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Hello and Season’s Greetings. I am new to soap making, and was
thrilled when I stummble across this wonderful resource! My question
is regarding rebatching soap. I have seen two recipes: one adds
water to the grated soap and requires melting these together in a pan
and the other recipe boils the soap in a plastic bag, adding a […]

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Hey there,
To everyone who participated in the recent holiday swap: Could you please
e-mail me (lvjensen@…) if you have NOT received your swap
gift? I want to make sure to note everyone who has not received theirs so
that I can find out who didn’t do their job. For those of you who *haven’t* sent out your […]

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I’m looking for 8 to 10 oz. glass bottles with cork tops. I need them
to look “old timey” for after-shave splash to go along with my
shaving mugs & soap. I might add that it would have to be retail as I
don’t have a tax ID yet.
I would also appreciate any favorite recipes for the after-shave.
I […]

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Hello,
Sorry for the cross-posting but does anyone out there know which
essential oils I can use for in-grown hairs? Maybe even a recipe I
can tweak? Please let me know. Thanks.

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Hi everyone,
I got my Citric acid from a Local Chemical / Industrial supplier of
chemicals
.
I looked them up in the business phone book. (We call it the yellow
pages here in New Zealand)
Under Industrial Chemical’s or Technical Chemicals.
The Cost was $8.00 per Kg $NZ approximately
$US1.80 per pound
Sodium Bicarbonate. Is also used as pool conditioner. Have a look […]

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I’m just staring out making my own lip balms because of allergy
problems with store bought lip products. After making a couple of
batches, I have a question… how do I color lip balms WITHOUT the
use of lipstick? I noticed several recipes tell you to just melt a
tube of lipstick into your recipe, but I’m allergic to […]

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Dear All,
Hi! What a great group you have here. Amazing tips and information I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some problems I’ve
been having as of late:
1. My main problem which is annoying me to no end is that shampoo and
conditioner is way too hard to rinse out of my hair […]

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Hi,
I’m new to the list. My name is Conni, and I live in northern
Illinois.
I found the list as I was searching for a sea salt scrub recipe. I
have a basic one, but wanted something with more specific scents or
oils.
I am very new to making soap or anything of the sort. I’m looking
through other recipes that […]

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Hi All,
Right after the holidays I’m going to start a bath and body line to
sell on my website. I have no clue how to get started though. I want
to make shower gel, moist. body spray, shampoo, lotions, bath
salts/fizzies, etc. Is there a website that explains all the details
on how to mix these things, recipes, etc.? […]

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Hi everybody
I am an mp soaper who’s trying to make bath salts !!
I’m using epsom salts, sodium bicarbonate and sea salt 3/2/1/
Is this the best mix please? I don’t want my salts to “clump” or
harden. Also I was wondering why some recipes add glycerine? I am
going to colour the salts with powdered pigments [oxides] and
fragrance […]

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