Finding a supplier can be tricky. For little odds and ends that I want to play with Ill go to eBay if my regular couple of suppliers don’t have what I want to play with. Unfortunately eBay isn’t always a super fantastic place to purchase from. At first finding a supplier can be a lot of trial and error. If you have a friend who makes soap or body products they are a great person to ask for information. Many professional soapers will not give up their suppliers, rightly so, it probably took lots of hard work to find the perfect supplier. But they can tell you where NOT to buy from. You can also check soaping or bath and body message boards for supplier reviews or just Google the business name. If anything fishy comes up go on to the next supplier, saving a couple of dollars is not worth the hassle of having a bad supplier. The first place I ever purchased anything from was 1 pound of citric acid, 2 ounces of cotton candy fragrance oil and half a pound of cocoa butter. I purchased it from Coastal Scents. I have been purchasing from this company for years now and have never ever had a problem. Unfortunately for me they have gone more into mineral make up supply so I don’t often order from them these days.
