July's Downtown Art Market

The Downtown Art Market was a huge success. There were a bunch of vendors there and they had some amazing things! I personally came home with a new little car and some plants for my yard.

Thank you to everyone who came out to see me, it was great to meet so many new people and share my love of soaping with Lubbock. I'll see you again in August, same time, same place!

In the meantime, feel free to throw me an email if you need any other products. :)

A Yum! of double proportions

Its been a creative month or two for me - I've been experimenting more with butters and here's a divine concoction I've come up with. I call it Body Buttercream and it is so luscious. Body Buttercream is a combination of Avocado, Mango and Shea butters as well as a few skin loving oils and a totally drool-worthy fragrance. I specifically did NOT want a body butter that was extra greasy. With the heat around here I don't need to slide off of my chair, LOL. Having said that though, I've found that a little of this stuff sure goes a long way and its done very well in softening my skin after swimming for several days in a row. You know how drying chlorine can be in 100 degree heat.

The Body Buttercream is sold by weight - a hefty 5 oz of buttercream, in an adorable 3 inch diameter flat jar. I can do any of my fragrances in the buttercream, the Black Raspberry & Vanilla just happens to be the one I chose for sampling. Let me know what you need!

Also, I now have Black Raspberry & Vanilla fragrance - just like that major body product chain store. Its wonderful! Now if I can keep it around long enough to make much with it, seems my teenage daughters love it too.

Scent: To Go

I've discovered something new that I have totally fallen in love with. Solid parfume balm - its an easy way to get a quick fix of fragrance on your pulse points without having to tote around a whole bottle that may break or leak. It doesn't leave a wet spot where it was sprayed, either. So far I've created these fab little fragrance sticks in Heavenessence (Angel by Thierry Mugler) and Love Always (Endless Love by Victoria's Secret). I'm still debating on which others to add to the line as well, so if you have any suggestions just let me know. Pick yours up today for only $3.00 at my web store, or come get them in person at the Downtown Art Market on Saturday!

Sometimes soap imitates art

Its true - soaping is a great way to let the artist inside of me get out a little at a time. Its a great challenge to see something in my head and then try to get it out of the mold in the same way that I pictured it.

While this isnt exactly how I'd imagined it, its very close. The peach should have been purple. It figures I can't create peach or orange when I try, but only when I don't. Ha! But anyway, this soap is Moonlight Walk - a fragrance I'd had trouble soaping 7 months ago. This time however, its gorgeous and smells fab.

Look for it at the August Downtown Art Market!

Apricot Freesia Shaving Soap

Yesterday's experiment was cut this morning. Apricot Freesia shaving soap. I put together a new recipe and I'm very excited to give it a try in a few weeks. Its got some bentonite and kaolin clay to give it glide for a good, close shave. If this works the way I hope it does, I'll definitely make a more manly fragrance for all the guys out there. If nothing else, its awfully springy colored and cute. :)

Tonight is a meeting about starting up a new Lubbock Farmer's Market. I really hope that this project will take off, and that they'll let me participate. I really need a good venue that I could do on a regular basis in hopes of meeting people and showing off my soaps to the real world. I want everyone to see what a different handmade can make.

Introducing FlexAgain Lotion

Introducing FlexAgain Lotion - an all new product from Bodyluxe by Shawna. FlexAgain is an MSM lotion, blended with essential oils to help all of the aches and pains of life fade away. MSM is one of nature's sources of sulfur, a building block of our bodies, and has long been touted to help relieve aching muscles and joint stiffness and pain. FlexAgain Lotion is made with a muscle rescue blend of essential oils: Eucalyptus, Orange, Rosemary and Peppermint for that "aaaaah" feeling (and not to mention it smells darned nice too!).

FlexAgain Lotion is great used after a workout, after a busy day, or during one of those annoying weather changes that make bones creak and moan. Simply rub the lotion on to stiff or sore areas as needed. FlexAgain goes to work where you need it the most - on your shoulders, wrists, hands, back, legs, or even your feet! This is a more natural alternative to the chemical-laden over the counter creams available at the drugstore.

Summer Soaptacular Sale ends soon!

The deadline for the summer soapy event of the season is soon drawing near. Midnight June 30 is the latest to place an order though my ArtisansOnline website to take advantage of the 25% off and more. Don't miss your chance to get a couple of great bars of your fave fragrance and make your friends and relatives jealous. Remember, handmade soap is far superior to the store bought brands - I can tell you what is in my soap and why. Can the store even pronounce what is in theirs, let explain what their ingredients do?