Here Are My Current Favorites

Again I am listening to my favorite pandora radio station.  I love to listen to Adele, Katy Perry, Paramore, and my new favorite Frou Frou. I love the funky beats that I can get from these bands. But I am a lover of music of almost all kinds.  There are only a few kinds of music that I don't care for.  I'll let you guess.....

But the other day when I said that I didn't care for one of my best selling soaps, Eucalyptus Spearmint. http://www.etsy.com/listing/34892892/eucalyptus-spearmint-soap I didn't say what my favorite soaps were.
So one of my favorites is my Lemon Verbena soap. http://www.etsy.com/listing/65754484/lemon-verbena-handmade-soap I love lemons and citrus in general but this lemon is so refreshing that every time I smell it I feel renewed and energized.  Did I say I love it?
My other favorite is the Purple Haze soap. http://www.etsy.com/listing/59384826/purple-haze-handmade-soap This soap smells a lot like the Ed Hardy fragrance.  It is a little fruity and sweet.  Both of those soaps are some of my best sellers.  When I make soap recipes I require that the soap lathers up really well and they are all very conditioning. 

Since I do 2 farmers markets a week I get lots of questions about the soaps, being that bar soap is my most popular item.  But the one question that I get often is "How long does the soap last?"  The answer is that my soaps will last just as long as commercial soaps as long as you take care of them.  Basically, when using them in the shower I keep them in a shelf that sits above where the water sprays.  It is a plastic little shelf that is suction-cupped to the wall and it also has drainage holes around it and on the bottom.  If you want to use it as a hand soap then you need to use it with a soap dish so that the water can drain from the soap.  You don't want the soaps to be sitting in water. I even have a customer that swears by using a dry wash cloth to let the soaps sit on. If you do these things then the soaps will last a long time. I love using handmade soaps.  Before I started making them I had no idea what all the fuss is all about.  Now I will never go back to commercial soaps.