bodygoodies blog — handmade

Hi guys! well.....its that time of year....when citrus oils are at their absolute best and i am all over them. not sure if youve ever noticed but the majority of our citrus stuff tends to come out in the first part of the year, granted, i always have something citrus around but i think the oils are at their best this time of year just as the fruit is ...so thats when i tend to release the most citrus stuff. i have some citron oil im planning to do something with soon, i have an idea for it.. im just looking for...

  this year i decided to do three soaps that are all made with ingredients you’d normally drink and do them all in the same gradient layer design, all with tiny specs of sparkling sugar on top.  this week the matcha oat milk bar comes out, late september the other two get released. so what are the other two? i dont know their official label names yet but they are made with cardamom orange juice and maple sweet cream cold brew. the only difference in the base of them is the coffee bar has tons of cocoa butter, the orange bar has a...

Heya'll got a couple of new soaps curing and a couple things to cover tonight. gonna try not to get too carried away in my thoughts here, but fair warning... i have many, all day, every day, it never stops.lol alright so the first thing i want to go over tonight  -- i have a couple of bars picked out from the first release that i am 99.9 % sure are going to stick around. im not going to disclose them however, because i am still interested in your feedback. your opinions really matter in this lineup. please share your...

alrighty.... ive finally found some minutes to do a little updating! as many of you know, ive been on a bit of a mission trying to pretty much overhaul my entire production -- i recall asking you to bear with me, and i hope you took that seriously because it has definitely been a struggle! ( you can probably tell by this photo of the absolutely horrendous cut logs HAAAA i cant look at that pic and not laugh) i had to order some stuff, i had to get used to some new equipment, hated some, had to find other options.... i...

    brace yourselves, ive got quite an announcement.  14 some years ago i was doing spa services and answering phones for my fathers business for a living, supporting myself and my daughter, doing my thing. i never really set out to be a business owner... it just kind of happened, with a pretty big nudge from my sister, and support of my friends and family.... i wound up starting to sell what i enjoyed to make. i have to be honest, it has been anything but easy, and if ive learned anything about having your own business-- its that...