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    Working INCI in reverse?

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

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    Citrus aurantifolia - lime

    Thank you all for your help so far. One question though, is this the fruit or the mineral?

    I'm thinking it's the essential oil of the fruit, on several of those all that came up were sites in foriegn laguages :shocked2: all I did was copy and paste the name over into google and looked at what came up, several of the items were on sites such as thesage.com a very excellent suppliers site.

    Sami

    Working INCI in reverse?

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

    Posted

    Kiss my Face peaches and cream moisture shave

    Potassium myristate* - type of salt

    Sodium myristate* - another type of salt

    Retenol - a cousin of vitamin A

    Tocopherol Acetate - vitamin E

    Allantoin - white, crystalline oxidation product, of uric acid that is the metabolic end product of vertebrate purine oxidation and is used medicinally to promote tissue growth.

    Lecithin - mostly a mixture of glycolipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids (a lubricant ans emulsifier)

    Citrus aurantifolia - lime

    Alchemilla vulgaris - an herb called lady's foot

    Mentha piperita - peppermint

    Cymbopogon schoenanthus - lemongrass essential oil

    I just love google! Hope this helps a little

    Sami

    clear aloe vera

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

    Posted

    I picked up a bottle of it to pair with my lotion and make a body parfait. From what I've read about making your own gel it can be difficult and requires a few ingredients. Now if only I'd get some time to try making lotion I could use it.

    Sami

    I wish suppliers would...

    in General Candle Making Discussions

    Posted

    I always choose UPS over FedEx. UPS delivers from Oakland the day they get it there (more than 40 miles away) and FedEx has a site less that 20 miles away but it takes them at least a whole day if not longer to get the package from there to me. FedEx also delivers weird hours, all over the map, and several different trucks can be seen in my nieghborhood daily, where UPS I know the driver and he is in my area at 11am everyday.

    I really do wish more suppliers would jump on the flatrate boxes though especially for the little stuff like fo samplers and wicks.

    Sami

    yet another wick question

    in Vegetable Wax & Beeswax Candle Making

    Posted

    Ok long here so get ready,

    I have been testing the 4 oz tins from peaks, ecosoya 135 and lx wicks. I've settled on the 16 or 18 depending on fo. I get great pours and cold throw, but no hot throw. I thought this was because my testing room (12 x 16) was too large for the little tin. Well I got a candle warmer on sale to try out, never used one before, set my tester candle of peaks cucumber cantaloupe on it and wow, the entire upstairs is smelling good.

    So a scientific question would be why is there such a difference between wick burning and warming when it comes to hot throw?

    More practical question for me is what wick comes close to the lx16 and lx18 for me to try?

    Sami

    Sodium Hydroxide from Lowes

    in General Soap Making

    Posted

    I don't know how yours was packaged but at my store there was nothing stopping me so I just opened it up and looked for the metal, didn't see any so I figured it is the right stuff. (I'm waiting to buy because bcn will be carrying it soon and I need to order from them anyway)

    Sami

    Stand mixers for b&b

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

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    I went for a KA since the mixer I had I hated using even for baking.

    At linens and things, they will let you use those 20% off coupons that come in the newspaper on the KA. I got mine for $223 plus at the time they had a $20 mail in rebate too.

    (Right now they have a special where you get an attachment free, I've heard the slicer part is good for rebatching)

    Sami

    Labels for B&B

    in Bath, Body & Cosmetics

    Posted

    I wish I knew what DayStar did to THEIR labels, cuz you know how FO will drip down the side when pour it out? Their labels do NOT smear at all, even when I wipe the drips off quite vigorously. ????

    They look to be just plain white labels, not vinyl or even shiny, just matte white labels.

    Hmmmmmm

    They could be using this Epsom printer I keep hearing about (can't remember # now) but it uses some high tech ink that supposedly will go through the dishwasher multiple times without ever smearing or running.

    Can you call them and ask? I've never bought from them.

    I've bought some vinyl cling sheets to see what happens with those, otherwise I think they'll look good on my tumbler candles.

    Sami

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