Greetings from the amazing and fabulous Miramonte Resort in Palm Springs, California. I’m here for the Soap Guild Annual Conference and so excited to see all the familiar faces.
Me, Kayla and the fabulous Marie (President of the Soap Guild)After a lovely reception for sponsors and speakers, I snuck off to check in all the boxes for the Advanced Lotionmaking Classes. In the classes, we’ll be making five different recipes with five completely different emulsification systems (from plain emulsifying wax to a beeswax/borax combo to soy lecithin and xantham gum). Did I mention the class is only one hour? With that short of a timeline, all the products need to be present and accounted for lest we have a disaster like the National Goatsmilk Show two years ago.
My shameful little secret was that earlier I had snuck a little bit of cheese back to my room from the reception, knowing that I had a full day of emails to catch up on and of course, sharing to do with you from the event. See my little cheese plate? Isn’t it cute?
When I got back into my room around 9:30 after checking in all my boxes, what was waiting for me but the mother of all cheese plates? Four kinds of cheeses, flatbread Parmesan crackers, and copious amounts of fresh fruit and nuts along with a gracious note from President Marie Gale and Conference Organizer Leigh O’Donnell, thanking Bramble Berry for its sponsorship of the event. It put my (stolen) cheese plate to shame!
I am embarrassed to admit how much cheese I ate. There was some left and it is shoved into my mini-fridge in the room for tomorrow’s midnight snack.
Tomorrow is a big day with a keynote by Erin Brokovich, a media presentation by Donna Maria Coles Johnson and a variety of breakout classes, including Melt and Pour by Lisa from Feto Soaps and yours truly for Lotions. I can’t wait to share the details with you.
