Fresholi | Melting Pot Café

Hi Guys,

I am new to this forum and glad I have found one based in the UK as most are USA based (nothing wrong with that), just makes things a little difficult at times, especially when looking for certain products.

I make basic products for myself and friends but want to up the anti so to speak (only a little) and begin making lotions.

Ideally, I'd like to start a cut little etsy shop/my own website ...  and my research brought me here so hopefully you'll see me around a lot more

Looking forward to learning, sharing and contributing

Em :)

Hello and welcome.

Do you mind if we call you LQT? - 'cos we have an Em already.

If you read through artemesia'a intro thread you'll see lot's of advice on starting up and selling (when you've made more posts you'll be able to see a board about legal stuff).

Lots of info dotted around.

Hi Em (LQT),

A warm welcome to the forum.  It sounds like you have been having lots of research and had lots of fun while you having been learning.  What sort of products have you been making up to now? 

I hope you enjoy it here.  The members are really nice and there's already been a lot of discussions that you may find really useful around the forum  :buttrf:

Welcome, LQT
Hi  im Shalamar (still very new my self only about 3 days now)

I just wanted to say that this forum had been very very to me I'm sure you will find lots of great advice I personally have found so much that within the next three days I plan to start my first batch of soap.

If you happen to come across anything you think worth passing along please do so and I will do the same good luck would make in the lotion I hope everything works out great for you

Welcome.

Where do you live? (sorry I always like to know that - I'm always hopeful of finding someone near me ...)  :mwaha:

A big welcome LQT, this is a really friendly and supportive forum, you'll love it here. :buttrf:

Theresa from Reading, UK

 :hi: Hello and welcome!

Welcome!

Hello and welcome.

Hiya! I'm the other Em x

Hello and welcome LQT...  :buttrf: :buttrf: :buttrf:

Hi and welcome :)

Hi Em
Only joined myself a week or so ago and now I can't stay away!

They're all lovely here, so enjoy and good luck with the plans..

Welcome :hi:

Hello! I'm sure you'll enjoy it here.  :buttrf:

Hi LQT & all the other new folk on here, we'll see you all in a few weeks when you've found your way back out of the mountains of info you'll find on here!

Sally x

Not at all, I have seen the other Em ... she pipped me to the post!! :mwaha:
Thanks for the warm welcome and advice, much appreciated

Hi Helen,

Thanks for the warm welcome, yes I've done quite a bit of research. Ive been making my own basic products for years now..mainly   different butters for my hair (I have afro textured hair) and for my skin and lip balms. I would like to take it to the next level now ..though and start making lotions. Ive put of doing so for a while due to needing preservatives and so forth ... as Ideally I wanted to make 100% natural products but its safer to have a 98% approx natural and just preserve.

I would also love to make natural products for afro textured hair but I need to do one thing at a time  :mwaha:

I really love the different CP soaps that some members here make, but I think I will start with MP soaps  :mwaha:

Hi Shalamar, thank you so much for the warm welcome. Everyone is super nice here.. Welcome to the forum also.  :)

I can't wait to hear about how your first batch goes, can I ask why you have decided to start making soaps??

Good luck also with your soap, Im sure it will be fab!

Nosy, Nosy  :mwaha: lol only joking. I live in Bimringham..Im a BRUMMY HAHA!!

Thank you Theresa :)

Twins  :o lol!! Hi Em, thanks for taking my name  :mwaha:

Only joking, thank you for the welcome ;D

Thanks all

Tell me about it, there is loads of info...which is of course great ..but I have work in the morning and have been up all night  :mwaha: ... I didn't think my addiction for cosmetics could get any more ferocious..how wrong! :mwaha:

Welcome LQT, Lotion making is the hot topic around here lately, you should get lots of info, it is very friendly, don't be afraid to ask anything, no matter how silly it sound, we've all asked the same questions at some time or other and still do, all the time  :mwaha:

Shell

Hello there  :buttrf:

No good, sorry  :mwaha: :mwaha: :mwaha:

Hi and welcome....LQT

Hello and welcome LQT!  :hi:

I can't believe no one mentioned how much we demand like to see pics!

Welcome LQT, I'm very new to the forum myself.

TerrisGold, I lived in Reading until a couple of months ago! Have moved to London now to be closer to my work.

Tell me about it   ::)  the number of pans that have boiled dry while I've been having "just a quick look" on this forum are too many to count................