KristinesShower

I find that cleaned out molds work alot better than ones that are sprayed with anything. I always have a glass of hot water next to me when my bathbombs start to stick. I dip my mold into the water and shake off. The first bathbomb molded after that will be wet, but I always start over with a new one until I have to dip and shake again. Pressure is one of the key ingredients to a good bathbomb, so definitely leave that step in. The tighter the better. I always use to throw the mixture at the wall - that way it spread all over the carpet, made my house smell nice and I vacuumed it up later *lol*

OMH Citrus Vanilla Lavender Every show I go to, these seem to be the most popular. (Either people asking for them or buying them)

3x3x1¼" 4.5oz each

After researching this very subject all week, I've come up with several sites that I think will help traffic (some are free and some are not though) - but I could be wrong too lol I got these off a WAHM board, so alot of them are geared toward that market. http://www.mommyshelperonline.com/advertise.html#website http://www.internetbasedmoms.com/ads/budget.htm http://www.wahmsearchengine.com/free_advertising.shtml http://www.momsmarketonline.com/Advertising.html http://www.theclassiclife.com/advertising.html http://www.freeadvertisingforum.com/ I've also had my banner on the following sites that helped with traffic (they are more my market): www.purplepinkandorange.com www.lemmingcentral.com Then there were these places as well that fit my market: http://www.indieshopping.com/ http://theprettythings.net http://www.thriftychick.com/ http://www.thepinkpuppy.com/ http://www.stylebakery.com/ www.craftrevolution.com www.homeofthesampler.com www.girlposse.com http://www.theproductjunkie.com/ And this is just this week LOL

I think you have to affix the wick to a wick tab don't you? I mean, I've never made them before (or even seen one up close), but I would think you had to tab it.

Julia - have you checked with the bank you do business with? I have done everything online, but nothing ever compared to what I got through my local bank. Once you hit a certain dollar amount every month, it is like throwing money away on fees when you do things with propay or paypal. As long as you stay under a certain amount, it is good though - so I guess it would depend on the dollar amount you are doing too.

I tried it once, but turns out none of my packages were even close to using first class or parcel (plus everyone hates going that route anyway - they would rather have priority it seems) Hope you got to call your CC company today to cut them off. Nothing worse than a company that just doesn't "get" why you don't want to do business with them anymore LOL

Hey Annie - I know you are always talking about optimizing and all that - can you help me out? I have bon bons...oops, no I don't - but I do have bomb bombs lol (oh yeah, and money too lol)

If you have wrinkles and teardrops, you aren't done - keep shrinking about 8 inches away at the lowest temp. Move it around alot and don't concentrate on one spot. I do believe the shrinkwrapping is a skill...a skill I don't have, but I do know what DOESN'T work because I've screwed so many things up in the past lol

I do CP and I charge $4.39 per bar or 3 for $10.00 in the store. I use olive, sunflower, coconut, palm kernel, and avocado oils & shea butter in all of my soaps.

If you are interested in some that look like a wheel and are 5 compartment - give me a buzz. I bought 560 of them and won't be using a ONE lol

Here is my information for your records Shelly: Jenny Hoehn / Kristine's Shower Inc 723 S Clark St STE 7 Utica, IL 61373 (815)667-3499 (775)252-1987 KristinesShower@aol.com I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Wow, I am very happy that the search feature on CT is user friendly so people can come back on these posts at any time & for the record Shelly? I have been a member here for a very long time and people know me. They don't, however know you - but they are getting to know you, your friends and your business very well.

Crap I messed that up, but the link will go there lol It is madinaonline.com and they have the displays and the bottles too. We use them for our lava gloss and I got a display from them a couple years ago. It is kinda big though - I think a 92 piece or something like that so you have to make alot of gloss lol

Here's another spot: Bottle

Do you have a CC that is hooked up to the account? I would call the CC company and tell them to make sure they don't take anymore funds from your account. You will be very surprised how fast stamps.com then calls YOU. Everything becomes important to a business owner when you cut off their money.

Yeah if you want 'em - I didn't want to list them and have someone take them from you. You want 'em then? I will list them now if you want me to or you can just pm me and I can do that too lol Honestly I don't think I am going to use them...I keep thinking I am - they've been sitting for 2 years LOL

Absolutely Shelly because you are dealing with a COMMUNITY of small business owners & I am in that community. I happen to care about these ladies, so you're damn right I am going to ask questions. What bothers me the most is that you fail to understand why all the questions. Don't you want your customers to know these things? I mean, what do you have to hide? If nothing, then just reply with honest answers - that's all you have to do. Oh, and PS- I do have time on my hands...all I have to wait for is a baby right now because I am off on maternity leave, but I don't think any of that is relevant to the way you handle your business is it? lol

If I were to make a wickless candle, I would want to get the wax that could carry the highest fragrance load without seeping - but I don't know what that is lol I have only used one (well, two really but I ditched the other when it wouldn't work) kind of wax. I'm sure there are alot of ladies (and gents!) on here that tested alot of different waxes and they can help with that, but I would go for the highest fragrance load wax.

So, last week when a customer wanted to do talk to someone at DIYestores (according to her post on the board), you could of called her, but you chose not to? How 'bout LadyDi and the problems she is having now - can you give her a call too? Please help me understand because this is far different from what you were saying last week.

They will call you and walk you through things LadyDi, maybe you could ask one of them to give you a call for help?

Oh, if you are setting up a site you call and walk them through it, but problems once you have the site are answered through help desk and message boards. Sorry for the confusion on my part, I do apologize Shelly.

It is nice to finally see that this option has been put into place.

www.soaperschoice.com Gallons for 16.51 each

I just looked and I have 9 small bon bons and 10 large bon bon molds. I should have listed them when I was cleaning, but I really thought I would use them again. lol No, I am just fooling myself