kinipela

I've seen plain round ones at Michael's and Walmart.

How do you make sure they are clean inside??? I can't sew to save my life, so no worries about making them, just curious

Very pretty! The first one looks good enough to eat.

I've seen much better looking ones on Etsy! For a lot cheaper!

Even a few CP bars I have from swaps are sweating... Like I said, the wrapped ones are just fine. It's the unwrapped ones. I'll try the fan... Our basement is not usually this humid, we've just had nonstop rain.

So we had to get a new dehumidifier a month or so ago. We had rain almost every day last week, both weekend days, and supposed to rain most of this week. The humidity in my weather-sealed basement is 75% according to the new dehumidifier. I'm emptying it daily, so I know it's working. My M&P bars that have been wrapped and put in Rubbermaid shoe boxes are just dandy. However, I had 4 bars sitting out that are WET. I haven't had sweating issues before. Can they be saved? I tried wiping one down with a paper towel and it did nothing. I just moved them to an area that is hopefully drier. It's been 80-90's, and we haven't started the air conditioner yet. It's 70 degrees in the basement, so it's comfortable. Just humid, apparently. Our sump pump is completely dry, so no water coming in....

I haven't seen hers on their site. They have one, but it doesn't sound like any of hers. I haven't seen her around lately, but she does have her Etsy shop, BLSoaps.

I was just going to suggest TKB

I'm in Indiana and get most of my containers from them. I'm quite happy with them and about to place another order now

Donna - A rubber spatula works great for getting it all out

I only use USPS It's not a big package, not even 1/2 lb.

I don't know about anything scientific, but when I had hot chocolate scented soy melts at my desk, I didn't crave chocolate at all

I have someone in Canada who wants a few samples of my soaps. I've only sent international before as a gift (and they were!!). If I put merchandise - soaps and the value, do I need to do anything else? What will happen on her end?

You mean raffia? http://www.dickblick.com/zz609/08/

Forgot to mention, the only discoloration I've had is from heavy vanilla FOs (like KY's Toasted Marshmallow!), and that was expected. Toasted Marshmallow turned a dark chocolate brown. Do you wrap them in anything first, or just put it in the box?

I'd love to know how they got that "gold vein" look.

I wrap tightly in saran wrap to store, then put the whole thing in a box to sell. I'm thinking of doing something different with less packaging, just not sure what yet. I store mine in Rubbermaid shoe boxes. Lush is a big M&P seller and they keep their stock out in the open, not wrapped at all and don't seem to have a problem.

Thanks, that was my problem too, only finding ones with cyclo.... I don't have any cyclo yet!

So pretty! Looks like ocean waves on the top, so fitting!

Yep, MMS is where I get mine.

I don't have any straight shea, but I think I'll try it with some other whipped butters this weekend. Thanks everyone

I'm doing roll-on perfumes with FCO and FO only. So far they're great, but I'm doing 2/3 FCO to 1/3 FO. Is this too much FO?

I just got some Shealoe from WSP and it is gorgeous! Does anyone use this straight? I used a tiny bit on my hands and it's lovely. If you mix it, what else can you do with it?

Kind of what I was thinking... some are easy to figure out, but some aren't... A lot of people have no clue on something like "Monkey Farts" as an example. And since it's online and no way to smell it before you buy it... I think I'll try it and see if it makes a difference in anything...

Do you list scent descriptions in your Etsy listings (or on a webpage)? I have some items that can be scented with various fragrances, but no descriptions. I see some shops that you just scroll down and down on the listing because of all the descriptions.