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Member Spotlight: Neecy’s Necessities
Welcome to Feature Friday. Today, meet Neecy’s Necessities. Neecy’s Necessities tag line, “Bliss made beautifully simple” is evident after strolling through the online store. In the shop, you’ll find...
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Member Spotlight: Human Nature of Maine
Welcome to Feature Friday. Today, meet Human Nature of Maine. You may know Maine-based Human Nature as Pet Works of Maine. Indeed, nine years ago, the impetus for Human Nature was products for pets....
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Member Spotlight: Elysian Botanicals
Welcome to Feature Friday. Today, meet Elysian Botanicals. Ceramics and oil paints…they aren’t so far from the clays, oils, and colorants used in soap. Nate Ulmer, owner of Elysian Botanicals, puts...
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Member Spotlight: Whipped Up Wonderful
The shower is a miniature escape for many of us, a few small moments of peace and tranquility snatched out of hectic lives. A bath, then, is a truly stress-relieving luxury. That concept drives the...
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Member Spotlight: BC Spirit Soap
Talking to BC Spirit Soap owner Linda Buffy, you can truly feel the gentle spirit that infuses her soap and body care line. In business for two decades, it was the chance meeting of a gifted bar of...
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Member Spotlight: Harriet’s Little Soap Co., LLC
Visitors to the Vail Farmers’ Market and Art Show may have been lucky enough to catch Harriet Scheib in action. Harriet runs the Lakewood, Colorado-based Harriet’s Little Soap Company. Asked about her...
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Member Spotlight: The Painted Soapery
In search of a salve for her rosacea, Axia Renta-DeLuca’s desire for total control of her ingredients led her to cold processed soapmaking. “It was very empowering to take matters into my own hands and...
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Member Spotlight: Naturals by Claudia
Naturals by Claudia started with a simple bar of soap made by soapmaker Claudia Aurandt 16 years ago, after learning that what was in her commercial products could be related to her diagnosis of...
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Member Spotlight: Cozy Clover Natural Skin Care
Many people enjoy the famous whiskies and beers of Ireland, but not so many take skincare inspiration from it. Enter travel-inspired, North Carolina-based Cozy Clover. Owner/Artisan Christy Osborne...
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Member Spotlight: Beach Bird Botanicals
Perusing the Beach Bird Botanicals line, you can almost hear ocean waves lapping at your feet. The soaps have a seaside palette and a seriously soothing vibe. Best of all, the company aims to make sure...
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Member Spotlight: Talkeetnagirl Designs, LLC
Living in Alaska is incredibly rough on the skin, so using soap that doesn’t lead to dry, cracked skin is a tall order. Karen P Harvey, owner, designer, creator, and cleanup crew for Talkeetnagirl...
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Member Spotlight: spoon -handmade herbal soap & more-
Many cosmetic handcrafters report falling in love with making soap after experiencing the skin-loving benefits of a handmade bar of soap. California-based Kiyoko Puyaoan, started her handmade journey...
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Member Spotlight: Fish Princess Farm
In shops spanning California’s central coastline, from Sausalito to Carmel, you’ll find soap and lotion from a company named Fish Princess Farm. Who on earth would name their company Fish Princess...
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Member Spotlight: K.I.S.S. Keeping It Simple Soap
Shock, fear, and anxiety typically accompany the loss of a full time job. For Kathy Bosk, owner of Keeping It Simple Soap (K.I.S.S), it was the impetus to start a company. And oddly enough, it was her...
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Member Spotlight: A Wild Soap Bar LLC
Walking through Soap Bartender Maggie Hanus’ production area recently, you may have stumbled over several hundred pounds of soap in process. “Inspired back in 1995 by Sandy Maine’s “The Soap Book”, I...
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Member Spotlight: Honestly Simple Soaps
As any soapmaker will tell you, soapmaking is a slippery slope. Upon learning how to make soap, you discover that you have raw ingredients to make many, many other cosmetics. And then, of course, it...
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Member Spotlight: P.S. I Love Soap Co.
What better company to feature on Valentine’s Day than one which proudly proclaims their love for soap? (Yes, we’re pretty proud of ourselves.) It’s apparent that Pam Saldutti, owner of P.S. I Love...
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Member Spotlight: Radiant Fettle
Quiet, radiant soulfulness emanates from skincare and wellness company Radiant Fettle. You truly get a sense for Radiant Fettle’s heart in talking to owner Kelly Jacobi. Soapmaking is Kelly’s way to...
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Member Spotlight: Simmons Natural Bodycare
For Simmons Natural Bodycare, it all started with a classic soapmaking tome: Ann Bramson’s Soap – Making It, Enjoying It. Allergies and sensitivies to the fragrances and colors available commercially...
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Member Spotlight: Southern Girl Soapery
While in business and an HSCG member for just over a year, Southern Girl Soapery proprietor and soapstress Stephanie Hamling has been formulating for over a decade. As Stephanie recalls, “I began...
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