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i was going to wait until a few days down time at the end of the month to sit down to write this post, but after the news came out today, i couldnt stop thinking of all of the so many things i wish i had time to say -- so im going to do that now. when we were called about doing the interview... it really sent me through a time trip.... from where we began ... to where we are now, and all thats happened in those years.  so many thoughts, from the personal struggles i had to...

Hi guys! if youve ever been to a small business saturday event at bodygoodies, you know its the biggest day of the year, we release all sorts of soaps and products and have all sorts going on. however, due to covid and the late date for small business saturday this year -- we have officially decided to change our holiday releasing as we have known it for so long. i know i touched base on this with you all in my last blog post, so im back to officially state that we are in fact going to be releasing limited...

  i feel like ive blogged more in the last 4 months than i have in 4 years!! i guess there have been a few positive changes for me personally since covid -- one being that im not so dang exhausted by the end of the day that i cant muster up the energy to blog :D  so, as i recently mentioned, our holiday/fall release is going to be quite a bit different than its been in the past. we actually made this decision last year due to small business saturday falling so late in the year -- and it...

hi guys! just got home from work .... today i shared a photo with you of a bulgarian lavender scrub i made on the fly as i was waiting for my soaping oils to cool down. since maddi has given me permission to post things to facebook now, im really having fun sharing things behind the scenes with you all!  anyhow, after i posted the photo -- i realized man heid, you do this all the time -- you make these little rando batches of stuff and you have a good time. lol BUT is it a good time for...

  man, this bar... whew, by now most of you know about soap needing a cure time...  and that technically soap can be safely used with a 2 week cure, the reason for the 4 week cure is to allow the bar to harden up so that you arent flying through your soap bars. every once in a while ( i think its happened three times total) we have had problems with a crud shortage, usually its short lived and we have fresh crud available for purchase with the understanding that you should wait until its full cure date for it to fully harden...