kidsngarden

I was thinking of charging the same as the body shop - $8.00 for a 1.67 Oz container.

Bethany

Do you really use nonfat dry milk for milk bath? Can you get dry milk that isn't non fat?

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Bethany

Consignment on the short term and not a huge amount of stock is my plan. I'm totally going to tell them I will not heistate to pull out at ANY time, but after a specific date I will pull if they don't go straight wholesale.

Bethany

I'd much rather just use common names, less to write and more easily understood.

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Bethany

It's family - that's the only reason I am consigning with them. I know I know, business and family like oil and water. They are about 2 hours away. They have a computer program I can check to monitor my sales. For me this is a trial. The demographic is completely different than where I live. This is a very upscale clothing store in downtown Seattle and in Bellevue (burb of Seattle). I live in a farming community. They may go into an exclusive line if my stuff sells in thier store - which then of course would be straight up wholesale. Even if they don't want me to do an exclusive I'm think of saying 2 - 3 months consignment then after that if they want my product it will be wholesale. That is plenty of time to see if it flies there.

So I foot the bill to ship - right?

Bethany

I thought I read somewhere that in the US we do not have to use the technical terms for our products - shea is just shea, jojoba is jojoba, etc. Is this true?

Bethany

I realize that consignment is not the best way to do things, but if I do it and the store is not local to me, I foot the bill for the shipping right?

this might affect my wholesale price and how many I want them to take on consignment....

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Bethany

That link didn't work - is it correct?

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Bethany

These are my Aunt and Uncles stores - but they wouldn't hesitate to rip me off. What I don't want to do is say "I'll wholesale for "X" - and have them sell it for three times as much. What I want to say is, "The suggested retail is $12.00, I will wholesale for $6" and put the suggested retail on the label so that snags them there.

Right now I don't offer this to anyone buy my local customers which are far away from this store (2 hours) and they would NEVER shop there - $1000 dresses! OUCH! I do worry about people coming to my website and seeing the body butter for cheaper ($8) there though. But then again on the web they have to pay shipping. Maybe I will talk an exclusive label with them, they asked initially if I would do it for them. I said only if I reformulated my product a bit so it was different from what I normally sell..."made exclusively for _________ by Capellas Garden soap Co. Without my website, etc. I am still getting my name out and really wanted the advertising, but the pricing is what's getting me...

Bethany

Where do you do the testing for your lotions and butters? About how much does it cost?

Bethany

Isn't the general rule that your wholesale price should be half the suggested retail? I'll be selling it in an upscale store that is in a completely different demographic.

Bethany

I have an opportunity to put my body butter on the counter of a very high end store - provided I have high end packaging. So far they really like a cobalt blue jar with a silver lid. Or maybe clear with a black lid. The white waterproof labels won't do...

If I buy clear labels, print in a lighter gray (for the colbalt - black for the clear) with a laser printer, will the ink smear with lotioned hands?

My other alternative was to do a round label for the bottom with the boring stuff and a hang tag with the product name and fun stuff.

Any tips?

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Bethany

I have a lotion recipe I would like to replace some of the water with GM. Do I need to up the Preservative? I use Phenonip.

What if I add a touch of honey? More preservative for that too?

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Bethany

Thanks for the input. I actually just bought the cobalt jars as I can find them in all the sizes I want.

Bethany

The reason I am asking is that I would like to use amber colored jars which are single walled. Just wondering if it will make a difference is all.

What stinks is you can't get a amber colored 2 oz jar! smallest I've found is 4 oz.

Bethany

Does it make a difference? I will be using them for body butters.

Bethany

Anyone?

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Bethany

How much honey per lb of lip balm base should I use?

Can I add it to an unscented body butter? I'm thinking of making one with just honey for fragrance to go with my unscented OMH. should I add it with the water phase? would I need to add more preservative? My recipe yeilds 1.5 lbs.

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Bethany

I've only used EO in CP soap when I first started soaping - it was orange and didn't take well so that was a bad experience. I've been using FO's ever since. Now I bought BB 2nd distillation Peppermint FO. How much do you use PPO in CP? What about in Lotions?

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Bethany

You can get these really cute ball canning jars at Walmart- they are 8 oz if you fill them to the VERY top. They have the cool platinum lids. Less than a buck a jar. comes in a 4 pack. but if it's just for you, use whatever!

Bethany

fabulous - but how did you get that purple? Purple and I are not friends!

Bethany

Where do you get your milk bottles from?

I am assuming you are using instant powdered milk?

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Bethany

SOmeone told me a salt bar made the classic way - 75% coconut oil and 25% shea with same weight of salt ppo works well with acne. I made some and hate it for my body so maybe i'll save it and see if it will work for acne.

Bethany

There are vegetable fats that clog arteries

I've been thinking about this all day. I would never put lard in a moisturizer, but I would put it in my soap. Do you think it is different when it is saponified? I mean, I know it is, but does it break down the fats in a different way so they don't clog so much? I have been using OMH for two months and don't notice any change with blackheads, etc.

Bethany

So peppermint FO would give the tingle, huh?

Thanks for the suggestions!

Bethany