Its been very cold here in California(at night). My soaps are stored on shelves in my Zen Soap room(which was my garage). The garage is getting very cold at night. Should I move my soaps out of there? This is also where I make my soaps , saponify and cure for 6 weeks.
Can anyone tell me the safe soap making shortcuts and methods to safely speed saponification and how to decrease saponification and cure times for cold process and hot process soaps so that soaps can safely be sold one (1) week after being made.
Now that we are selling our soaps in Mothers Market, I am doing a demo this weekend to sample out my soaps. Any ideas on how to set up the samples on the demo table?
Can anyone recommend a company to print my spray lables? I am going to Kinkos and they use a laser jet...but if any oil or water gets on the labels....they smear....
Does anyone have any good websites to find out where all the craft fairs/events would be? I am in Orange County, CA. I think other fairs would be great too....health expos, green expos, etc
Why do some soaps shrink more than others? I noticed that my Naked soap(olive oil/coconut oil) is the only soap that has REALLY shrunk. Why would this happen?
I want to overhaul my website. I am using go daddy for my quick shopping cart...but I feel like it looks a little cheap. What r your thoughts on my site? Who else can I use to do my site?
www.goodnightmoonsoaps.com
PS...I am totally NOT a website designer
I am going to Mothers Market on Thursday in order for the buyer to place her order.Does anyone have an example of a nice looking order sheet that I can take with me? Yes, this is my first time selling to a store.
Any advice would be awesome
Annmarie
I just got into my first big store. Mothers Market in So Cal. I am a bit nervous since I am a one woman show and have only been selling online. Just bought my barcodes and Insurance...yippeee
Any advice? How do I keep up? The past few weeks I have been making soap everyday to prepare for...
Does anyone know how I would add probiotics to homemade soaps? I can eaither use my probiotics(in the powder form), or I can use my homemade fermented Coconut water keifer.
I guess the big question is HOW and WHEN would I add it? I am thinking that the LYE would just KILL the bacteria.
So, I just got into my first....EVER!!!!! All my hard work is paying off. So, now I am working on getting into my second store.
They are telling me I must have a BAR CODE? How and where do I get a bar code?
What happened to my soaps? I opened all three and they had oozing out of the bottom of the soaps...like a weird orange color.
What could cause this???
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So, my sales are doing good throguh my website, but I want to take my soaps to retailers(wholesale price). What is the BEST way (strategies) for me. Do I just walk into the local stores and show them my goods?
Does anyone now how to make a linen/bed spray? I want to make a lavender one to help us sleep at night.
I know you use distilled water, and glyceryn...but how much? I want to just make 4 oz bottles
I was about to make soap today, but I have been nervous about it due to the weather. It has been pretty cold here in California.
I usually make my soaps in my zen garage.....but its VERY COLD in there now....
Is it still ok to make soap......does the weather matter?
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I have been printing my own labels at home(for my soaps) on my laser printer. I am just getting so busy with orders that doing my own printing at home is not working out for me...plus my dang printer keeps giving me problems
Any suggestions on where to go (online) to find a printer for...