How Much do You Discount Your Lye?

    Usually 8%...but for my "guy" soaps, I use 5% and for salt bars I use 20%. I find that guys want a more "cleansing" soap (they associate that squeaky feeling with clean) and women prefer a less "cleansing" soap that feels more moisturizing by default. I can use the same recipe (with the...
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    Looking for verbena suggestions

    Lemon Verbena smells a lot like Lemongrass or Lemon Myrtle to me. Not exactly, but very close.
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    my first essential oil

    If you use it in soap and can't smell it...it would probably make a yummy Vinagrette salad dressing! I love dual purposes! ;)
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    my first essential oil

    That would be an infused oil, not an essential oil :) Orange EO is cold pressed...there are no carriers, like Olive Oil, in (pure) essential oils.
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    how natural is lye?

    :shifty: Cookie Dough Essence? What Cookie Dough Essence? :shifty: Nope, no Cookie Dough Essence here...especially not hidden in my sock drawer...absolutely not :shifty:
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    how natural is lye?

    Ooh, chocolate! Yes! And it's "natural"! ;-)
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    how natural is lye?

    Rub it in, Genny...Rub it in...:evil: I prefer to think of myself as "vintage", like a fine wine: "Oh, this 1973 vintage Chateau Bladdityblah will go purrrrrfect with the Truffle Oil braised Escargot!" Doesn't that sound better than: "I'm 39, but some days I feel 89. **** kids!"
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