cellydaniel

I bought my mold from catzinthehouse on etsy. The molds she makes are easy to break apart and never leaked. She accepts custom order and works fast. I use colorant from emporium natural and love it. Not as much variety as non-natural colorants but good enough for me.

I don't think I have seen another type 1 oz tube. I got a 0.75 oz one in a swap and I think it's too thin for body application. It took forever to cover my entire body. I prefer wider tubes because of this reason.

I was wondering about the same thing today. Went to many grocery stores and I couldn't find any Lard. I'll try going to the butcher tomorrow. For soapmaking, will any kind of lard works?

I second Columbus Foods. The price is unbeatable. I have been buying their oils for a year now and never have any problems. The shipping cost can be crazy though if you live far.

I just noticed that too last week when I wanted to re-order. I am so sad. I love her base and her shipping cost is unbeatable. I hope someone else will be able to take over.

I make my own body butters but I buy a base for lotions. I am too scared to make lotions from scratch. There is a tutorial on youtube courtesy of Coastal Scents on how to make whipped shea butter. It's actually pretty simple. I use Kimberly's body butter recipe from the Recipe section.

Here is mine : 2 oz beeswax 1 oz cocoa butter 1 oz shea butter 1 oz avocado oil 0.5 oz apricot kernel oil 0.5 grapeseed oil 1 ml Vitamin E (Tocopherol) It's in a lotion bar form and I package it in a 2 oz twist up tube. If you would like to have more of a salve consitency, just double the amount of liquid oils.

Hi everyone, In all the CP soap recipes I find on the forum, all are using coconut oil. Is there a way to substitute this with another oil?Some of my customers are allergic to coconut so I would like to offer some coconut free soaps. TIA Celly

I use 4 oz contessa jar to package mine. I got them from bayousome or wholesalesuppliesplus as well.

Thank you so much for the tips I am going to go get some stainless steel measuring scoop.

I tried to use pipette to fill the tubes but my lip balm mixture became solid inside the pipette and I couldn't use it anymore. The mixture is liquid in my pyrex cup but as soon as I suck it up with the pipette, it became solid. Any advice?

I emailed you

Lip balm is easy to make but very challenging to fill those teeny tiny tubes. My first b&b project was an eczema salve. My kids have eczema too and I found the recipe on this board. Very easy to make, just melt everything and pour

I am glad you like it. Lindsey is super friendly and awesome to work with. Maybe the PO was just slow. During the holiday season, packages get lost or delayed

Me:D so I won't order from them and waste my hard earned money