socoolsoap

Is this JS's version? Didn't that one smell fruity? I'm trying to remember off hand here. If it is, maybe somewhere along the lines of fruity names?

I have not smelled WYW's fo, but seeing as Sage and Anise are two different things, I would assume they are not similar.

Hopefully someone else can come along and let you know how it compares.

One of the few suppliers I can't even get rid of the fo's. They smell off and never sold well at all for us.

I use soy and I get mine from Oregon Trails. I've had good luck with it. HTH any.

I did the same as you, ordered a sample, fell in love with it, made stuff out of it and ordered more. I did not notice any change in mine. I use soy.

Spritzing with alcohol seems to work for me.

I have not had any grittiness in my bars. But I did notice that any fo high in vanilla and using a colorant like pink fd&c dyes actually turned my soap more orange than pick, without the browning.

Also, just a thought here, but have you ever noticed any crystals in your fo to begin with? I know sw's pink sugar does adn they even have a disclaimer on ht bottle of vanilla based fo's and crytalization occurring. This may be the culprit and not the stabilizer after all. Just a thought.

Love it!~

I sure have!

I know of a couple of suppliers that have been banned from ordering from Southern Soapers and Scent Works. I guess they're just afraid of competition. :rolleyes2

Pretty soaps!

There is a seller on ebay that I constantly buy from. She has the most gorgeous items at times (she sews many things like dolls, clothing, etc). Anyways, I don't know her, just love her stuff and I have actually won at least 20 auctions from her in a 2 year time frame (many I lost). I give many of the items as gifts for bdays, Christmas, teachers, etc.

It is very well possible that repeat buyers are coming back for these candles. Instead of worrying about how well she sells them for, I'm thinking about how well I can sell mine.

Daystars works great for me.

Ooh no, but now you got me wanting to check them out.

It's a step you have to decide to take. We took the step last year and although it was pricey, it was well worth it in the long run. The return came back a lot sooner than we anticipated.

Good luck and congrats!

An example, I received this package long ago, but as of today, it still says this:

Label/Receipt Number: 0103 8555 7494 **** ****

Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on September 4, 2008 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. No further information is available for this item.

And another one I have received already:

Label/Receipt Number: 0103 8555 7495 **** ****

There is no record of this item.

This one doesn't even appear to exist, but I received it last week. Both priority mail.

If they are offering this track and confirm, they may want to update their tracking regularly then. Still a service I will not use to ship anything with. it does not appear to be reliable.

Take your $.84 loss and go somewhere else. It's not worth it.

I didn't see in the post that she said try anywhere.

Have you checked istockphoto.com?

Turned out to be an issue at the PO here for me.

If you print online you get delivery confirmation socool.

That I know, but you still have to pay additional for insurance, UPS and FedEx does not charge additional for these. Also delivery confirmation is not tracking, fededx and ups have tracking to let you know where your package is while in transit.

I've had way too many problems with usps in the past. In the last 10 years I've had one problem with fedex and 2 with ups. While using usps, I had over a dozen. That says a lot.

Not to change the subject here, but doesn't tradewinds have a history of not sending orders out and responding to emails or just delaying orders?

This would be known as a DBA, doing business as. I would register your dba as we have done with ours under your LLC, Inc or whatever you have. You can still use the same tax id#.

We get them every week. :rolleyes2

A good enough reason why you shouldn't rely on the good ole USPS. :rolleyes2

Fedex or UPS is the way to go, insurance and tracking are added for NO additional cost, unlike USPS who charges you for everything.

I'm finding fedex to be more cost effective, especially wince insurance and tracking are provided free. We haven't shipped USPS in years. They lost my biz a long time ago, we don't even pay bills through the mail anymore.

All the cupcakes are nasty with the exception of the raspberry cream one. The lime was horrible, worst one of all. I was quite disappointed as I love NG and have loved most of their fo's.

I'm curious too. I was thinking of ordering for soap as I have some clients requesting it and was curious if by any chance it discolored like DS's does.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack.

I like the one at DS's, was Soapsilly.