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You could try shea, or mango, or kpangan, or coffee, or any number of other butters.

It is for a large supplier, Wholesale Supplies Plus. IMO, you have to draw the line somewhere. When the cut off is $25 for cheap shipping they can't then give it to everyone who calls to question it. At what point would they stop giving it? $.25, $.50, $1? Then someone would call and say my buddy got flat rate shipping when they were only $1 over and I'm only $1.05 over. There has to be a cut off, KWIM?

You could whip it or you can wait until a thicker trace and use something to sculpt the top. I've used chop sticks, a fork, the handle of my mixing spoon and I've also use my whisk to make star patterns on the surface.

Scented, didn't RobinInOr post a picture once of her bombs in clear acetate boxes? I looked and I can't find the post. Anyone remember it, it was quite a while ago.

Is this the place you were looking for? For Crafts Sake

I've made them but I slice the loofah first and then use individual molds. I never tried it the other way, I just couldn't see how It'd turn out nice because the loofah is so hard to cut.

You should never subject the general public to your experiments.

You are dead wrong. I am no more jealous of someone making soap for 2.5 months than I am of someone making candles for 2.5 months. Both are dangerous when they are selling their products without proper testing. I didn't put the OP down nor was I condescending in my post. If she chose to take offense, I'm sure it was only because she realized the foolishness of her actions.

I didn't have nearly enough guts to sell my soaps after just 2 1/2 months of making them.

What do you mean by fuzziness?

Try using plain olive oil, not the Virgin olive oil. You could also use lard instead but make sure you run the change though a soap calc. Lard makes a nice white bar.

*Dee*, check out the links at the bottom of this page. There are at least 5 links for TCs fo's.

Grama, I don't use CS, ummm, can you tell me what supplier that is? Candle and supplies, CandleScience???? Thanks, and do you have a couple of ounces I could buy from you for testing? Have you tried it in soy?

TD will not turn a soap white, it will make it lighter than it would be without the TD. The pink sugar FO should turn your soap a dark brown, about the color of a Hershey bar or darker, maybe even a Special Dark bar. The TD will keep it from getting that dark but it won't be anywhere near white. Sorry

Speaking of Tyler Candles, I want to find a dupe of their Med Fig. If anyone can tell me who might carry that exact scent, I'd appreciate it.

Stephsteph, I have some extra Emu, if you need some. I don't make any kind of salve so didn't post anything to your other thread, sorry. I too would use straight emu. It soaks in really fast, melts on contact and is really good for pain and inflamation. Let me know if you need some.

It's used in a sentence like "My car is a POS." I hear it and use it all the time. LOL

I don't know exactly but if you scroll down to the bottom of this page, you'll see about 5 threads with similar questions. Check them out, I'm sure you'll find your answer.

pjb31apb, I just have to tell you that it'd take some guts to order from POS Paper. Around here, people us P.O.S. when they are trying to say Piece Of Sh*t. POS. LMAO. Thanks for the giggle.

They have huge rolls of it at the Costco near me but I just buy it at Wal-Mart in the small rolls.

Tennessee has the best Love Spell, no exceptions. Sorry, I haven't tried any of Berts FO's, I only buy skin safe for both candles and B&B.

My two quart plastic measuring cup. It's the absolute perfect size for a 2lb batch, fits in my little mini-micro and won't break if it gets hot. It's made out of the same stuff the old colored tupperware was made from only it's white with red raised lettering. Oh yeah, and my bakers racks from Costco. Huge, stainless, 4 big wheels and 6 shelves. It holds lots of curing soaps. I have 4 of them.

I went to the HonestFoods site today and was puzzled by the * by the statement about shipping and handling included. I put in 6 RBO's and couldn't find an *, then changed it to 5 RBO's and couldn't find an *, I even changed it to 1 RBO and still no asterisk. Then I noticed a box I hadn't noticed before for figuring shipping. I entered my info and BAM! there was the asterisk, right next to the $20 in the shipping box. It brought my total up to $59 for one box with shipping and handling. I then changed it back to 6 boxes and also 5 boxes and it reverted back to no shipping charge. I searched all over that site for some additional info on shipping and only found a small blurb about they will charge you actual shipping with no handling fees. I assume, like all the other UPS shipping calcs, it doesn't figure hundredweight pricing. It must be figured out and charged later. Sorry you got screwed eugenia.

I highly recommend the SoapMaker program. It stores all of your recipes and keeps inventory. You can even inventory jars and soap boxes. Just enter them as ingredients and use them in the program. It adds the cost of those items into the cost of the product. I use several expensive oils in my soap recipe so it probably wouldn't be a good soap to compare.

I don't see the problem. The promotion is for anything $25 and under. You are over $25 so you don't get the shipping promotion. No offense but why are you mad at WSP, you are the one that is wrong.