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mrsadler05

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    New Orleans, LA
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    Territory Manager for Image Skincare
  • About You
    I am a licensed esthetician and educator/territory manager for Image Skincare. I got into making candles because I thought it would be a nice little inexpensive project to give them as gifts to my customers. HA! The joke was on me, but I found a hobby I really enjoy.

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  1. :laugh2::laugh2: That was my first thought when reading this.
  2. I think the biggest problem is the number of posts asking for the same information. The redundancy of newcomers asking the same question that was just answered a few days ago is ridiculous. I read this forum for weeks before ordering any products or asking any questions. I continued to read and tried to ingest as much info as posible but I had information overload. I posted a question then immediately went back to researching- this time with my notebook and pen. I took better notes and made wick/wax charts to help me. Yes, the research is tedious, but all of the veterans have put in their time. I am still a newbie myself and I have so much to learn. You can't call Coca Cola and ask them for the recipe and think they will just hand it over. Research is your best friend. Sharing your findings and bouncing ideas off of each other after you have done your research is probably the most efficient way to use the forums.
  3. Thanks for the info. I ordered some Lipidthix on Monday and I can't wait to try it.
  4. What part of Colorado do you live? I have a good friend in Evergreen. I was supposed to go visit last summer but never made it there.
  5. I will be at a business meeting during Mardi GRAS this year. You should definitely try to come one year. It is just one crazy party.
  6. Give me about a week and I will be on my way to figuring it out. I just placed an order for my original butter and original preservative. As soon as it comes in, I will start back at square one and try to figure out what went wrong. I thought it was the butter because I still had the Tinosan for all of the batches except the last one and they all separated.
  7. Thanks for the info, CBE. I have been mindful of my temps and I have tried both force cooling and letting the product cool naturally. This last batch has cooled naturally although the weather has been pretty cool the last couple of weeks. I was using the Tinosan preservative which worked fine but I am now using clear jars and the Tinosan is light sensitive. I switched to PerForm preservative and forgot to mention that this is another alteration from my original recipe. I want a preservative that is both formaldehyde and paraben free. If you don't mind sharing, what have you found works for you?
  8. Thanks for the link. That thread was very helpful. I joined that board a couple of months ago and forgot about it because I always come to CT.
  9. Yes, very expensive lesson learned. Now I have a bucket of green tea butter I won't use.
  10. I wanted to revive this post to see if anyone has had any luck making their own exotic butters. I used the green tea butter (palm oil) from Texas Natural and my body came out great. When I ran out of the gt butter, I ordered more from MM (veggie oil) and now all I get is a big mess. Grrrrr.
  11. I started making body butter using the green tea butter from Texas Natural. My first couple of batches came out perfect until I started trying to get creative. I ran out of gt butter so I ordered some from Majestic Mountain because it was cheaper. I was still experimenting and every batch began separating. I used the orange butter from MM and again, it separated. I finally tried my original recipe, the only the different was the MM green tea butter. Again, separation. I finally smartened up and compared the oils. Texas Natural uses a palm oil base, MM uses hydrogenated vegetable oil. I assume this is the problem, but I am going to order a small amount from TN to retest. Live and learn.
  12. I have read somewhere about over whipping can actually break an emulsion causing separation. Have you experienced this before? I am going to search the topic but thought I would throw the question out there while I was thinking about it. I was using a hand mixer but just bought a stand mixer as I read some people use them.
  13. Classic, Your wife is one lucky woman and I am sure she knows it. Ravens, Soy and Stella- you my girls! Sorry. We just got in from celebrating Valentine's with a group of friends and I had to share the love!
  14. No, I am not putting the blame on the company. I did not compare the ingredients from one company to the other so it is my fault. I just hope someone can learn from my mistake. I am out tons of money, time, not to mention a good batch of body butter. My skin is sad.
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