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Isn't onestopcandle in NYC?

My bath salts stay dry, and I live on the coast. I pack mine in tin tie bags. The only salts I ever packaged in jars were dampish as well. Why, I don't know.

I think it would be a ton of work. When I need a label stuck on anything, I use the printable sheets.

It's a really good price, however, you'll have to clean it. I'd buy 5 lbs, and try cleaning it to see if it's worth the effort.

Hi Lindsay, I've never yet needed to use the info from any of your posts, but I'd like to say thank you anyway for some of the amazing, well-thought-out things you've posted. They are quite a resource for those of us who are a little less business oriented. Thanks!

You can also use a knuckle buster and call in for authorization using a cell phone. Not highly recommended, but will do in a pinch.

They need a phone line, you can get some that run through a cell phone. And yes, I'm pretty sure they need to be plugged in. (I have one, but someone else always has to hook stuff up for me.)

I'd think that's something you'd pretty well have to figure out yourself. A lot of it depends on where you live, as a lot of regulations etc vary from state to state, and even from town to town.

Maybe this is a dumb answer because I don't do scented candles, but wouldn't the problem be with your FO? From what I've read, 12% sounds like an awful lot.

I think many of us are. To me, making the soap is the easy part. I use a log mold with a cutter thing on one end, and I still get the occasional wonky bar.

Fabric or sewing stores would carry it.

I use my votive wick pins in my tealight cups: I have some of the cups set aside as molds, pop in the wick pin, & pour.

Definitely my "Pee & Puke" soap. Goatsmilk full strength, and when I added the lye, it smelled like a million wet diapers left in a garbage bag in a car on a hot day in August. Then I forgot to stir it and it formed this orange curdy crust on top (the puke). I actually poured it into my oils and made soap, and the soap was a little odd. The middle of the soap in the log mold rose up, and then collapsed, leaving a very dense centre. It did make a usable soap, which I used in the bathroom at work (maybe that's why someone went out and bought some commercial liquid soap?) Luckily the smell disappeared. I still have a couple of bars.

Total # of ounces of oils is how much salt you want: 100 oz of oils means 100 oz of salt. Also, along with dead sea salt, you CANNOT use epsom salt.

New Directions also has a bit of info on the various clays they sell.

It's a little sparse, but I'm assuming you will add to it. My only complaint is offering "all natural" candles with dye and fragrance oils. I know that "natural" is not a legal term and that everyone has their own definition, but I personally would have a problem with the fragrance oils.

While we're on the topic of votives and wicks, why isn't a floating wick an issue with votives as it is with container candles? (I don't do containers, but I have read that the wicks have to be glued down or else it could be dangerous). I've burned quite a few votives recently, and my wick has never even come remotely close to floating, but am just wondering if it could be a problem?

I used cooled down lye, melted down my hard oils, added my liquid oils, and then added my cold lye and proceeded as usual. If I remember, it took longer to trace, but there was a lot less hassle with the temps. And yes, I'd try with a smaller batch first.

Mine burn till there's nothing left, and then I just pop out the tab.

I agree.

I think it's quite high, they should charge one or the other, but not both. As for comparing the charges to those at a craft fair, a well run craft fair is likely to attract at least several thousand people, whereas a store is extremely unlikely to attract that many over a short period of time.

I've ordered from her once and didn't have a problem, but I read at another forum of other people's horror stories regarding her. It's a pity if it's true, she has an amazing range of products.

This whole fat/trans fat thing is in some cases going too far. I've seen juice labelled as 0% trans fat, like there is a lot of fat in normal juice (all those greasy oranges, yuck). People are always off and flying on a fad of some sort, and making everybody else's life miserable as a result. Does it matter if your soap is 0% trans fat? Sheesh!!!!

A few drops of EO in a simmering pot of water works well, I'm assuming FO's would also work, and is as easy and cheap and un-messy as you can get. Why on earth would you need a jelly that you squeeze out of a bottle.

Coffee grinder or blender.