I've sold a ton of products through a few craft shows in NJ. Deb is an awesome craft show buddy! Check her stuff out at La Sirene et Le Corbeau.
Since it's gotten a lot colder, I've had some soap issues. My batter's been lumpy, so I've had to hold off on the soap making and focus on creating other products. But I just got gifted a space heater tonight so it's time to make some soap! I've expanded my product line to include solid lotion bars, and laundry soap. All natural, vegan goodness. Tomorrow I'm ordering containers to start up my lip balms, and I'm working on the recipes now. Possible flavors will be: peppermint, spearmint, lemongrass, tangerine, pink grapefruit, an unscented one and possibly a chocolate one if I can pull it off. I've decided against using flavor oils.. there's too many complicated ingredients and they seem a bit iffy, so I figure let's go for a more natural approach with essential oils.
I've been researching what's in some commonly used lip balms and it is scary. I'll do a followup post at some point.
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7.28.2012
Quick Update
Well, I just finished two more soaps yesterday- Nottella and Bamboo. I'll have photos in a few days when they get cut. But that's it for batch #1. Now I have to focus on the boring business shit, like packaging, marketing, etc. In an ideal world I could make stuff all day and someone else would deal with the selling.
The "Nottella" soap smells like Nutella; hazelnuts, rich chocolate with a hint of vanilla. Looks really nice so far, but I messed up a bit on the top. That's ok, mess-ups mean they become samples.
The Bamboo soap is a bit harder to describe. I tried making it look like a layer of grass over a layer of dirt. Kinda worked. The smell is earthy, but clean and crisp. Like "fresh rain on the backyard lawn"-James quote. It's a very good soapy smell. James won't stop sniffing it!
I dressed up the original coffee soap that everyone went nuts for. It looks good and smells good. I also worked out a no-coconut recipe for Alycea. I hope she likes it.
As for my dreads, they are taking FOREVER. I made my own dread wax to use and it turned out really really nice. I'm thinking of marketing it eventually.
The "Nottella" soap smells like Nutella; hazelnuts, rich chocolate with a hint of vanilla. Looks really nice so far, but I messed up a bit on the top. That's ok, mess-ups mean they become samples.
The Bamboo soap is a bit harder to describe. I tried making it look like a layer of grass over a layer of dirt. Kinda worked. The smell is earthy, but clean and crisp. Like "fresh rain on the backyard lawn"-James quote. It's a very good soapy smell. James won't stop sniffing it!
I dressed up the original coffee soap that everyone went nuts for. It looks good and smells good. I also worked out a no-coconut recipe for Alycea. I hope she likes it.
As for my dreads, they are taking FOREVER. I made my own dread wax to use and it turned out really really nice. I'm thinking of marketing it eventually.
6.01.2012
Being Decisive
This will probably be a blog for anything I make. As to what I'm creating... well right now the soap-making is in stasis. I'm waiting for the soaps I've made to cure and waiting for more supplies to come. Photography is on an indefinite hold. Sad. I really need a decent camera. And I'm feeling uninspired in regards to jewelry, so right now I'm finishing up some doll repaints. Some update photos:
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