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Title: Hello! Post by: Caroline on May 06, 2011, 07:03:31 PM Hello!
What a great forum, can't believe I haven't discovered this website before now!!! I'd like to introduce myself - my name is Caroline and I have spent about a year making candles, wax melts, bath bombs, soap, solid perfumes, lip balms... my kitchen has seen no end of mixing, melting, sieving and moulding!!! I've had great fun and sold quite a few of my items, given loads away and I have three children who have to explain to their friends why they are always covered in glitter and smell of flowers!! (two of them are boys, poor kids!!) However, after giving it all some very serious thought I decided that I am going to go into business. My real passion is bath bombs, and my new venture is selling my bath bombs to trade. So now the stress, sleepless nights, mania and, of course, fun has begun! What a legal minefield! I think I'm finally getting through it all though... but all a lot more complex than I thought!! REALLY want to make this work though! Looking forward to meeting lots of other members who are passionate about bath bombs, bubbles and lotions and potions!! xx Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Nature on May 06, 2011, 07:14:48 PM You've come to the right place!
Hello, Caroline and welcome :buttrf: Title: Re: Hello! Post by: dizzybuff on May 06, 2011, 07:17:39 PM Welcome caroline im new here too. :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Suzanne on May 06, 2011, 07:23:16 PM Hello Caroline and welcome to the madness that is making and selling soap and soap related things!
We Title: Re: Hello! Post by: corrie on May 06, 2011, 07:28:22 PM Hello Caroline. Welcome to the forum!
You could become a very popular person making BB's for trade, I can think of a few people who havce been looking for someone just like you ;) Title: Re: Hello! Post by: alishelly on May 06, 2011, 07:29:17 PM Welcome :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: sidewalk on May 06, 2011, 07:39:53 PM Welcome! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Caroline on May 06, 2011, 07:52:33 PM Thank you everyone for your lovely welcomes!!
I will happily post some pics of my bath bombs! So nice to have people who aren't yet sick of hearing me talking about my bath bombs, shoving them under their nose or showing them pics! Hee hee! This is all growing so quickly for me right now, it's both scary and exciting. I'd love to chat to anyone who is just setting up in business too! Now, I've never actually posted on a forum before so I'm hoping everything is quite straightforward... xxx Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Mrs Green Hearts on May 06, 2011, 07:58:29 PM Hello and welcome aboard, forums are great fun, but be warned can be quite addictive! :mwaha:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: EJ on May 06, 2011, 07:58:56 PM Hello Caroline - welcome aboard.
I gsve up on bathbombs - not really enough room to have them sitting around drying. Do you have a bathbomb press (if you're aiming for trade). Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Caroline on May 06, 2011, 08:31:17 PM No, I don't have a press... I make them like little fairy cakes in tiny cases. I use a small size ice cream scoop would you believe! I market them as bath bombs - kind of a generic term for them - but they do have cocoa butter and sweet almond oil in so they are a bit of a melt too...
They're very simple really, I just really go to town with decorating them! Making, mixing and moulding becomes a little boring sometimes (when I'm doing large amounts) so the decorating part really makes up for that!! I also love making solid perfume. I'd like to get into it a bit more but the cost of jars and tins is so expensive!! Makes you wonder how you can find lipbalms etc in such cheap shops, sometimes it would be cheaper to buy cheapo products and dispose of the product just to use the packaging!!! Title: Re: Hello! Post by: corrie on May 06, 2011, 08:45:37 PM There are plenty of resources for bottles & jars on here, you probably can't see much at the moment but as you post more boards open up to you. Then there's the main site (log in separately) and there's a whole lot more there.
I'm thinking we need some pics from you ;) Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Helen on May 06, 2011, 08:48:04 PM Hi Caroline :) A really warm welcome to the forum. You sound like you are totally loving all your BB's and other creations. Good for you :buttrf: :buttrf:
I hope you enjoy it here and I look forward to chatting with you more :) :buttrf: Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Michelle on May 06, 2011, 10:53:58 PM Hi Caroline welcome aboard. Its exciting isnt it., but your description of your bombs is making us lust after pics. :mwaha: Im imagining gorgeous cupcake type decoration type.
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Eire on May 06, 2011, 10:55:46 PM Hi Caroline. :hi:
Eire Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Caroline on May 06, 2011, 11:16:11 PM Hee hee! Will post some pics for you as I have about 80 bath bombs that I made today sat on my kitchen table! Where do I post the pics? And where do I view everyone else's fab creations?
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: fionab on May 06, 2011, 11:29:43 PM Hello and welcome. :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Alphya on May 06, 2011, 11:48:42 PM Hiya and welcome! :)
Find the show-offs board and start a thread there and add pics, it's under 'additional options' under where you enter your text ;) Title: Re: Hello! Post by: gillsta on May 07, 2011, 12:05:00 AM Hello and welcome
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: polly on May 07, 2011, 05:43:53 AM Hello :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Eva on May 07, 2011, 10:00:44 AM Welcome Caroline! :buttrf:
You have found the right place to hang out. Lovely crowd here. Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Honey on May 07, 2011, 10:10:23 AM Welcome, hope you enjoy yourself here! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Iman on May 07, 2011, 11:11:34 AM Hello and welcome.
:buttrf: Title: Re: Hello! Post by: LimeBlossom on May 08, 2011, 01:50:29 PM Hi Caroline...welcome. You will love it here... :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Denice on May 08, 2011, 04:11:20 PM :hi:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Cocomartinez on May 09, 2011, 09:44:21 AM Hello and welcome! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Janie-aka-Selkie on May 09, 2011, 09:45:28 AM :hi: Title: Re: Hello! Post by: Vanilla on May 09, 2011, 11:23:17 AM (Sorry Caroline, thought I had already said hello but apparantly not!) Hi & welcome! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello! Post by: helenclare on May 09, 2011, 02:00:09 PM Hi Caroline - welcome to the forum
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