Say Goodbye to “Sandalwood”

This reminds me of a Billy Joel song but it’s unfortunately true. The cost of pure sandalwood essential oil is so high we can no longer carry it. Going forward, we will be producing soaps and lotions with our usual high quality fragrance oils which are incredibly accurate. There is, however, nothing more heavenly than 100% unadulterated plant essential oils. Apparently, after recent talks with a few of my fragrance and essential oil vendors, the tree is becoming endangered and it already takes up to thirty years to produce a true sandalwood essential oil for cosmetic use. There is nothing quite as magical as sandalwood essential oil. Just thinking of it transports me in time and space. If anyone out there wants to spend around $30 for a bar of soap let me know. I’ll gladly make it.

FYI sandalwood east indian essential oil is currently running about $1200/lb.

Soap Farm At Artisanal L.A. April 16-17th 2011

http://artisanalla.com/participants/spring-show-2011/

We’re  jazzed about the Artisanal L.A. show in Santa Monica for many reasons. One, it showcases great artisanal, handmade and local vendors themed around food. Two, there will be some awesome vendors of truly original and delicious edibles and Three, it supports the local community which we have come to really appreciate during our relatively short time in L.A. Its been a surprising and inspirational experience. L.A. is filled with creative energy in lots of areas including design, fashion, art and food. Our products will fit in well with the sustainable agenda for Artisanal L.A. We can’t wait.

On the bath menu we will be showcasing our post consumer media-wrapped soaps and all things food and kitchen-based. We have pushed forward our new Foodie soap line, something that I have been dreaming up for some time. As we all know, high quality soaps share the same food grade ingredients as what you cook with and the scents can come from pure  gastronomy. Ie. bacon soap. While we won’t be sampling any bacon soap (this is not one of my favorites), we will be featuring liquid soaps in Ginger-Lemongrass, Milk, Lavender-Vanilla, and more. We also will be highlighting our Amazing MILK; soap one of the most incredible, luxurious moisturizing soaps you will ever use in Coconut Cream, Cocoa-Rose, Mochaccino and more.

Hope to see you there. There will be no shortage of free samples.

Thanks to Fancifull Gift Baskets http://www.fancifullgiftbaskets.com/ for giving us a heads up on the event.

Unwrapped

Unwrapped soaps offer our customers the ability to say no to extra packaging and save money. We are offering customers at the farmers market $1 off our regular price per bar that is unwrapped. You will get a freshly made soap (within the past 3-4 weeks) inside a deli paper bag with label. It also helps promote our fresh soap platform and educate the public about the virtues of all natural soap: It has a shelf life! Natural soaps are meant to be used and luxuriate in, not stored in drawers as perfume sachets (save that for the mass produced perfume soaps.) We think this is a win, win. Love to hear your thoughts.  Go to our Facebook page.

Melrose Farmers Market, West Hollywood, CA

We had a great day today at the Melrose Farmer’s Market. Highlights being meeting some nice people and giving away free samples of our soap. Going forward, we are going to continue with the unwrapped option, our Superfat soap unwrapped for $6/6 oz. bar and featuring a new soap each weekend. We also are introducing the Frequent Bather program which gives farmer’s market shoppers the opportunity to earn credits toward free soap. Until next week…Follow us on FB or Twitter to find out the latest soaps in the works. Hint: it involves a cholesterol-lowering food.

Ebay Update March 2011

We are selling an extraordinary amount of soap accessories on our Ebay store. We are thrilled to offer an expanded line of soap dishes that speak to our quality criteria and style. Coming next week. We’re excited!