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  1. Well I wont give out my exact blurb of what I put...but I will give you a short version that you can turn into your own. I basically state that since we try to keep our products as natural as possible and that every ingredient has expiration dates to keep products fresh, we only guarantee our products for 3-6 months (this varies per product). We preserve every product for safety, but even preservatives expire and are no longer effective. I am working on my site and have gone into much further detail of an explanation. I have also stated experiences I have gone through myself (severe infection) from non-preserved products.

    I sometimes too have a hard time coming up with wording. But I check thesauruses and dictionaries for help...and eventually I get it. I feel it is very important to come up with your own wording with pointers from others.

  2. Another helpful thing is if your recipe is in a formula is to use grams (its more precise when making smaller batches IMO). If not, you can always convert it (herbalsoapsbyrj.com has a lot of good calculators to do so). I also have a small scale that measures to 1/100th of a gram which I could not live without. I now do all my formulating for any soap/B&B in grams. When I package to sell or ship, then I use lbs/oz....but otherwise I stick with grams.

    It is also a lot easier to take a formula to grams than a formula to ounces in my opinion. For instance say you are making 100 grams and it calls for 35% well that ends up being 35 grams. If you are making 500 grams, it ends up being 175 grams. If you are making 1000 grams, its 350 grams. It takes less math work IMO.

  3. I got my scale that measures in 1/100th of a gram from him and it has a stainless steel base (all my scales for B&B/candles have the stainless bases). But, I believe Lotioncrafters.com also has the metal bases. I am anal and create recipes in formulas and use grams (and I measure down to the 1/100th gram if necessary). If I find a recipe online I like, I convert it. I could not live without this small scale and I find it a very valuable tool.

    Even my shipping scale from him (weighs up to 125 lbs I think) has a metal base.

  4. Another thing I do when wanting to cool things fast is wrap some ice packs around the base of the bowls. I place the ice packs in old socks, and tie or rubberband them (even have taped them) around the base of the bowls. One of my Mom's meds comes refrigerated so I end up with tons of ice packs and I hate popping in freezer, taking out, etc and have not found a way to do a water bath with the KA.

  5. I have 2 kitchen aids (a 4 qt and 6 qt). I wish I had the 5 qt (yeah undecisive). My whip and flat beaters on my 6 qt are stainless steel so I do use it for both. I just dont add fragrance while I am using my kitchen aid. The 4 qt I have committed to B&B.

  6. I love cream soap. I agree with the yahoo group for info. I use it as a facial soap and a shaving soap. The process does take a while. You "rot" the cream soap in the same way you would cure cp/hp soap. Although even cp/hp can be used immediately, it is best to wait to use the cream soap until the rotting period is over. The other cool thing is you can add a bunch of additives like you would for lotions that makes it even better.

  7. Emu Oil is ok to put in soaps. The thing I have read is the cost of emu oil and do the benefits of emu oil actually survive the saponification. Most say the properties dont last, therefore its just a very expensive oil added to soap. I can not say if this is totally true or not, as I have not personally used emu oil in soaps (due to cost). Also, since soap is a wash off product, I am not sure the emu benefits even if they survive the saponification process would last because it is rinsed off. I personally believe emu oil is better in a leave on product.

    I make both veggie and animal fat soaps and do not have a preference really. It is really about the consumer and what they want.

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