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  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...

ahh crud. good ole crud. as i stood looking at the 70 logs of crud to cut yesterday, i thought about you guys. so many of you asking to bring back bigger bars. as you know ive been trying hard to keep prices down and in doing that we took away multiple size options so i could kinda streamline things and make it easier while keeping it affordable. however, there have been quite a few people requesting larger bars to come back regardless of what theyll cost. so, i listened.... i dont always listen, lol but when it comes to demand for...

somehow it seems that every year i kinda get into a mood, theme, something... i dont really plan a theme, it just kinda happens. sometimes its real colorful fun and whimsical, sometimes its real mainstream, cliche, popular,  blast from the past, memory laneish, etc .... for whatever reason, as this year is coming together, im noticing a very obvious mood.  it started with wanting amber packaging, if you noticed the whips are in the amber jars, i just felt this urge to have old school apothecary like packaging, not the clear or clean minimalist type stuff we normally use, i...

soap sure does do some unexpected things. i decided to do an apple cider bar this year since we didnt do one last year, and, what went into the mold ( above photo) was a muted red/mauve color... and what came out ( below photo)  was almost neon orange. lol im not disappointed, it just changes its name from apple jackd to witches brew. hah if you remember and loved the apple jackd bar we had out a couple of years ago, youll love this bar too. its the same scent - just a different color lol  one of the...

call me superstitious but it always seems to be if my first holiday production run goes well, it kinda sets the tone for the rest of the season. i am happy to announce, everything is going great! didnt get to my entire list, but, everything i got to went without issue and that is good enough for me! got a new guy in town... the cowboy coffee beer soap. and i dont know what kind of luck was on my side but i swear this is the best beer soap ive ever made. i used a porter for this one, which,...