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I am thrilled with the soap dishes that the ceramicist created for me!   Here are some of them.     The others sold. He is making more so I will post again!   Farewell Wild Lavender... the last bars sold! The season is in full swing and my evening markets have STARTED!   My shaving soap on my sea-side stand… Happy summer!! Xo Jen

I lost my purple… Well, I kind of left it behind.    Sadly, I am retiring my Wild Lavender soap for now.   I really liked it… and it sold well too.   Problem?   Short shelf life.   Something that didn’t make me proud to sell it any more.   I have never had this problem with any of my other soap, which all have a lot of Olive Oil in them, anywhere from 30 to 100%.   By short shelf-life, I mean that it gets that rancidy oil smell, something that has never happened that I am aware of, to any of my other soaps.   I have had soaps last for years without it… Retiring "Wild Lavender" In order to get the purple colour (from Alkanet or Ratanjot) in my Lavender soap, I had to leave the Olive Oil out.   I love olive oil in my soaps and it is one of the main agricultural items we have in this area of Spain. It is so much a part of the Mediterranean identity.   I decided I don’t want to make soap without it right now.   I am not willing to...

I have been experimenting lately with liquid soap… and really enjoying myself! The first liquid soap was a hand (or body) soap, scented with orange and grapefruit essential oils and it leaves my hands nice and soft, though it doesn’t get the same suds I love in my bar soaps. First liquid soap The one on the left has Essential Oils, the one on the right doesn't. I am sure I will learn all about the right moment to add the Essential Oils to keep cloudiness down. The second one was a shampoo.   Not bad!   It has crazy suds and as I wanted a herbal scent reminiscent of this area… I added Rosemary, Lavender and Spearmint (plants which all grow wild here) essential oils.   Although liquid, it performs much the same as my solid shampoo bars.   Difficult to get a brush through my hair, better with the vinegar rinse but lovely when my hair dries.   Great on my scalp too!   When I make another shampoo, I think I may decrease cleansing a little and increase...