soapermom

some other kind of berry scent... and something sweet.. like a pink sugar or creme brulee or cake or chocolate scent..

i can never unload a plain ole vanilla, but mix it with something.. and its gone. like vanilla jasmine, or berries and "cream"

just my crappy 2 cents.

Pick 3 or so things to work on for awhile.. get them down pat.. don't overwhelm yourself with trying out everything all at once. Don't stress of packaging and labelling yet... work on your product. The you can work on the look and possible theme you might like and go from there.. there are SOOO many products and SOOO many scents, its so easy to get carried away and do a lot of wasteful spending. After you get 3 or so GREAT things.. you can start adding to you a line a bit at a time... and prefecting the little things here and there... its so much fun, but its still a lot of work.

my business "hook" is a country kitchen kinda theme.. so all my lotions and stuff are food smells like coconut cream pie, devils food cake,strawberry jam, raspberry cobbler etc etc..I do one "grandmas garden" that is a sweet pea,peony and jasmine blend

I think some people expect a result they arent going to get. It will feel greasier than lotion, its just butter and oils.. and too much cornstarch and stuff.. will make it feel kinda ... icky and the starch will lay on your skin.

I am soo excited, giddy even. I think you all might understand though.

All the tutti dolce dupes i ordered are coming, my liquid poly, I have never played with before.. and slsa, also a new toy for me... FUN FUN FUN:yay:

after christmas.. I rename this one country gift shop:)

drakkar, anything apple, clean linen or downy scents and some herbal blends

Yeah, I noticed that about 5 suppliers carry a raspberry sorbet, but only one of them (willowwoods) advertises it as a Yank dupe. I just want it to burn for myself, so it's kind of a long-term search...I guess I could order some samples from the ones who don't advertise it as a dupe and see if any of them are close!

Thanks, soapermom!

I color soaps, bath salts, I don't color lip balms, lotions or body butters usually, unless there is an ingrediant that tints it naturally...I have colorful packaging so its all good.

these aren't advertised as dupes though... but natures garden stuff is always awesome..

http://www.alabastercandlesupply.com/

www.naturesgardencandles.com

the perfect size for these I have come to find, IMO for bath truffles.. silicone ice trays... they arent even as deep as a regualr plastic ice tray and you can get all kinds of cute shapes.. though i only use a heart shaped one... its makes 12 10 ml sized truffles.

I am working on these now.... I made a mold.. and almost have what I what hardness wise...I am doing menthol /eucalyptus ones.. as well as some aroma therapy ones....that just smells nice..

I am not trying to duplicate... as their formula has a chemical reaction attached.. if you touch it while activated.. its HOt... I am aiming for something more along the lines of those cheesy bath cubes we got when we were kids...

I think the scent "Buck Lure" has to be the most disguisting thing I have ever heard of. Unless of course you go on the SOS website. They have some pretty racy FO selections if you really look.

I think people traditionally associate cinnamon with holidays and baking.. But some like that scent year round.. I do.

food color stains... when I had a real life job.. I was a chef:) , the cake colors also have other ingrediants like vegetable gum, sorbitol PG methylcellulose.. its best to use cosmetic colorants..gel tones, micas,I use basic 12 lab color dyes..

Haven't personally tried them myself but you would need the SAP for them...

Bear Tallow Sap Value: NAOH SAP Value 0.139

KOH SAP Value 0.1946

Dunno on the other 2

ETA: Have you ever rendered tallow? Not to discourage you, but those may REAK when you do them. I don't know as I haven't ever rendered them, just rendered beef tallow and that was enough. I'll buy it first already rendered!

I use less soda and citric acid than called for.. just because I like it more to be like a solid bath oil... and I hate the gritty feeling of that stuff...I clean my tub more often( I have too many kids).. and i use that clorox with teflon.. that prevents me from getting many tub rings....

in my line.. they arent the same..... I know some people use the term interchangeably.

my whipped shea is just shea, light oil and cornstarch.... its great for very very dry skin.. not something i would want as a daily all over moisturizer...

my body butter, is shea+ other butters(cocoa mango etc...) plus water e wax etc... which is a very thick cream or lotion... thicker than a normal body lotion... but not so greasy and great all over daily moisturizer.

I have noticed of course a lot use the melt..freeze, whip method, and some whip over an ice bath etc...

does anyone make this with softened butters? I ask because I never melt.... I use soft butters, and whip at the consistancy of say..shortening.. it gets fluffy and nice and i am happy with it. Are their any extra benefits to melting? increased volume or anything? I havent tried it as I heard alot of people complaining of things going wrong.. like getting it too hot, shea going grainy etc..and I am not one who usually tries to fix what isn't broke.. but i was just curious if i was missing out on any thing KEY to a better product?

what a great idea... buying the uglies:yay:

Just wait till you see a bunch without a centered wick

Did u get them from WSP? If u did, u will be happy with your choice.

Any one tried any of these? I just ordered a few.. I am hoping they are as good as the real thing and save me some $. I am addicted to that stuff.

Does Baby Powder usually turn dark in CP? I made some a week or so ago, and it was a pretty yellow with curls of blue and pink from other batches. I thought this turned out nice..well, now it is a dark color, not really brown though.

8 oz.. or large 24 oz apothecary, I sell very few 16 oz..