thecandlespastore

Wow! You have been busy. They all look wonderful!

I was afraid that I would not be able to duplicate this, but I think I nailed it (are these pics huge, I have a 22" monitor and can't tell, even after resizing.) These are pop colors:

In the mold:

The first bar from an older batch:

Cut bars from the new batch:

The middle and the first one at my fave!

I actually drop my slabs on the floor from my knees down to make them even, especially when I absentmindedly pour at a thick trace.

I think they are swamped with orders from so many people at once.

If you want my honest opinion the background ois too busy. I would change it to black words on a white background and lose the fruits and veggies and have a plain white background.

Lowes carries sodium hydroxide. If you are still looking for some PM me and I can sell you a pound or two of mine.

I have never used it because i thought it had DOS issues......But its so much cheaper than other oils that I normally use. I might have to try it out.

The downside is that they do not come in a box but I use a little hang tag that I tie around the reeds. My customers don't seem to care about boxes.

http://tonysfragranceoils.com/forums

Thanks!

I get mine from Just Scent, the bottle is so pretty (the square) and the reeds are awesome. It took me forever to find reeds that would not clog or throw properly. I have tried those other kits from Natures Garden (the same ones All White carries I think) and I was not pleased with the scent throw from the reeds. Here's one of mine. I believe you get 60 bottle sets for $72, and you can buy 100 reeds for $12.95. The diffuser oil is fantastic too (both from JS and NG):

I carry a 6 oz with 12" reeds. Its easier to fit 12" reeds into boxes.

Madinaonline.com has it but they do not spell it out either. Great smelling stuff:smiley2:

http://madinaonline.com/items.asp?Cc=P519&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=

What is the link to Tony's forums? TIA!

Luckily they are 20 minutes down the road from me, so I don't have that problem. I love WSP, the ladies (and guys) are always helpful when I stop by and I have never had a problem with them. They are the only supplier I know where I can order at 11 am and pick everything up big or small at 11:15 am (and its all packed and ready to go when I get there.) The other supplier close by to me takes 4-5 days to call or email me that my order is ready but I will continue to support them.

Contrary to popular belief, rules are not meant to be broken. They say $25, and the order is over that, then the promotion no longer applies. I think they are right not to bend the rules, otherwise what's the point.

A bit of a hijack here. Do you know the rest of the story about Mrs. Liebeck? Probably not. Well, it would seem that McDonald's had been warned repeatedly to reduce the scalding hot temperature of their coffee. Somewhere around 700 claims had been filed for similar incidents, and many were settled by McDonalds. Their own documents showed that McDonald's was aware of the burn hazard when foods are served at temperatures in excess of 140 degrees but failed to warn its customers. So when Mrs. Liebeck was burned by their extremely, and I do mean extremely--as in 185-190 degrees--hot coffee, the court said ENOUGH and the suit went forward, she won, and the rest is history. I do not consider this a laughing matter AT ALL.

Considering that they are able to serve 24 million cups of coffee to 24 million other people that do not scald themselves daily versus the 1 idiot every year that does should speak volumes. According to this there is another side to the story. Either way it goes the woman was still a moron for sitting a cup of hot coffee in between her thighs.

It would take a WHOLE lot of self-control, but I would hit delete asap. Everything in me would want to address this idiot & call them out, but I think that's called 'taking the bait.'

Although, if I were to respond:

Dear Phantom Burner --

Nothing in your correspondence indicates we have ever met, nor that you have ever purchased one of my candles. This begs me to question: Why on earth are you writing to me? What problem am I expected to solve? What is a refrig cooler ... & how does it lead to a garbage can fire? Actually, what the hell is a garbage can fire? Why are you cleaning up outside? How do you know my candles smell great, yet you don't know how I contain them? What is your motive? What is the name of your Insurance Agent? And, oh yeah ... who the hell are you?

In America we don't buy the extra vowels, so I can't really help with your love of odours. I've never sent any of my candles across the pond, so I know your issue isn't with me. You say you'll never light another candle ... so, again, I find myself quite confused by our conversation.

You ask me to share my secrets for a candle that's "ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT QUESTION, SAFE." Let's face it, Granny, as long as there is one single person on this earth who shares your DNA, this probably isn't possible. Since you possess the minimal skills of effective communication, I have to make the sweeping assumption that you also have little ability to comprehend the written word. Please note, that would include our intriguing correspondence AND the instructions for proper burning techniques included with all reputable candles priced over one dollar. If you don't have enough common sense to burn a candle properly or take responsibility for your own actions, then you really need 24-hour supervision to prevent you from lighting the pretty flame. I hate to be the harsh bearer of reality, but since you sought me out ... you're an idiot. Unfortunately, there's nothing anyone can do to make the world a safer place when people like you exist without the basic skills of functional intelligence.

P.S. -- Good luck with that new insurance policy.

OMG, this is tooo funny!

Ok, I'm gonna go out on a limb here. Some people may think I'm crazy, but hey... that's just me.

Did you do these two batches on the same day? Did you use tap water or distilled water (or spring water)?

I can tell you what has happened (and still happens) in my experience.

I use tap water for my soaps. I don't go buy distilled or spring water (only for drinking purposes, lol).

I've had this "grittiness" happen to me a couple of times already. My soap actually felt like it had a super fine pumice to it! lol It wasn't "scratchy"... just.... "gritty". A very fine grittiness.

It wasn't lye heavy, it was my regular old recipe. The soap looked fine (lovely actually), smelled fine, and lathered fine. It just felt.... weird.

The only crazy conclusion I could come up with is this....

Maybe there's a POSSIBILITY that the day I made that batch, using tap water... that there was a high mineral content in the city's water that day. lmao And it affected my soap!! I've had this happen to two batches already.

Yep. That's my conclusion. Call me crazy. But that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. lmao

If anyone else has a hypothesis... please elaborate! LOL

I only use Distilled water. Last time I used tap water my soap never set up (and it was a 5 batch night with a tried and true recipe.) Ran out of distilled water and said, what the heck, everyone else uses tap. Soaps were semi-liqud in the morning (usually rock hard within 10 hours.) Since that episode I will never use tap again.

I don't think its the castor. I use 20-25% in each batch, makes one mean silky bar! My conditioning score for my fave recipe is 56. My base recipe's conditioning score is 53. I cringe when I see recipes with conditioning scores of 50 and under, makes my skin itch just thinking about it. My recipes also contain 10% shea butter, and if it melted all the way when you melted your oils, then it can't be the shea, or the coconut oil, since soap during gelling gets much hotter than the melting points of both.

Castor is a drawing oil that helps draw blood circulation, etc. But it does not draw moisture out of the skin in a soap IMO, it is a moisturizing oil, and perfect for increasing the conditioning properties in your soap.

What company is KY?

Thanks! I will try the 1.9 x 2.5, I think those should go great with ovals! Thanks

What size label do you normally use for your oval and for the regular round lip balm container .15 oz? TIA!

Totally awesome!

Mmm, looking good!

the pink was a surplus bottle i cant seem to find it on there now to get a price so i am guessing it is sold out

There was a malfunction or defect with the bottles when they arrived so they took them off the site.

They are right up the road from me (in fact I live on the same main road as the warehouse.) I would not mind doing a co op after I am done with this cocoa butter co op this weekend. But really after I calculated the savings doing the co op, we only save $.02, co op price would be $.06, buying the 48 piece would be $.08. And at that price they are probably going to sell out of them faster than hot cakes.