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Little Bitty Soap Company Interview

October 13, 2009 Filed Under: Business Musings

Gillian DeConto is the owner of the Little Bitty Soap Company out of British Columbia. She’s also the only Certified Soapmaker in all of British Columbia and one of two in the entire nation of Canada (pretty cool). Oh, and did I mention she won ‘Best Soap’ at the Handmade Soap Guild Annual Conference this year? She is one talented soapmaker! Check out her bio here and the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild here. I purchased some soap from her a couple of weeks ago and I just LOVE them. They were large, hard bars with fabulous lather, fragrance and design. I split them up with the girls in customer service and the reviews were smashing! Gillian was so sweet and agreed to share some of her secrets on the Soap Queen Blog. Here’s what I found out about Gillian…

Anne-Marie: How did you get started making soap?

Gillian: I was visiting my sister and was having a shower. She had the most marvelous soap in the shower, it was a peppermint goats milk soap. Well, I instantly fell in love with it’s creamy, bubbly, minty goodness. It was made by her friend, so I figured if her friend could make it, then certainly I could too. So, a trip to the library and the grocery was next, then I measured, melted and mixed. Woohoo, magic in the soap pot. That was it, instant addiction, he he he. That was over 10 year ago.

Anne-Marie: I know what you mean about instant addiction, ha ha. Do you have any other outlets other than your website?

Gillian: Yes, I love the local farmer’s market and go every Friday. It is my favourite place to sell soaps. I also do several craft and Christmas shows in the fall and, of course, my website.

Anne-Marie: What inspires your soapy designs?

Gillian: Inspiration is all around us. I get ideas from all different sources from art work, to spring napkins to wall paper. When I see something visually appealing, my mind automatically starts to think in terms of soap…Can I make a design like that? Could I combine those colours? what would that look like? How could I make that effect in soap? I can’t help it. It’s where my brain goes.

Anne-Marie: I can relate to that too! Do you ever follow trends or customer requests?

Gillian: This is a standing joke around our house, because I like to buck trends, and what other soapmakers are making. For example: swirling. I like a pretty swirl, but I think there is so much more out there that can be done with swirls and so many other cool designs other than swirls. I do take special requests and also design custom soap bars, but my designs are mostly my own whims.

Anne-Marie: How long do you spend on your more intricate soaps?

Gillian: When I am playing with a new idea or concept, I may make several batches as I learn what works and how I want to change it, or new colour combination I want to try. Sometimes, it takes a couple of tries to figure out how to create a certain look. I have been known to spend several hours on a single batch, but generally, it takes only an hour or two for most of my designs.

Anne-Marie: What are your interests and hobbies when you are not soapmaking?

Gillian: I am a busy mother of 4 and also run a small ranch. I love my animals, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, cats, dogs, ducks and guinea fowl. I also have a large garden that I enjoy and keeps me busy. I have quite a few hobbies that keep me busy, knitting, baking, cooking, hunting, fishing, reading, 4-H, and I am working very hard this year as a board member of the HSMG.

Anne-Marie: Do you have any advice for those wanting to start their own business?

Gillian: 1. Pay someone to do the jobs that you are not good at and/or detest. For example, I am a horrible procrastinator when it comes to book work. I really despise it. So, I pay someone a modest amount monthly to do my books. I am so much happier and it is money well spent.
2. This industry, soap and candle making, is very artistic and creative.
Remember to think outside the box and go ahead and create those fun new products and designs.
3. Join a professional Trade organization. The support, information, education etc. is invaluable to small businesses.

Anne-Marie: Thank you so much for the insight into your “little bitty” business. Keep us updated on your latest and greatest soapy designs!

This soap won the Best CP/HP Appearance “picture”
in the 2009 HMSG Soapers Showcase. Congrats Gillian!

These are the fabulous soaps that I ordered from Gillian.
Do you want to learn how to make cold process soap? Get started with our Cold Process Kit or Cold Process DVD.

Kristy’s Lovely Lathers

August 25, 2009 Filed Under: Business Musings

Kristy is the owner of Kristy’s Lovely Lathers, a “One Woman Show” soap company out of Ohio. I stumbled upon her Etsy shop one morning and instantly fell in love with her soaps. They were too cute not to buy. So (naturally) I bought 4 fabulous bars! Once I received my soaps I had to contact Kristy to rant and rave. I’m so happy she agreed to participate in a Soap Queen interview. SCORE!

Anne-Marie: How did you get started in Soapmaking? How long have you been making soap?

Kristy: I have been making soap for almost 3 ½ years. I started making soap after visiting my husband’s cousin’s wife, Bonnie, in Atlanta, GA. We went to stay for a week and I walked up to the bar in her kitchen and noticed these bars of something on a plate. I asked Bonnie what they were and she said “Oh those are soaps I made.” I asked “You made these?!” She explained the process to me and I went home surfing the net, bought a soap book and as soon as I got my supplies I made a batch. I was hooked!

Anne-Marie: Is this a full time job or a part time job? A hobby?

Kristy: It started out as a hobby then turned into a part time job. I had so many requests for my soap; I had to make it to sell. I still love it even though it’s a part time job.

Anne-Marie: What’s the best part about being self-employed? The worst part?

Kristy: The best part is being able to stay home and do what you want and have fun doing it. The worst part is the marketing. I’m not good at it. I leave that up to my husband. He is always the one to open his mouth and say “Hey my wife makes handmade soaps, do you think you would like to carry them in your shop?” LOL.

Anne-Marie: Do you have any other outlets? Farmer’s market? Craft shows?

Kristy: No, I haven’t had the time to venture out and do that yet. I would love to though.

Anne-Marie: What’s your soapy inspiration?

Kristy: Actually, I get my inspiration from colors of nature or items I see in stores. I was in church one Sunday in the front row and there sat a bouquet of flowers under the pulpit. It had bright yellow lilies and plum colored carnations. I sat there the whole time thinking of a soap to make with those colors. I know I am so bad!

I also lay in bed for hours thinking up different soaps to make after buying new fragrance oil. I start with the name first, for instance Mandarin Bamboo. I think of green and orange, and then I go from there. Instead of sugar plums dancing in my head, I have soap bars dancing in my head! It drives me so crazy sometimes that I can’t sleep until I make the soap the next day. Then I can rest. LOL.

Anne-Marie: How long did it take to perfect the Love Note Soaps? We adore them!

Kristy: LOL, I tried this the first time and it worked perfectly, I haven’t been able to make them the same way since.

Anne-Marie: Tell us a little bit about yourselves on a personal level. What do you like to do when you are not working? Do you have any hobbies outside of soap? Do tell! =)

Kristy: I have a hobby greenhouse and like to start my own flower seeds indoors in the winter then move them in the greenhouse after transplanting. I have a garden going at the moment that is producing tons of corn, melons, tomatoes and cucumbers. I love bird watching also. I tried making candles and I’m not good at it. It’s just too difficult. I love making tarts.I also enjoy sitting on my deck every morning, eating my breakfast and watching the deer in my backyard. I currently have a mother and two fawns with spots that hop around and play in the backyard.

This is one of the fabulous soaps that I purchased.

Love Note Goat’s Milk Soap. It smells fresh and fruity.

Marti Gras Goat’s Milk SoapCheck back in tomorrow for round two. Kristy and I will be back with more fun and inspiring details from Kristy’s Lovely Lathers. See you tomorrow!

Wisdom from my Dad

May 23, 2009 Filed Under: Business Musings

For those of you who don’t know my Dad, some previous favorite Dad posts are here, here and here. He has quite an hilarious sense of humor.

I got this email from my Dad last week, presumably in reaction to a couple of scintillating tweets I sent to my tweeple from The Soap Guild show. He was alerting me to a pertinent article on the dangers of oversharing (what me? overshare? never!). His email:

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Good article. Especially for my beloved daughter who woke me at 6:00 am this morning via her mother’s phone announcing yet another mindless Broadcast Twit – I believe that the Soap Queen was about to ………..hold breath………..drum roll…………can you bear the suspense?…………….

Beginning a …….. WALK. A Walk!!! Can you believe it? The amazing courage, intellectual challenge, novel creative adventuring!!! Later, at breakfast (actually during a moment of brief Grace, before the meal), we learned that said Queen had COMPLETED her walk!!! Can you fathom that? One begins a walk and one even RETURNS from a walk. What will they think of next?

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The customer service heroes at Bramble Berry claim they were laughing so hard at this email that they were actually crying. As for me, I will think twice about tweeting every single walk I take and protein shake I make.

Press Opportunity

May 19, 2009 Filed Under: Personal Ramblings

This just came across my email box today from Help A Reporter. If you’d like the email address of the reporter, please just email me at info (at) brambleberry (dot) com and I’ll email to you.

Query:If you’re a woman who has recently been inspired to take up crafty hobby
that you’ve never tried before–and have found it to be so
stress-relieving, therapeutic or lucrative that you’ve stuck with it–I
want to hear from you! Jewelry-making, knitting, canning, pickling,
candy-making, scrap-booking, candle-making, baking–whatever home art is
that you’ve taken up, let me know a little about what inspired you to start
and how it’s been benefiting you (relieving stress, sharpening your skills,
bringing you closer to a family member or friend, earning you money,
etc.) Please put the words HOME ARTS in the subject line. I’ll be in
touch with the name of the magazine if I’d like to move forward.
Thanks!

Alabama Soap Meeting

May 5, 2009 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

The Alabamba Soap and Candle Association presents the

11th Annual Alabama Soap Meeting
June 12-13, 2009

I just got this press release from a group that is near and dear to my heart. You might remember when I spoke at the Alabama Soap Meeting (posts here and here). If it sounded like fun and you’d like in, read the press release from the Alabama Soap below:

We hope you will come and join us! The 11th annual Alabama Soap Meeting will be held at the Doster Center in Historic Downtown Prattville, Alabama! Snowdrift Farm Founder, Trina Wallace and her husband Bill will be our keynote speakers and guests for the 2009 ASA Meeting! We’re very excited! A veteran cold process soap, lotion maker and perfumist, Trina will talk about what it means to open and operate a body care or supply business: how and where to start, the responsibilities involved and how to feed the creative process. Bill will cover his view of the FDA Globalization act and the importance of creating and maintaining Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs).

We promise fun, fellowship, food, education, and some awesome shopping opportunities. There will be several vendors there from whom you can buy on the spot, and many of our generous sponsors will provide samples of new products so we can try before we buy. Put this event on your calendar now…. it’ll be the *must attend* event of the summer of 2009! There are always several swaps that you can participate in. We promise you two fun-filled days of amazing demos. We have had amazingly generous sponsors who provide items for door prizes and for goodie bags. I’m sure that they will be even more generous in 2009. Some of our vendors may offer specials such as discounts and free delivery to the meeting.

We’d love to see you there! Make plans now to be there, Friday, June 12th and Saturday, June 13th, 2009. Click HERE to register now! Early Bird Registration ends March 31!!!

(PS: Last year was a blast! You can’t miss it if you’re in the area.)

Foot Balm for Mom

May 4, 2009 Filed Under: Bath & Body Tutorials, Lotion

Ingredients
2.5 oz. Shea Butter
1 oz. White Beeswax
1 oz. Golden Jojoba Oil
1-2 drops Vanilla Select Fragrance Oil
1-2 drops Peppermint Essential Oil (2nd distill)
Microwave safe bowl

Step 1: Melt shea butter and white beeswax until liquid. If melting ingredients in the microwave, give the mixture a quick stir after 2 minutes.

Step 2: Stir in the golden jojoba oil and fragrance oil. After thoroughly mixing, pour into a container (we used a 4 oz tin). Let cool.

Directions: After soaking feet in the Fizzy Foot Soak and exfoliating with the Sea Salt Scrub, treat your heels and toes with this moisturizing balm. Be sure to put socks on after applying, it could be a little slippery!

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We Love Our Commenters!

May 3, 2009 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Thank you for all of your kind and supportive comments about SoapQueenTV this week – and in general, for sharing a bit of yourselves through your participation in this blog through your comments.

I have a goody pack to a randomly chosen commenter from the last week. And drumroll … that lucky winner is commenter:

aandmcreations

Send me an email with your address and I’ll send you some fun fragrance blends, a candle mold, 1 pound of rebatch soap and a colorant or three.

Sea Salt Foot Scrub For Mom

May 2, 2009 Filed Under: Soaks & Scrubs

Ingredients
2.5 oz – 3 oz. Dead Sea Salt (fine grained or medium)
2 Tbsp. Purple Jojoba Beads
1 oz. Golden Jojoba Oil
1 oz. Sweet Almond Oil
2 drops Vitamin E Oil
2-3 drops Vanilla Select Fragrance Oil
2-3 drops Peppermint Essential Oil (2nd distill)
4 oz tin or container

Step 1: Mix all ingredients together and package it in a cute container (we used a 4 oz tin). Really, that’s all you do! Remember that you can use any fragrance oil combination that you want. I’m partial to our creation though. It’s minty, sweet and refreshing.

Directions: After soaking feet in the Fizzy Foot Soak, rub a generous amount of the sea salt scrub on your feet and ankles (or your Mom’s feet!). Apply more pressure for a deeper exfoliation. The smaller grain provides an even, smooth exfoliation and the medium grain salt is a rougher, shorter scrub. Rinse off with hot water. Pat dry. Hold tight and wait for tomorrow’s recipe on making a foot balm.

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Fizzing Foot Soak for Mom

May 1, 2009 Filed Under: Soaks & Scrubs

Ingredients

1 oz. Baking Soda
1 oz. Citric Acid
1 oz. Powdered Milk
0.5 oz. Golden Jojoba Oil
2 drops Peppermint Essential Oil (2nd distill)
2 drops Vanilla Select Fragrance Oil
4oz tin or container
2 Bowls for mixing

Step 1: Mix baking soda, citric acid and powdered milk in a bowl and set aside.

Step 2:Mix Jojoba Oil and *fragrance oil then combine the wet and dry ingredients.*We made our own blend using vanilla a peppermint. It’s minty, sweet and refreshing. However, you can use any fragrance oil that you want.

Step 3: Mix well until it’s the consistency of fluffy cornmeal. Then package in a 4 oz container (we used our 4 oz metal tin).

Directions: Scoop the mixture into warm water and watch it fizz. Soak feet for 10 minutes (or as long as Mom wants).

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We Love Our Commenters!

April 8, 2009 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Thank for all the outpouring of comments and support over the last few months. It’s been a while since I did a “We Love Our Commenters” surprise prize. I’ve put together 3 prize packs (partially shown) with fragrance blends (using Bramble Berry products, of course), one Milky Way Candle Mold and some assorted Labcolor colorants.

I did a random drawing of all the people that commented in the last week and came up with (drum roll please!)

Burnt Mill Candle & SoapStay tuned for more giveaways in the next three weeks. Thank you everyone for being an active part of the Soap Queen Community.

Interview with KBShimmer

February 10, 2009 Filed Under: Business Musings

Christy Rose is the owner of KBShimmer. She sells her fabulous soaps, sugar scrubs, lip balms and bath balms on Etsy. She also does local craft fairs in her hometown in Indiana.I was lucky enough to catch Christy between projects to ask her some questions about her fabulous bath and body products.

Anne-Marie: How did you get started in soaps and toiletries?

Christy Rose: Back in High School, I was reading some crafting books and found a recipe for cold process soap. I made a few batches and enjoyed it, but the supplies were hard to find in my area. Later, I got into Melt and Pour soap and candle making. After having my daughter, I took a break and got interested again when I discovered Basin Bath and Body and bought some bath bombs. That led to making soap again as well as scrubs and lip balms.

Anne-Marie: Is it a part time or full time job? How do you sell your products (example: farmer’s markets or Etsy)?

Christy Rose: Right now I do work full time in Real Estate, so bath and body is part time. I spend nights and weekends working on KBShimmer products. Right now, I sell on Etsy. I have done a few craft shows and have a booth in a local craft mall and product for sale at a local salon. I hope to grow my Etsy business and find more local venues to carry my products.

Anne-Marie: What’s your favorite thing about being self-employed?

Christy Rose: I love the flexibility of creating what I want, when I want. I can decide to spend the whole weekend working, or spend time with my family and work later. The internet has allowed small business owners, like myself, to not have to maintain a retail store- allowing us to be flexible with our time.

Anne-Marie: What was the most surprising thing (or the worst thing) about working for yourself?

Christy Rose: I guess the most surprising thing is how much pride I feel in my products. Every bar, every scrub, and every lip balm I create with my own hands and I want to present it to the public in the best way possible. Until you work for yourself, you may tend to forget that what you do matters. Others will use your product and you are not just a cog in the machine. That, in itself, is the best. When I am working on my formula, and I decide not to sell a batch because the colors are not right- I know that I am making the right choice. Quality matters to me and I hope it shows.

Tune in tomorrow for day 2 of the interview and learn more interesting facts and tips from the talented Christy Rose.

Loving this Soapy Inspiration

February 5, 2009 Filed Under: Personal Ramblings

I’m hard at work today on the projects for the Marth a Stewart Radio Show tomorrow. They’ve requested me back on as a guest to talk about Valentine’s Day Projects. We’ll be talking about the Rose Bath Fizzies (here), a new melt and pour project that I’ll be posting on Friday and the Champagne Face Mask (here). I’m dragging a bit though. It’s been an exhilarating, thrilling week with our site launch, Congressman Larsen’s visit (here) and fragrance planning (coming soon? Toasted Rice/Quinoa fragrance and an upgraded candle line that’s skin safe). I’m losing focus. So I looked for awesome handmade soaps to get me back on track today. They totally did the trick.

Sagegold Soaps

“Sagegold’s hand-crafted soaps are a product you will enjoy using every day, as well as a gift you can be proud to give to friends and family”. I agree! The soaps are mouth wateringand the layers are technically superb.Lori Nova will be at Otion this summer for the Soap Weekend Intensive and I’m hoping to convince her to do her layering and swirling class so I can really perfect my layering techniques.

Mimosa Hand Made Soap – Not just for Sunday Brunch!

Dress Green LLC
“Dress Green is dedicated to the care of all skin types wanting to enhance their natural beauty.” If you are a Bellingham local, visit the Handmade Life in Fairhaven at 910 Harris Ave. or online at www.TheHandmadeLife.com.

Your Morning Cup of Coffee Exfoliating Soap with Olive Oil and Cocoa Butter
(Could this get any better? Yum! It’s ideal for the great Pacific Northwest, home of Starbucks and the $4 latte)

PureHeart Elegant Soaps
Shari is the Creator of PureHeart Soaps. She uses natural pigments, essential oils and her creative genes from her Mother to create her magnificent soaps.
Visit Shari’s website www.pureheartsoap.com.Barnyard Soaps (Way too cute! And, speaking from experience, I know how difficult it is to do melt and pour dioramas. These are superb.)

Mountain Madness Soap Co.
Since 2005, Jennifer has owned and operated this fabulous soap company. I appreciate her green living philosophy, her use of bright colors and unique ideas. Every bar starts with 60% unrefined olive oil, organic palm and coconut oil and the rest is pure inspiration.

Power to the Peeps Gourmet Soap
(These chicks make me ready for Spring and the yummy marshemallow Peeps that come with the turning of the season.)

c&B Co. Handmade Savons
Their soaps and body product look divine and their labeling is professional and eye catching. Jed is the owner of the company and says “Our Cranberry Almond smells freakin’ awesome. It’s sweet, spicy and exfoliating.” This made me laugh and instantly crave a Cranberry Almond bar.

Cranberry Almond

I hope these soapy inspirations get you pepped up and inspired for your own stellar creations.

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A SWOT – Day Three

January 5, 2009 Filed Under: Business Musings

Evaluating your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

Previously, we looked at some of the basic parts of creating a simple business plan (researching the market and determining who your customers are). Another important element, however, of your plan should be evaluating your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. This process is called SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats). And it’s not as complicated as it might sound.

Years ago, the Bramble Berry team and I did this by drawing bubbles on a huge graph to determine the things we were good at, and bad at, when compared to our fellow vendors. It wasn’t a pretty piece of art but it was functional. At that time, the major weakness we identified was our cash flow. We had made some pretty large investments (purchased our warehouse and opened Otion in the same month – whoops!) which meant we didn’t have any cash for expansion of any sort. If you’ve heard the phrase ‘cash is king’ then you know that being out of cash was a problem. For three years, we were unable to develop major new product lines because we didn’t have the finances to do so. This meant that trying to stay afloat amongst fellow suppliers who did have the financing to expand their product lines. It was tough but thankfully, our committment to customer service and our loyal customer base continued to support us, even though we didn’t have a big essential oils line or a line of candle products. Doing a SWOT helped us to identify our problem areas and address them before it was too late.

Here’s how you might do your own SWOT:

§Your strength could be your size. Since you are small, you might be more agile and more flexible than some competitors. Or, your strength might be your proximity to a retailer which means you are able to react quickly when they need something.

§Your weakness could be that you have very little time available. Or even no time at all! What skills are you missing to make your business successful?

§Your opportunity could be the teenage daughter or son of yours who really wants a job. Or a growing market. Or identifying flanker products for your line.

§And, your threat could be the brand new line of Bath & Body Works soaps that your customer base seems particularly enamored with or a particularly successful local vendor selling in your niche.

Doing a SWOT like this to identify weaknesses and threats around you will help you to spot trouble early on. When you know the dangers, you can then use your strengths and opportunities to help mitigate them. If, for example, if an established, larger line like the creative and colorful Primal Elements soaps (side note: they started small, in their kitchen, just like all of you) shows up in your main retail client’s store, your proximity to that small store could work to your advantage by allowing you to more easily communicate with the store. Also, when you learn of the store’s new needs, you can probably move more quickly to accommodate them than a larger company. Likewise, while you may not have much spare time, you might be able to capitalize on that teenager of yours who needs some work to offload some of your tasks.

Formulating a simple business plan will help you make a solid foundation for growth. You have already put down on paper as much information as you could about your customers, your competitors and researched the industry. Now it’s time to work on your unique value proposition and your SWOT. Identifying these elements will give you a good foundation to work with – or, as in the process of soap-making, it will give your base. It will give you a much clearer understanding of where your business stands now and will help you decide where you want to go next. And, it really is very easy – just grab a notepad and spend some quiet time thinking through these points.

Your Homework for tonight is to get a basic SWOT template here. Print it. Spend a minimum of 20 minutes thinking about and fill it in or free form your answers as a long essay. Then, spend a minimum 10 minutes thinking about your Unique Value Proposition. What sets you apart from others? Write this all down and add it to your customer description notes.

Once you have this base, it is then very easy to add in your own ‘special mix of ingredients’. And just as you get to use your creative imagination in adding in oils, fragrances and colors to your soaps, you also get to have some fun in spicing up your ‘business base’ with your own special mix of vision and values which we’ll cover in the next part of this ‘Kickstart your Business in ’09’ series.

Looking for another part in the “Kickstart Your Business” series?

Part 1 – Defining Your Business

Part 2 – A Simple Plan

Part 4 – Defining Values

Part 5 – Using Your Vision To Inspire

Part 6 – Breaking Down Goals

Part 7 – Put Your Goals To Action

Part 8 – Surround Yourself Well

Part 9 – Endless Possibilities

Elegant Boh Bon Soap Company

December 23, 2008 Filed Under: Business Musings

Colette in Customer Service found a soap site a few months ago. She immediately came to my desk, eyes all big, practically begging for me to buy some of their goodies so she could see them in person. I’m a sucker for simple, elegant packaging and handcrafted products so I wasn’t too hard for Colette to sell. Boh Bon Soap Company has an adorable web site, beautifully crafted products and inspiring design. I love the story about how they got their name. It’s always good to pay homage to those that have influenced and encouraged you.

I purchased lots of goodies from Boh Bon Soap – their “Fresh Squeezed Citrus” pack (which had a bar of Citrus Soap, one bottle of bath salts, and one soy candle in a tin). I also purchased the “In Bloom” gift box with 4 bath tea bags. And, since soap is my passion, I couldn’t resist just one more bar – their Pink Grapefruit Ylang Ylang Shave Soap.

The packaging of these products is simple but clever. They use standard white take out containers for gift boxes and corrugated cardboard to wrap their soap in. It all looks fabulous because of the well thought-out, colorful matching labels.

In the photo above, the basic white takeout box was dressed up with a plain kraft round label, ta cool printed grosgrain ribbon and finally the professionally printed label. You can’t really tell but the “Fresh Squeezed Citrus Relax Pack” part of the label was actually printed on a clear label and stuck on top of the Orange label. This is a really smart thing to do. This way they can have thousands of orange labels printed to save money and they can use them to label any of their products. Being a small business means thinking about the cost of everything, even something as “small” as your labels. The overall look and feel of the entire brand is a well organized and strategically bright which dovetails nicely with the superior products inside of the clever packaging.

Thus far, my favorite part of the entire box of goodies I purchased is the candle that came in the “Fresh Squeezed Citrus” pack. It is a tiny little travel candle but it really packs a serious smell punch. And, of course, it’s packaged well which only adds to the delight. I wouldn’t hestitate to buy more goodies from Boh Bon Soap Company.