Chill down with some gold medal summer soap🥇
Heat domes are no match for cool suds 🧊
Hello shiny clean, good-smelling people!
It's been the heat dome-iest summer ever for a lot of us, and August is usually the peak month of sweating it out. How are you holding up?
It's never a bad idea to jump in a cool shower and take down the temperature. Heat waves, raging forest fires, hot political storms, and fierce Olympic battles have everyone in a lather, figuratively. But literally, we can lather away the stress with self care - relaxing, pretty soap suds in a soothing bath or shower.
Handmade soap is tops when it comes to sudsing up, and with a nice addition of shea butter in our bars, the suds are creamy dreamy, the scents are all kinds of beautiful, and you never have to worry if your skin is going to get dry, itchy and flaky just from showering.
LAST CALL FOR SUMMER SEASONAL SOAPS
Which brings up the next subject - if you've fallen in love with one of our summer scents, you might want to grab the last few bars left this year. We've got just a bit left in stock and then it's onto something new. Day at the Beach, Lemon Balm + Olive Wood, Summer Cottage, Verbena + Coconut Milk, and White Linen are still available, and refreshing as can be for warm weather soaping.
MAIN MENU MAINSTAYS
With all the seasonal rotating menus, I realize it's sometimes hard to keep track of which scents are temporary and which ones are on the regular menu. During the last year or so, I've added 2 new scents to the permanent line-up because you all have let me know they are definite keepers. Lavender Woods and Sea Salt + Surf are available year round because yes, they are THAT good.
SUMMER FEET
Sandals, flip flops, bare feet and strolling sandy beaches or hot pavement can take a toll on your feet. If you've got dryness or rough spots, our Healing Salve and Shea Butter Balm can come to the rescue. The best way to bring them back from the brink:
1) Soak your feet for a bit (the Dead Sea Salts work wonders!)
2) Remove hardened areas using a pumice stone or callous remover
3) Moisturize with a rich balm or lotion
Personally, I like to use the Healing Salve with its bevy of herbs infused for disinfecting, killing bacteria and fungus, and all around skin healing and pampering. The Shea Butter Balm is a lovely, creamy moisturizer which absorbs and softens beautifully. Either one is a winner. Your tired, hard working summer feet will thank you. (2 oz tin - $6)
Have you checked it lately? These items are close-outs and won’t last long. Plus there are new organza fabric gift bags which hold just about any of our products - the perfect way to glam up a gift. Perfect time to shop early when gift giving season is just a few months away.
AUTUMN ON THE WAY
In the middle of a heat spell, sometimes the days feel like they go sooooo slooooowly. And yet the news cycles are making my head spin - one week feels like at least a month of happenings. While I love the generally laid back vibes of summer, getting to the finish line of the election season - and fall arriving sooner rather than later - doesn't sound so bad to me.
With that in mind, I'm already working on my new fall soap menu, which will be revealed September 1st, just next month. I'm so excited to share my new fall soap scents with you, but they are under wraps for a few more weeks. Check your inbox (or Facebook or Instagram) at the beginning of September for my Autumn Newsletter.
Be well, stay cool, and hang tight. We're all in this crazy boat together. If we grab onto each other and hold hands hopefully we can ride out the waves together and make it through this storm intact. Keep your people close!