Hope everybody had a great week end. The long ones are fun, huh? I want to make a pine tar soap; found a recipe, but don't know how to check with the pine tar....
HI Connie, What the heck is pine tar soap? Is it good for you? I bet the beeswax is a hardener, just a guess. I'm very curious about that soap of yours. ...
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Also, I'd use a mid range or lower on the water under normal conditions. I'm not sure if pine tar constitutes normal conditions, however. Did you enjoy your...
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This question is probably just right for Deb Shuman! I have a co-worker who likes having camphor or menthol in her lip balm. Since peppermint eo naturally...
Morning Pat,,, YUP YUP YUP :-)) use the peppermint in the lip balm,,, peppermint contains both the menthol and camphor,,, I use it all the time,,, I also ...
... Hi Pat! ...makes sense to me. Hope Deb posts to the list because I'd like to know the answer, too. Hope all is well with you; I'm getting ready to go to...
Hi Karen, Looks like Deb has given us some great information. Thanks Deb! I am getting ready to try my first attempts at lip balms. Now that I am newly...
Congrats on your retirement, girl! You'll be absolutely amazed at how little time you'll have, while thinking you'll have "all that spare time now" to do...
Thank you Karen. Yes, I haven't had much free time yet! There's much that has accumulated over the years and it will take a while to get it organized. I have...
Hi Connie, It has been busy, but I have made Spearmint Patchouli soap and one that I will call Harvest Moon. Yesterday I made Peppermint Rosemary. I couldn't...
Anyone on the list here who has sold at a bigger show?? I think Kim and Amy, you have (of the few of you I have met). At the end of September, I am going to...
Kathy, Why don't you just make a gardener's soap with the loofah and pumice? karen Well, I do want to make one eventually, but I wanted to have a different ...
Hi Kathy, I usually have ready 200 soaps for a 3-4 day show (I don't bring all the soaps, just have them ready). My biggest sellers are lotions and lip balms...
Kim, Well, I have soap, bath bombs, salts, and I am working on these scrubs. There is a recipe from Snowdrift for a demerara-oatmeal scrub that I put ...
Ok, 1st Question, Yes, I make all my lotions myself. It took me about a yr until I was happy with my recipe. 2nd Question, Flavor oils I purchase from Sweet...
Best of Luck on the fair Kathy, It is hard to know what will work best for you, I generally sell hands down a ton of soap, I do not offer lotions (only solid...
Thanks Amy! I appreciate your answer. I have seen good advice from a couple of other lists, too. Like you said, stay on the feet, smile, ask the people...
Kathy, I offer lip balm in tubes and the slider tins- both sell well. I think it depends on what you like better? it seems that whatever is my favorite sells...
Hi girls! After doing this for about five years now, my husband has finally decided I might keep doing it! He has offered to make me some molds--ok, so I held...
Hi Connie, I had Dee (For Crafts Sake) make a large mold, had it custom made along with a log splitter & bought the tank cutter. All I can say is it is...
... From: Joan & John Huseth To: John and Polly Stephens ; Jessica Baker & Paul Scott ; Connie ; Susan Scott ; Kay MacNaughton ; Mary & Mike Kurth Sent:...
Hey, I am going to get brave and try to use my 12 lb slab mold from For Crafts Sake any day now. Does anyone out there have any tips I should know about??...
I love mine! I have found that using a small amount of petroleum jelly to keep the liners in place helped. I use a large sheet of clear plastic wrap on the...
Debbie, Thanks so much for your reply! Do you put the Pet. Jelly in the corners like they suggest? Most important question - what is the total weight of water...
Hey, Kathy, I put some jelly - very little - all over the liner so it sticks completely to the sides. I'm at work, so I don't know the total water I use. Oil...
Fabulous! Thanks Debbie. Hey do you use FO? When I make soap in the 3lb with FO (I haven't used EO), I tend to get a spiral of cracks around the edge of the...
Hmm... I've had the kind of trouble you are describing is if I have an FO (and yes, I use lots!) that accelerates. This is one of the reasons I mix at low...
Debbie, I swirl my 3# by letting the soap get to a thin or thick pudding (sometimes no choice!). Then I pour the smaller, colored part into the main pot, ...
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