Abbiepql

22 minutes ago, Scented said:

How in the world are you? I have only two lol! Need four but don't have the room. 

Doing fine Bohemian! - We are just hanging out in Southern VA, in the middle of a soybean farm, taking care of my disabled Dad, in a house we just rehabbed...living the retired life - I guess? Needing to make some candles so thought I would pop on here and check out all the GREAT information and touch base with my cherished crafty friends :-)

On 1/20/2018 at 6:33 PM, Scented said:

Prestos here. I can't graduate up because I don't have the room till I move. 

But the real question is...just how many Prestos? LOL

Registration closes on Sunday - there are about 4 seat left I believe. Lots of new demos, new crafters, some vendors will be joining us - lots of co-ops and co-buys with free shipping. Great fun!

When I asked my insurance agent this questions a while back I was told whatever insurance was in force at the time of the sale would be the company to contact.

OMG that was so funny - what a show that was! And you did it - you got it all melted down for sure :-) We will miss you and your entourage, have a great time in OH.

Stacy's Milk Sugar Kisses is a good one and Lait Sucre from SW is good as well.

Early registration ends tomorrow night at Midnight - just a reminder and we are at over 50% capacity!

someone needs to post a picture of the Dear all dressed up for us!

Gosh yeah, we are only 40 minutes away - max!

Even once it's cooked it will continue to "zing" for a couple of days! Ask me how I know:-)

One of my favorite things about CP is the outragous prettiness, this is gorgous!

Very pretty - I would never use it - hang it in my bathroom over the tub as a work of art to admire!

Yep, that is what this one is. Simple design, but that puppy pumps them out like now problem. I bought the two sizes and now I am thinking about buying the big daddy and making some bath bomb hockey pucks! I bet they will hold up alot better shipping wise than those elusive spheres I could never get! LOL

AKA bath bomb - drop them in the tub and they fizz up and fill the bath water with all sorts of scen and kewl stuff (depending on your recipe). They are selling like hot cakes at my new wholesale client's place.

New wholesale account wanted "therapeutic" type bath bombs that were created with their line of "earthy" fragrances and actually asked for "no balls"! I was thrilled, as I can't get a bath bomb in a sphere to save my life. So bring on the press, much easier and quicker. I am turning them out like a mad woman and not tearing my hair out in the process.

I thought about you Elly when I read this post - sounds like you found a winner :-)

Ultimate Vanilla & Vanilla Delicious - both are in my HO straight vanilla extract types, not other notes that make vanilla's complex. In soap and bath/body they are on the weak side to me, but in wax and especially straight oob they are winners!

I put "discard if not used by" dates on all my products with milk in them - if it's no saponified, including the milk powders. I have found over the years that "used by and expired" mean little to my customers - so I just come right out and tell them to "throw it away". LOL Subtle right:-)

*I don't think you sounded impatient* but all the suggestions above are correct, I get emails on stuff all the time. Most of the time she keeps stuff in stock, I have never had to wait too long to get what I needed :-)

I think Ro has been sick with a bad sinus infection - laid up actually. I would give it a couple of days, she is usually good about returning emails. She stocks her oils most often with fast buy/pre buys, it's hard for a smaller supplier to invest money in a great deal of oils in massive quantity unless she/he knows they are going to be purchased or are spoken for. I normally get my oils then and buy in bulk knowing they may be out of stock for a bit until she runs another. Hope that helps :-)

Sounds like a body gel base or liquid surfactant base with added hardners

Distilled water, shea butter, ammonium cocoyl isethionate, cocamidopropyl betaine - these are liquid surfactants with shea butter added!

aluminum oxide crystals (exfolient)

emulsifying wax (hardner and oil emulsifier)

caprylic/capric triglycerides (non greasy oil - FCO)

sorbitol (humectant but not commonly used by crafters)

cetyl esters, cetyl alcohol (conditioners - could come in combo)

ginko biloba leaf extract, olive leaf extract, roobios tea extract, white tea extract, green tea extract (bunch of extracts)

diazolidinyl urea, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (preservative)

Tell me what it looks and feels like and I might know better - sounds like a couple of bases with added stuff like shea, exfolients and extracts. The preservation system was most likely included in the surf base -

It will deflate, whipping it only adds air - eventually it will seap out! On top of that coconut oil straight on the skin could be clog pouring and really greasy :-)

Yes, sometimes it's all about education with consumers. I am with you on the sodium lactate though, I would use it for sure in products that are not rinse off. Have fun formulating :-)

Not crazy about hydrovance, I have used it in body sprays with success but I think it's too pricey for my surf products and the pH factor is not worth the fight and price! I love sodium lactate and have used it in some products, but gave it up recently in my wash off products cuz once you add water and rinse it's gone! My favorite humectant now and for a while especially in hair stuff is honeyquat, love it. I would say in my opinion the label recognition may not be there for the naturel lovers in sodium lactate or hydrovance, but they are naturally derived so what the hay? I adore the use of sensible chemistry, so for my efforts, I would go with what makes the nicest product for the best investment - yours and the customer!