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Here is the night market I have been at for the month of August, 5 nights a week, from 8pm to approximately 1am. It is across from the Hotel Zimbali, on Vera Playa if anyone wishes to come visit! Some of the stands... Leanne at her book stand Tina, Jewllery maker. Hers are the only earrings I wear! http://bluetinajewellery.blogspot.com/ Me, excited for the night to begin! I have a system that works well for me when it comes to selling at markets. I say hello or good evening to anyone passing by whose eye I can catch. I try to make eye contact with everyone I can. If they slow down to look, I give out free samples, small centimer squares of my best smelling soaps. Then I get chatting if they have time to listen. I tell them about the soaps in general, that I make them with natural and local ingredients. I explain the different properties of each one. Sometimes they purchase right away. Often, they return to purchase after once around the market. Other times, they return ano...

The first shampoo bar, other than my own, that I have tried for the Shampoo Bar Exchange was the lighter soap sent to me by Amy of Great Cakes Soapworks. It is called “The Original Opus”. Impressions before using it – beautiful natural colour & texture,nice size and I LOOOOOOVE the scent. The ingredients list: Saponified Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Lard, rice Bran Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Beer, Aloe Vera Juice and Essential Oils of Lemongrass, Lavender, Rosemary and Peppermint. When I began using it, I was sooooo surprised at just how different it was from mine. It lathered instantly and abundantly. Wonderful, thick, sudsy lather. I just kept washing & lathering and lathering... like I didn’t want it to end!! I also adore the scent. It smells wonderful dry but even better when washing! I used a simple Vinegar rinse (1 part Apple Cidar Vinegar to 10 parts water) after each wash. My hair combed through very nicely after Amy’s shampoo. Not like the slick ch...

Rosemary Nettle Shampoo Bar, with Basil and Green Clay Beer Honey Shampoo Bar Carrot and Coconut Milk Shampoo Bar A few months ago, when several of these soapers with blogs that I follow began posting about their Shampoo Bar experiments, I got an idea.... A SHAMPOO BAR EXCHANGE!!!! This way, I would get to try out some different shampoo bars, get feedback on my shampoo bars and do a soap experimental exchange/ challenge which I have been dying to do since I began soaping. So I contacted: Tierra Verde Handmade Soaps http://tierraverdesoaps.blogspot.com/ Great Cakes Soapworks http://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/ The Soap Sister http://thesoapsister.blogspot.com/ and invited them to participate. They all agreed! It took a couple of months to get things ready for shipping and recently we all shipped off our shampoo bars! We are now going to be using one soapers bar at the same time and blogging about them... Can't wait!! Please forgive the repeat photos...