My First Review! Thanks Angelina. :)

Angelina Kastroll got some of my soaps a while back... and I received some of her (lovely) soap cozies. I just found out about her review of them via a Google alert. :) Here's what Angelina has to say about her soapies: (BTW, her hubby loves them too!)

You Can Wash that Man Right Out of Your Hair

If you're looking for absolutely fabulous soap, visit Lady of Luxury. Dawn makes her soap the old-fashioned way - handmixing, pouring, moulding, and decorating her one-of-a-kind, all-natural, vegetarian and vegan-friendly soaps.

These soaps are amazing - the first all-natural soaps I've found that don't disintegrate in the soap dish after two days. They are generous 4 oz bars that last and last. They lather wonderfully; even in my hard water. The scent is invigorating but not overpowering. And did I mention they are absolutely beautiful. Dawn pays attention to the tiniest details - coffee beans in the coffee soap, rosebuds on the rose soap, icy blue swirls in the peppermint soap, and a honey soap that's shaped like a honeycomb.

While you're there, pickup one of my fabulous soap socks from Dawn, or better yet, direct from me. I have one hanging in my shower right now, stuffed with a Deep Purple Lavender bar of Dawn's incredible soap.

So get washing already!
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Thanks so much Angelina! I am glad you're loving the soapies. :) BTW... I only have one of her soaps socks left for sale. Most of them are going out with the 10 custom gift boxes I am putting together for one of my biggest supporters. :)

I've been featured @ Raw Soil

I've been featured on the Raw Soil blog! I have never been featured in a blog before. Especially not for Cyber Monday... You can read Raw Soil here: http://rawsoil.blogspot.com

She has dually good taste as she's chosen a ring from one of my favorite Etsy sellers: Sojourn Curiosities.

Michelle and Sojo rock! (And don't let my bias stop you from finding out for yourself!)

Need Handmade Candles for your new Soap?

My friend Paula is the best... she made me these lovely candles in some beautiful *true* cobalt blue glass a while back and I have been hording them to myself unwilling to give them up... but I finally decided if I wasn't actually going to burn them myself (because their handmade goodness is just too yummy!) than I should at least let them go to people who will appreciate them as much as I do.

These candles are exclusive to Lady of Luxury and available in a limited number of scents... namely, my favorites: Dogwood, Blue Bonnet and Vanilla Citrus.

The Dogwood is a nice clean fragrance while Blue Bonnet imparts a nice light spring floral scent. The seasonal warm scent is the Vanilla Citrus. These candles sort of "seal" themselves and may need to be given a little rub for you to smell them when they are not burning... but one large votive burning for about an hour scented my apartment. Though I can't say as I noticed it too much after a while (though my friend did) since my soaps make my place "stank purty" anyways.

New Toy! My tripod arrived.

My tripod arrived today. I got it for $15 from Amazon.com and free shipping. A better deal probably can't be had anywhere for one as nice as I just got. It's very sturdy and I am already having fun putting it to use! :)

The Gifts of the Magi set:

Custom Soap Order: Gifts of the Magi

This is a custom soap order for a local church. I will be placing a few extras on my site soon. The soap is the same as my usual Persian Gold (with Frankincense, Myrh, Amber and Patchouli) but with a custom soap band that turned out great! :)

Yummy! Cherry Vegan Lip Butter

This lip butter is totally getting raves from all of my friends. (And my friends friends too!) This lip butter is very thick and long lasting. It's great for people like myself who are allergic to mango or have a latex allergy (no mango or shea butters).

When one of my friends who works outside a lot at a small airport compared my lip butter with his standard chapped lip reliever he said that his lips felt great for *hours* afterwards. I am sure his girlfriend is happy for a soft place to land her lips!

New flavors out next week: Ginger Peach, Pomegranate and Wild Berry!

Sandalwood Rose

I thought I liked the rose I had... until I mixed it with sandalwood and now I can't stop sniffing it. It's the perfect pink because of the rose clay I use for coloring. I had a heck of a time getting some rose buds for the top of it but plan on buying *just* rose buds very soon so I won't have to weed through a bunch of petals first. :) The sandalwood rose will look the same as the old rose. :)

That's all for tonight!

The New Chocolate - Update!

This morning it was kind of toffee:



And tonight it's close to a light chocolate:



Nov. 16th, 2007 (1pmish): Starting to turn the unscented swirl part brown through diffusion of the fragrance oil (that's my best guess!):

The New Chocolate - Update!

Now a toffee color! The lighter part (unscented swirl) is swirl very vanilla/white chocolate looking. :)

The New Chocolate - Update!

After about 18 hours out of the fridge.