New & Upcoming Items!

I feel like I haven't written a blog post in years, but it's only been a little over a week. That's terrible! I am sorry for keeping everyone in the dark. I have been working diligently on reorganizing my workspace, restocking materials and supplies, keeping up with custom orders, shipping orders, and planning new projects all while being a mommy and wife. How do I do it all? I don't even know how I managed to get dressed and function properly every day!

So, here's what I've got going on right now. As you may have read from my last post, I've got some new fall scents for my soaps and some new fall flavors and fair flavors for my lip balms. These are absolutely amazing. I will say that my favorite fall scents are the Butter cream and Apple Toffee. Those smell like heaven if heaven were a tasty sweet treat.

I've also got some gorgeous new eye shadows coming out. Yes, they've been made, but I'm not releasing them until August because I like the suspense. They are metallic and sparkly. So, you get the best of both worlds. These are darker shades. They've got a shine and shimmer with a darker throw to them. I love them.

Now, the lip balms are what I've been getting great feedback from. Not to say the soaps aren't good, but people seem to love the lip balm. However, I have had a few that prefer to have the lip balm taste like the real deal. Well, guess what I cam across- realistic Butter Popcorn flavoring and realistic Pepperoni Pizza flavoring. Yes, these are lip balm approved, and yes, I did try the flavoring right from the bottle (I used disposable, clean droppers to taste test! I'm not the type to drink from the carton guys!). I swear, I did not detect the least bit of synthetic taste to these flavoring oils. To be quite honest, I was really nervous about straight testing them from the bottle because the flavorings in the past tasted terrible from the bottle but smelled absolutely divine. So, this has lead me to believe that people are confusing flavor and scent for lip balms.

Whatever the case, I am going to start hoarding these new found flavoring oils because I have finally found some realistic flavors approved for lip balms. I have stumbled upon a massive find here. I am in awe. It's like when your life's work is complete. You feel immense joy and satisfaction. You can finally rest easy! Hallelujah!

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Yeah, it's that great of a newsflash. Anyway, so I wanted to give you a heads up as well. If you all see
this logo to the right, check these folks out. They're an awesome soap company based out of the same city as myself only their products feature a more Gothic, darker theme. I love the darker scene myself. They've got some cool products coming to Etsy. It's going to be epic.






So, for now, I'll try to post some more blogs by the week if not sooner. I still will post some educational articles for why handmade products are better for your skin than commercial products. I'm still compiling my research for that. Yes, it is most definitely homework, but it's worth it to give the gift of knowledge and to share my research with others is very rewarding for myself. I hope you all benefit in some small way from my posts and my shared knowledge.

Cheers!
Kristine