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My first experiment using a whole lemon... blended up into the liquid portion of the soap... peel and all! I wonder what it will do to the ph? Fresh lemony EO blend of Lemon, Lemongrass and May Chang Favourite quote of the day: Do what you love - Love what you do! Happy Soaping Everyone!! xoxo Jen

(... and some random photos)   I love feedback, especially when it is positive.   Negative feedback usually makes me feel uncomfortable at first but it can be a great opportunity to improve something that isn’t quite right.   I wish I got my reaction right every time… but I’m still learning. I remember back to that majorly failed opportunity I had… A lady came up to my stall at a market a few months ago and said, “Wonderful soap! I bought some from you at a Medieval market…”   she hesitated.   She was English and as they are often so polite I think it can be extra difficult for the English to offer negative feedback.   She got up the courage to mention to me that although she loved the soap, she didn’t like the size of the small soap she bought (my half-size bar).   She offered the suggestion of making them round. Bingo!   Opportunity to: -           thank her for providing her honest feedback...

I love playing around with my potpourri soap... and each batch looks so different.    The set things are that it is a goat milk soap and the scent combo is Lavender, Lemongrass, Fennel and Ylang Ylang, which I love...

This is a repeat, at a customers request... she loved this bar for her adolescent skin... and I really enjoyed flinging soap with the spoon swirl tecnique! with Spearmint & Patchouli Essential Oils Happy Soaping!! xo Jen

Orange season here starts in December and is still on! Oh yeah... freshly squeezed local orange juice every day until we get sick of it and then we wait until next December to get sick of it all over again! We don't usually buy the oranges, they get given to us by locals by the crate. As you can see, we have almost finished the oranges in this crate!    These wonderfully juicy local oranges are also the oranges I use for the grated peels that go into my Orange Poppyseed Soap and Scrub. It takes about 3 to 4 oranges for a full glass of juice and before I juice them, I wash them, dry them, then grate the peels off. Here are some of the peels drying at different stages. It is also currently mandarin season, lemon season and olive oil season (the olives are usually gathered throughout December).   Pomegranate season just finished.   Almond season is coming up, then watermelon and lavender season. We recently got given local sweet onions and garlic as well...

The lovely Robin from Kinky Witch Soap http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kinky-Witch-Soap/202950419725552  participated in my Olive Oil experiment and as a surprise sent me a gift of some awesome soap she makes and a dreamy lip balm (not included in the photo as I believe my daughter has hidden it on me... we both love it!). Not only does this soap look good and smell wonderful... This ROCK HARD bar produces AWESOME, sudden & lasting, big, fluffy, abundant suds. I find this bar rather addicting as well as the tasty, moisturizing lip balm... Thank you so much Robin for the amazing gift!! I only have one piece of advice I could offer you... GET A BLOG!!! xoxo Jen

when playing with water discounts and reductions... that you don't go too low! Broke the soap cutter with this one... Oh well, this one will be grated for laundry soap. Happy Soaping everyone!! xoxo Jen