So I have been making my own soaps, lotions and cleaning stuff for years and gifting it to friends. I started a Gallery last year for my photography and pottery and selling others art that inspires me. A friend came in expecting to see my soaps and lotions and said hey I want to buy some. So here I am making soaps. LOL! I have lotion bars, lip balm, foaming hand soap and bar soap. the ladder seems to be the harder. LOL! But right now I am using M&P just because of having space and a place to make it. I have moved on to layering and using mica to color. This is my first try at a layered bar and I made it two days ago.