Teach Soap

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

All of it has mp in it. Listed on the cards as '100% natural glycerin base'.

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

They're required to provide the company information and a label saying its soap, correct?

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I thought there had to be a net weight on the front of the bar? How can a sign be enough. I would not be taking that sign home and if I ever had a problem with a bar of their soap how would you know who to talk to? Does whole foods accept this responsibility?
And yes, I know that life is not fair... those with tons of money or power can get out of anything... but all most of would ask for is not to put our street address on a label.

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

When I sell naked soap, and I do at some extremely large events, I have a sticker on the bags that has a blank space for the oz to be written in as the soap sells. No, I don't have time to weigh each bar so I take the least weight my bars are and multiply that by the number of bars they get and that is the amount. So the actual weight of the soap may be more than the stated amount, but nobody will complain about more. So the label on the bag says "Soap", my company name and has the weight. The bags also carry all my contact info, so everything is there. I have soap bags and I have product bags, so the soap bag becomes the label for the soap. It has worked well for me for a good many years. I did check with the FDA office before I began doing it this way.

Earlier on I read the comment about the "natural" glycerin soap base and about choked. Aside from being an oxymoron, glycerin soap base, soap made with glycerin soap base, needs a label. It is not true soap, therefore it must be labeled with ingredients.

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Remember, it's not just that we weather the storm, but how we dance in the rain.

Tammy

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Genny

They just have little business card sized signs by each stack of soaps with the ingredients. No way to take their info home with you, no net weight (the manufacturer sends loaves, and WF cuts 1/2-1 inch bars themselves). Just a sign with the company info and price of the bars.

WFs said they'd pull the soaps off the floor until they were sure they weren't doing things wrong, but they haven't. I DID notice that the manufacturer likes to steal other soapers' ideas/ scent blends/ and soap names though! EXACT copies of soap friends made in youtube videos!

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

WF has no idea what it takes to make handmade soap or what rules and regs are in place in order to sell them. They rely on the people that make the soaps, even though those soapmakers might not have a clue either.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

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Remember, it's not just that we weather the storm, but how we dance in the rain.

Tammy

Here's another question. If on the front label I have the word soap in my 'business name' does that count as being labeled as soap?

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thanks Irena. I am currently rethinking my labels with all of this information and if I am going to do that I might as well try to get it right the first time. Now comes the hard part.... deciding on a logo. Well, maybe I will put that off until the beginning of the new year.

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.