So here is what I found in the mail today! I need to do some further price comparisons, but this was the best I could find online so far. I also need to cross check prices with the bulk section of the local co-op (about the only place to find these things). I may even make seperate price comparison pages in the future (the blog serves as kind of a diary and think pad for me). But for now, here is what I got...
Upper left is a pound of bees wax beads that I use for lotions, lips balms, etc. Currently I have beeswax cakes that I have to chop up; this makes both the measuring and cutting time consuming. Though the cakes are cheaper, I think the considerable time gain I get is worth the difference. $7.75 for 1 lbs.
Upper right is 100 chapstick fill tubes... 16 cents a piece. A large improvement from the 70 cent tube I by singly at the co-op. 100 tube for $16.00.
Bottom left (small tube) is stevia soaked coconut oil intended to flavor my lib balms. Obviously I'm aiming for an all natural approach so I went with stevia. Most lip balm flavors are actually more like edible perfumes, but the sweeteners actually add flavor. It's easy enough to get into making balms in 100 different flavors, but really I have no interest in this approach at the moment. I like things as simple as they get. Currently my balms contain two ingrediants: olive oil and beeswax. I find it so reassuring that by breaking things down to their basics, I am often able to make superior products. Yes, I am likely to grow and adapt, but I will always know that things only need to be as complicated as you think it is worth making them. 1 oz of Stevia flavored Cocoanut oil $4.75.
Bottom right is a chapstick tube fill tray. This will allow me to fill 50 tubes at a time instead of 1 at a time, yay! It was a one-time expense and I think totally worth it. $14.99 for the tray.
An added bonus was that they also sent a little sample pack of things to try. Non pictured is a plastic pipepet... handy though not too durable. From left to right above is their all natural lipchap/body butter base, a fragarance, and a different lipchap sweetener I may try out. Kinda nice, but I would have to further evaluate the quality of these products to see if I would use them in my products. Maybe more blog posts!
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