Hi everyone.
I have been reading here for a while so thought I may as well jump in and post...you all seem like a nice and friendly group.
I am trained as an herbalist and to make a long story short - over time I became more interested in natural cosmetics (as opposed to the medical aspects of herbalism) and eventually tried making soap and was instantly hooked.
Now, many years later, I own a little soap business. I have a small (very small) physical store where I make soap and sell it as well as a fairly new online store. I run it all by myself.
All of my soaps are herbal soaps (soap to which I add in essential oils and crushed herbs) - I do HP, CP and MP soaps as well as herbal bath infusions, which are just blends of pure organic herbs (like bath teas essentially).
I prefer making HP, I find it almost meditative and a very soothing and enjoyable process. On the other hand I prefer using MP (natural base MP) I just like the feel of it, the softer quality in general. CP is somewhere in the middle for me...though I do have many customers that love it.
I have also been playing around with getting into candles in my spare time over past year or so but I don't sell those, I am still finishing up the learning stages there. Maybe by March or April I will be able to add those to my line.
That's about all I have to say. Today I am packaging up my last batch of winter peppermint soap and making a few custom holiday baskets.
Nice to meet you all!
I have been reading here for a while so thought I may as well jump in and post...you all seem like a nice and friendly group.
I am trained as an herbalist and to make a long story short - over time I became more interested in natural cosmetics (as opposed to the medical aspects of herbalism) and eventually tried making soap and was instantly hooked.
Now, many years later, I own a little soap business. I have a small (very small) physical store where I make soap and sell it as well as a fairly new online store. I run it all by myself.
All of my soaps are herbal soaps (soap to which I add in essential oils and crushed herbs) - I do HP, CP and MP soaps as well as herbal bath infusions, which are just blends of pure organic herbs (like bath teas essentially).
I prefer making HP, I find it almost meditative and a very soothing and enjoyable process. On the other hand I prefer using MP (natural base MP) I just like the feel of it, the softer quality in general. CP is somewhere in the middle for me...though I do have many customers that love it.
I have also been playing around with getting into candles in my spare time over past year or so but I don't sell those, I am still finishing up the learning stages there. Maybe by March or April I will be able to add those to my line.
That's about all I have to say. Today I am packaging up my last batch of winter peppermint soap and making a few custom holiday baskets.
Nice to meet you all!
