Sunday, July 18, 2010

A little about me and soap


I will never forget my first “soaping” experience,I must of been about 7 years old at my grandmother's house. Me and my sister were peeking in the garage door as my granny and mother mixed the lye solution ( I just thought they were being mean and not letting us in on the fun.) I remember the awful smell from the lard/tallow and couldn't figure out why they were making something that smells so bad. Who would actually use this? Then weeks later I remember my grandfather in a deep Italian accent telling grandmother there was no way she was gonna wash his clothes in the that awful smelling stuff. So from that day on I thought nothing good of homemade soap, till years later.

Three years ago I got blessed to work for an amazing soap artisan Tanda. The amazing soaping world she told me about was to seductive and luring I knew one day I would walk down this path. For years I soaked up all the knowledge I could possibly find and I'm still finding. Thanks to Tanda ( she is also my soaping mentor at this time) I'm now a soaping addict and can't get enough of it.

Finally at the beginning of 2010 I got to play with soap, oh so many years of being patient finally paid off. I only had planned on making mothers day gifts for my family and making a few products for my son's super dry skin. Well now I'm selling skin loving products and loving every minute of it. I hope you all enjoy my products as much as I do.


Why buy handmade soaping products?
Say hello to “glycerin” one of the best things for your skin it pulls moisture from the air onto your skin. Most store bought soaps are actually detergents. Buying local or from the owner is great cause they know there products inside and out . They are more then willing to help there customer find the perfect product for them or as a gift.

The first of soap porn


Here I go again trying to blog. I'm great at reading other people's blogs just not so great at writing my own. I've started making homemade bath and body products over the past few months. I had no intention of this turning in to a small business. I bought a small melt and pour kit for mothers day gifts and it took off from there. I started getting request and people were loving my scents. I have now started to really play with the scents, colors and different companies to deal with. Let me tell you it's been a blast. I'm just soaking up all the knowledge I'm getting.
I got brave a few weeks ago and did a market day in a town near by and it was a great little success. I now have a market day and two local museums that will be selling my products I'm so excited and thrilled. I didn't realise how crazy people are over handmade body products. Needless to say there are all kinds of experiments going on in my kitchen.
I've also been lucky enough to find a wonderful local graphic designer that I will be working with next week to design my logo and labels. Country bumpkin look here I come! After my fantastic labeling is done I will be opening up my Etsy shop. I have had my hands full already on a local bases I just can't wait to see what happens online.
Here is keeping my fingers crossed I blog once a week!!