liljean Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hi, I am new to the bath and body world. I make natural wax candles, lotion sticks, and soy whip body cream. I want to make my own bath bombs, lotion, sugar scrub, foot cream, and a few other items. I want to learn how to do this from scratch. Where do I begin to gather info? Is there a web site that helped you that you could share the link? I want to learn about butters/oils/percentages of what and how and why. I don't even know a thing about perservatives - do I have to add them? If so, which one? And what is petro and why should we avoid it? Or, should we avoid it? I see 'petro-free' a lot...so I wonder.Sorry for all the questions - I want to research all of this and learn...and I have read a lot but I am not coming up with much.Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 This is as good a place to start as any. You might want to join www.soapdishforum.com.There are different types of perservatives for the differnent types of products (oil/water/or both). It's water that opens the door to bacteria. Even if you have a water free product, like a scrub, a wet hand might reach into the jar, introducing water so most of us play it safe.Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Don't forget the faq sections. Here is a link to a link that Bunny posted. http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21760 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljean Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thank You both for the great info. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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