Just a quick note today to let you know: The showcase has been updated! Two new gorgeous soaps have been posted — Citrus Cheesecake and Pomegranate Cream shaving soap. These are *exclusive* to the showcase and are not currently offered on Etsy. Here’s some shots of Coco trying to help. I think he’s doing it [...]

A very sad day yesterday as we all heard the news that both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett passed away. I never followed the career of Farrah, but was always a big Michael Jackson fan — Thriller was my very first LP (it’s like a CD, kid!), and the Beatles white album my second… We [...]

The results of last week’s poll are in and Red Lychee Bubble Tea, Summer Rhubarb and Ciao Bella seem to be the winners! I hope to turn these all into Creme Fraiche this weekend. Ciao Bella might be nice with ground apricot kernel — I love to use a really deep exfoliator on my legs [...]

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The weather is *gorgeous* today in the city and I’m looking forward to a weekend of hiking, and also restocking in the shop! Our Buy Two Get One Free June promotion is coming to a close on Sunday, but I hope to get some more items in stock (and lotion if I can do it!) [...]

Weekend’s almost here! Fantastic! I’m going to be expanding my line of whipped soaps (aka Creme Fraiche) and would like to know which scent you’d like to see! Personally, I’m leaning towards Cumulus and Ciao Bella in Creme Fraiche form, I love these scents! You can choose up to three answers in the poll. If [...]

Time for a pre-summer sale! I’ve stocked a BUNCH of Creme Fraiche, soaps and thick Crema for you, and I’m offering a nice special – Buy two get your third one free, in each category! Buy Two Cremas, get one free… Buy Two soaps, get one free… Buy Two mini Creme Fraiche, get one free… [...]

Friday, yay! I’m very excited for this weekend — we got in a huge batch of supplies and first thing, I want to make Coffee Butter lip butter, as I kept meaning to make it this week and always ran out of time. It’s overdue! We’re planning some household chores this weekend — I got [...]

Happy Thursday! Doesn’t have quite the same ring as Happy Friday, but we’ll have that soon enough I hope you stop by Friday to talk about “Whatever” — it was great to hear what people were up to last weekend! Today we’ve got a pair of polls — I’ll be busy this weekend restocking favorites [...]