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Thank you Julia! I really appreciate your comment jo

I'm in Australia Candybee and my soap (just olive oil and camel milk) unscented sells for $11.50 a bar

I only wholesale, it's profitable enough for me to make it my business model and more importantly I am not a market person so this suits me. I also love what I do

I make camel milk soap as I mentioned in the other forum. It's smooth and silky and has more fats than goat milk Drinking camel milk been linked to helping with lactose intolerance, crowns disease,autism and of course eczema and psoriasis I love soaping with it and can't keep up with the demand

I am so sorry to hear of Corey's passing. I have a lot of her molds here in Australia. I would love her husbands link please

IFT Agilex has a VBN to die for. Bugtussle does a co op for this and other FOs and I adore it. jo

I cant find a replacement for their tangerine dreams either Peggy! I have tried a couple of others named as it, but, none come close to the strength of the Alabaster one. Ruth, their creme brulee was fantastic I agree, such a shame their oils were really good. jo

HI Candy, Yes the sealant washes off when you first use the soap. You can tell a difference but not for long as the sealant disappears straight away. I only use it for items that most likely wont be used. The sealant is only lightly sprayed on. You are right it must be the low sweat that gives me the different results. jo

Candybee Hi, I have found that once my mp sweats it will always sweat even if I remelt it. Have you found that?? Also I have discovered that if I only heat for 30secs on 30% in the microwave I never have sweating issues. If I forget to do the 30% power on the microwave, I can guarantee that the item will sweat. Currently I use SFIC low sweat cp like clear and white as where I live in Melbourne, its actually possible to have 4 seasons in one day! LOL I have also found that a spray of matte sealant will seal the outside of a presentation mp piece for example and you wont have sweating issues and you dont have to wrap either. This is all my own experience of course, others mileage may vary in their own environments. jo

I too have the same issue with titanium dioxide not whitening as much as I want or expect. In the end I went to micas, it seems to work better for me and I don't have the td crackling issue either. I use olive oil at 50%. jo

I was done with my mastercard overnight. 5,500+ by a company in England that converted the money into pounds and then out of pounds into USD. I was hit with currency conversion fees as well LOL All of it was done in 3 transactions of the exact same amount of $1483.17. There was no little transaction amount to test the account their testing amount was 983.24. Interestingly enough I have never purchased from ACS, but, my last transaction was only 5 days prior with the soap company in WA. That was my only transaction on the card for over 3 months, there are no direct debits either. So Richard I agree with you the paperwork is a PITA. The funniest part was westpac charged me an overdrawn fee as well LOL jo typos

The volume/weight issue also occurs with some FO sellers. I dont mind if they want to sell that way, I do however agree with EricofAZ that they should say this is how they are selling. Sorry to hear about your purchase, its definitely a big difference that you have received when compared to what you thought you were going to receive. jo

Lebermuth tuberose FO is fabulous. Great in cp, sticks like glue. Very close to the real flowers and yes I have the tuberose wax. This FO is much nicer than the wax. I use the wax straight like a balm and rub it on my wrists, its nice on my skin and lasts for quite a few hours that way. jo

Bart Hi, 16oz = 1lb 2500ml = 5.5lbs On the above scenario for the large flat rate box ($54.95USD) you would be able to get 2 x 2500ml bottles with some room left over for a tester or two. However, in my experience it will depend on the shape of the 2500ml bottle as to how it actually fits into the box. I purchased a jug (7lbs) and discovered that the jug was the only thing that fit into the box! LOL I could in theory get another 6lbs in but not in practise. NG however, are very good at packing these boxes as was Bert from Bert's Heaven Scent and Aroma Haven also is good. SGS now have two new retailers and they are both going to use Flat Rate Boxes and ship internationally, so I am hoping they will pack well too. jo

I mentioned decanting because if I purchased 5lbs of an FO from a supplier I would be expecting the FOs to be in one container not separate????? If they were separate then decanting would not be an issue, but I have purchased 8lbs from a supplier and the FO arrived in one jug and a couple of pound bottles. Same with when I have ordered monoi oils, one of the jugs and a couple of pound bottles. There are advantages to buying a larger size of the one FO because the supplier doesn't have to do the decanting. If the shipment was for 13 different scents then that would be much easier for your SiL I would think jo