Soapyness

[wednes]

Wow, I pretty much suck at blogging anymore.
Well, I do write roughly ten blog posts a week--but they're for clients and not for myself. I'm guessing no one wants to hear my thoughts on overhead garage doors or lifestyle tips for moms on a budget any more than I want to have them. But alas, we are poor.

Instead of doing holiday lip balms this year, I'm giving soaps a try. I thought this was a cool, fun idea until it exploded into crazy amounts of money spent, outrageous ideas for amazingly cool soaps, and an implosion of utensils that my kitchen will not soon forget.

People are already asking when I'm going to offer them for sale. I suck at new ventures, which is why I seem to always be just starting or abandoning one. But it would also be pretty cool to give up ad writing and ghost blogging to be able to make spooky (or similar) soaps full time. Personally, I've been using liquid soaps for so long that I forgot how much better the right bar soap is in every way...except convenience.

How does one make bar soap more convenient?

Comments

[crowjoy]

Ooh are you putting stuff in the bars? That's always fun. I prefer bar soap for my hands and liquid for my bod but I've never thought of that as a convenience. The only problem I have with bar soap in general is how grotty the dish gets. Maybe that's why soap on a rope exists. I'd rather soap with a pretty pendant inside, hanging on a chain that I can use as a necklace when the soap is done. :)

And I miss your posts! I actually made a purchase Snoop Dog would be proud of and dug up your old posts on the topic to help guide my decision. Thanks!

[wednes]

Ha! That's awesome. Glad I could help.

I think of these M&P soaps like a jar of pasta sauce from the store. I def want to start out with good ingredients, but then I gotta make it my own. I've been adding avocado or almond oil, plus activated charcoal, or mica colors, or sparkle, plus fragrance and dye to some. I think cool spooky designs will make me marketable, my main goal is to make soaps that are awesome for your skin--not just super cool to look at.

[crowjoy]

Tie those spooky designs to your books and characters!! Cross marketing baby!