For many, this week is an opportunity to give thanks and spend time with family. I thought it was only appropriate to introduce you to a key component of the Bramble-family, the spectacular and amazing behind-the-scenes-of-everything team. These lovely ladies work so hard to answer soapy questions, test recipes, and make sure all customer service needs are met. I appreciate everything they do immensely! They are kind, funny and unique individuals, and I feel so lucky that they choose to work for Bramble Berry.
If you have ever called, emailed, chatted or Facebook’d Bramble Berry, you have talked with one of these gals below. In addition to their soaping and crafting knowledge, each member of the team brings unique talents and strengths to the workplace each day. Read a little bit more about the office team below, including their favorite fragrance oils and Soap Queen blog projects.
Favorite Essential Oils: Bay Laurel Essential Oil, 10x Orange Essential Oil and Spearmint Essential Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Castile Cubes Soap Tutorial. I just love Castile Soap!
Favorite Quote: “Where ever you go, there you are.” – My mom
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Energy Fragrance Oil, Tobacco & Bay Leaf Fragrance Oil and Wasabi Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Neon Ambrosia Soap
Favorite Quote: “If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well-being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.” – Dalai Lama XIV
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Southern Peach Fragrance Oil, Sleigh Ride Fragrance Oil and Tobacco & Bay Leaf Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Soothing Floral Bath Salts
Favorite Quote: “I love talking about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.” – Oscar Wilde
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Sugar Plum Fairy Fragrance Oil, Energy Fragrance Oil and Pikake Flower Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: White Ginger & Amber Spray Perfume
Favorite Quote: “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Espresso Fragrance Oil, Lilac Fragrance Oil and Pure Honey Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Queen of Hearts Cold Process
Favorite Quote: “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”– Mark Twain
Favorite Fragrances: Honey and Leather Fragrance Oil, Lilac Fragrance Oil and Green Fig Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Misty Maritime Moon Cold Process
Favorite Quote: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Tobacco and Bay Leaf Fragrance Oil, Sea Moss Fragrance Oil and Sandalwood Vanilla Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Sahara Sunset Cold Process
Favorite Quote: “People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.” – Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Fragrance Oils: Grapefruit Bellini Fragrance Oil, Tangerine Surplus Fragrance Oil and Pineapple Cilantro Fragrance Oil
Favorite Blog Project: Lemon Poppy Seed Cold Process
Favorite Quote: “Well behaved women rarely make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
I hope you enjoyed getting to know the BrambleFamily! Below, you can find all their favorite blog projects.
Top row, left to right: Olive Oil + Castile Soap Tutorial, Misty Maritime Moon Cold Process, Neon Ambrosia Soap
Middle row, left to right: Lemon Poppy Seed Cold Process, Soothing Floral Bath Salts
Bottom Row, left to right: White Ginger & Amber Spray Perfume, Queen of Hearts Cold Process Soap, Sahara Sunset Cold Process Soap
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow! The Bramble Berry offices will be closed tomorrow and Friday to allow these ladies (and me!) time off with family.
I have a question about your bubble bar, it on the one that you put in the cookie sheet. can I roll them like you did for the “lovespell solid bubble bath?
Hmm, I’m not completely sure! I believe that recipe is a bit more dry than the LoveSpell Solid Bubble Bath. I would recommend making a small test batch to see. If it’s too try, you can add more liquid soap. 🙂
Chillaxing Bubble Bath: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/soaks-and-scrubs/solid-bubble-bath-recipe/
Solid Bubble Bath: https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/lovespell-solid-bubble-bath-diy/
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Teal is awesome she has helped me many times with my dumb questions and is always patient and has kindness in her voice, and i love that her name is Teal, seriously cool parents! seeing her hair is pink cracked me up cuz i for some weird reason had a image in my head that her hair was crazy colored, which just makes her even more cool! thanks for always helping me out Teal! and to everyone else at Brambleberry you give a small family owned feel to a big business! please keep it that way! ive tried in the past to order from some other places just to check them out, (WSP) they literally take FOREVER to even get things shipped, and then im like oh theres my stuff almost a month later!! So after testing out various places in the past 2 years, i have made the decision to stick to BRAMBLEBERRY no matter what! if you dont sell that particular oil or ingredient than i simply wont use it! i keep everything from colorants, soap, bases, fragrances, etc with you guys only, i always know im getting everything within a certain time frame, and if your out of stock on something you always have it on the website so i know not to order at that time and when to come back, i cant tell you how many times i have ordered something somewhere else and find out weeks later that they were out of that and not only did i not get my stuff but then i had to wait forever for a refund, i also love that you put a little bottle of frag oil, ive gotten hooked on so many because of this and i appreciate you letting me try something out first like when you have the option to request what your sample will be, thats very kind! SIDE NOTE: unfortunatley i have had to order sweetened lip balm flavors from another site, which was a nightmare and took forever and once i run out i refuse to ever buy from them again so im hoping you guys are working on getting a bigger variety of lip balms flavors that are already sweetened or even just more that arent sweetened, ive been looking everywhere for a good mocha flavor oil or having holiday themed flavor oils like pumpkin pie or apple etc Also ive been looking for brighter bath bomb colorant options, ive bought pretty much every kind of labomb you have and they are colorful but not as bright as i hoped like the teal if i dont want it pastel it gets really dark, or your pink last year seemed more bright when i used it now it kind fades out not so much of a hot pink like it used to be when i compare old bath bombs verses new ones, id also like to see a really true purple or true red because the adobe is well, adobe lol, i looooooove your cantaloupe its a perfect orange! and your daisy yellow is perfect! should i just try using micas? i did it once and it seemed like i had to use a ton of mica to get it to not be pastel, then the tub had a ring of mica around it which worried me for customers so i threw them all away lol i didnt want to stain a tub and get a bad review! also if you guys ever have a fragrance oil testing panel in which i could make soaps with scents i would love to be part of a panel or even an event of some sort. check me out at http://www.ravenscreeknaturalco.com on instagram @ravenscreeknaturalco or facebook.com/ravenscreeknaturalco or my wholesale site ravenscreekwholesale.com im a wholesale and private label company we make up to 6,000 products a month privately and we sell the overstock “left overs” fresh on etsy or our site! thanks guys!
Thank you so much for your super sweet comment Natasha! Teal read it and absolutely loved it. We really appreciate your business, and can’t wait to work with you more. Also, I love your gorgeous layered bath bombs. 🙂
You can definitely use micas in bath bombs! They add a little bit of shimmer to your recipe: https://www.brambleberry.com/Micas-C46.aspx
In the Midas Touch Bath Bombs, we coated the bath bombs in King’s Gold Mica: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/midas-touch-bath-bombs/
Thanks again Natasha! Have an amazing weekend. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
How cute are all of you? I think you all blend together perfectly! Lots of movies to talk about and lots of cat talk (Teal,my daughter has a cat named pip) And alot of humor,I guess we know who keeps you all cheery and laughing throughout the day! Book fans and cooks! Wow I am so jealous. Sounds like Washington is the perfect place to be. Kelsey I don’t blame you for not missing the snow! Thanks for sharing your passions and pictures with us! You are all so adorable. Love from,Kristie
Thank you so much Kristie! We were excited to share a little bit about ourselves. Also, I am a certified crazy cat lady, so cat talk sounds perfect to me. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Hi bramble berry nice to meet everybody , hope you all had a great thanksgiving!!
The weather was gorgeous yesterday and I took my two dogs for a nice walk, it was about 60 degrees yesterday, but today was quite warmer it felt like about 70 degrees.
Anyhow, it’s nice to know everyone’s favorite project, mine is learning how to make emulsified Salt scrub from scratch with moroccan mint FO (soap queen TV) well that and making lotion from scratch.
But the one I can’t wait to make (juicy orange & sweet rose)cold
Process, the paprika Orange is gorgeous!!
Hi Robin!
Thank you, hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving as well! The Emulsified Scrub feels so nice. It’s the perfect combination of lotion, scrub and soap. Also, the Juicy Orange and Sweet Rose Cold Process Soap is fun to make as well! Each bar looks a bit different. 🙂
Have fun trying out some new recipes, and if you have any questions about them let us know!
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Emulsified Scrub: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/soaks-and-scrubs/emulsified-scrub-scratch-soap-queen-tv/
Lotion from Scratch: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/lotion/make-lotion-scratch-soap-queen-tv/
Juicy Orange and Sweet Rose Cold Process Soap: http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/juicy-orange-sweet-rose-cold-process/
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m very grateful for all the help from the BB team over the last year – as a new business I feel like I have a whole team behind me. It’s great to associate all the wonderful folks with their faces.
Thank you so much Jill! We are so happy to help and support you with your new business. Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Have a wonderful THANKSGIVING everyone!
Rachel thanks for all your help.
Gracias desde México!!!!
Pilar
Thank you so much Pilar, hope you had an amazing holiday! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Hi,
Very nice to see the faces behind the names after reading all the comments and advice here on the blog.
So glad you like the post Annemieke! Thanks for reading. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Love you all and your products from the heart. Happy Thanksgiving And Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much Pam! Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas to you too. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
This is agreat article! I love all of you guys. Everyone is always so positive and helpful. I am thankful for all of you!
I wish I could work for you too!! 🙂
Thank you so much Martina! We love working with you too, and looking at your beautiful soaps. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Hi , I love this article . I was wondering who I talked with 4 years ago.
Tina and Rachel who i only contacted you guys are really kinds and help me a lot in the past when I started to making soap without knowledge anythings.
Thank you so much!
Love brambleberry!
We love Tina and Rachel, they’re so much fun to work with! Thanks so much for your sweet comment Wansada. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
If I run away from home will you hire me??
Ha, it is fun to work here! We’re often covered in glitter and smell like fragrance oil. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry