sweetiepie

Looks great for your first try! Glad you had a good show.

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A word of caution for anyone who uses their brown kraft labels...they have changed color. I was seriously ticked off when my last order contained a mixture of the old kraft and the new kraft. I sent an email asking about the difference. I was told that the new color was a change that was made by their supplier and it was permanent. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I just don't think I like the new shade.

I don't know if these guys do the work you need, but it never hurts to check it out. http://www.greenerprinter.com/grp/home.do I'm planning on using them for biz cards soon.

For pine tar soaps I recommend using full water, soaping relatively cool and melting your pine tar with some reserved oil from your batch and adding the tar/oil mix at trace. Don't try to stickblend the tar/oil mixture into the traced soap, it's better to whisk it by hand. I've noticed that PT soap takes longer to cure, it will feel pretty sticky for a while, especially if you use a large percentage of pine tar. Nothing will cover that scent, but it does mellow over time to something almost pleasant.

I was interested in a few of their waxes so I asked about southern, eastern or midwestern distributors. The reply I got stated that they are working toward having one distributor in Texas and another in Ohio by early next year. HTH

They are soaps with a lot of lanolin added to lanolize the wool, in other words, make it water resistant. I think a 100% coconut or lard bar with a low superfat and lots of lanolin would be a good place to start with these. I've read that a lot of people prefer a liquid wool wash and a separate lanolizer, but I'm sure many use bars as well. BTW, felted soaps are an entirely different beast. They are soaps with their own built in washcloth. I'm not sure how I feel about them, but I've seen some lovely ones.

I would send her a replacement candle and include a shipping label for her to send back the old candle in the same box that the new candle arrived in. Kinda the same thing Amazon does. You could also ask her to email you a pic of the candle lit and unlit, that might help you determine what the problem might have been. I'd choose whichever method is best for the customer. Either way, I really don't see NOT replacing the candle as an option. That's just really bad cs.

Not anymore. They accept credit cards now (hows that for irony) and you can do the whole thing over the net and get instant approval. At least that's how it worked for me. The only thing that's a bit of a pain is the validation process for adding a checking account to your account. It's kinda strange.

I don't trust the list on FNWL's site. They list high-linoleic safflower oil as having a shelf life of 2 years. I don't see how that's possible unless they are sneaking some sort of antioxidant into the oil. They also give hemp seed oil a 1 year shelf life. Yeah, good luck with that.

Unless you're using the oil on wet skin or in the shower you will not get any warming effect from the zeolite. It requires water for activation. Also, it wouldn't make any sense for someone to use it in lotion that contains water. The zeolite loses its heating properties within seconds of coming into contact with water. That's why you have to keep the powder itself in a tightly sealed container. Even water in the air can cause the zeolite to heat up and lose its effectiveness.

You've gotten excellent advice, but I just want to add a word of warning about rose geranium. It can (and almost always does) seize like crazy, so work fast if you use it. EO's are awesome, have fun!

Royal makes battery operated cash registers like this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ROYAL-115cx-ELECTRIC-OR-BATTERY-OPERATED-Cash-Register_W0QQitemZ270157390641QQihZ017QQcategoryZ109400QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem HTH.

Gee, you want someone to make them for you too?

That does not apply to any bitter almond eo sold in the US. It is against the law to sell unrectified bitter almond eo in the US. If you buy real bitter almond (not it's synthetic cousin Benzaldehyde) it will be listed as bitter almond FFPA. FFPA means free from prussic acid. BTW, most places will still not sell undiluted ba oil. In the US it is regulated by the DEA. Liberty Natural sells it straight but you have to jump through a few hoops. Rainbow Meadows sells it blended with sweet almond oil. In the wrong hands any eo is potentially dangerous, but your chances of death by sugar scrub is pretty unlikely.