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MY BUSINESS IS GETTING A MAKE OVER
I went from crazy, over the top, ready to sell anything I could make business woman in the early 2000's to no business woman at all. After my mom died in 2007 my life took major turns. Some I was prepared for and some... well... not so prepared for. I tried holding onto the business end of myself but completely lost it. I didn't really want to make anything, just pretended like I did. I thought if I pretended than it really meant I wanted to but... we all know how that can go. The last 2.5 years have been full of learning experiences. A lot has happened, most of which would bore you all so I won't share it. I've even had people come IN and then OUT of my life recently th

UNDER THE WILLOW SENT ONE OF HER GIFTS
So no, I couldn't take a single picture of Carrie's laundry soap that would do it justice. So I'll just have to convey my excitement and the beauty of her product through words.

BEFORE YOU REACH FOR THE HAND SANITIZIER…
Or antibacterial soap, think twice. As I mentioned in a previous post, antibacterial soaps contain an ingredient called Triclosan. Did you know that Triclosan is a pesticide? CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

THE ART OF BLENDING
I think anyone that works with essential oils knows that over half the fun is blending to create ones own scent. In my aromatherapy certification course we were challenged into creating a blend that not only smelled the way we wanted it to but would accomplish what we needed it to as we

SOAP: LIQUID vs. BAR
Yuck, who would want to use bar soap? They are full of germs. It isn't as clean as using liquid soap! I'm not risking my health, sorry."A friend actually said this to me once when I tried to give her a bar of soap. She asked "what would I do with it, I can't use it to clean my hands or my body."After that experience and of course realizing that so many people prefer liquid over bar, I started thinking about why most people turned away from bar soap and instead reach for the commercial liquid soap. Is it the convenience of the pump bottle? Is it seriously because more germs hang around on a bar of soap as oppose to the bottle of liquid s