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Art Is Made To Be Shared

Art is Made to be Shared www.sudsysoapery.com One type of person you will encounter if you frequent as a seller at craft fairs is the one who could not care less if a product is hand crafted. They think they are going to a really big yard sale and that the prices should reflect that of used merchandise. They are quite shocked and horrified to discover that the fair market price for a hand crafted item is actually more than the fair market price of a similar manufactured item. You are all thinking ‘Of course,’ but there really are people who do not get it. They will pick up a piece off your table, gasp and say, “I could get this same thing at --- for half that price,” but you and I know that it is not the same thing or we would not be slaving to make it by hand. One way to avoid these folks is to only go to genuine craft fairs where you are required to demonstrate that your item is indeed handmade, as opposed to vendor fairs where you may be among...

Left Brain Meets Right Brain in the Art of Hand Crafted Soap

Left Brain Meets Right Brain in the Art of Hand Crafted Soap About a year and a half ago I got an idea that I needed to make my own bar soap. I was convinced it would save us money, because, we spent at least ten dollars a month on soap. My husband, being used to ideas said, absolutely not. I am not sure how but somehow I talked him into at least trying it. Before he could change his mind I got a recipe for olive oil soap off the internet, borrowed some safety goggles from my father-in-law and headed to the hardware store for a jar of lye. (For aspiring soap makers, it is in the drain cleaning section, make sure it is 100% sodium hydroxide). I already had gloves and a digital scale. That night before I went to bed I had a batch of castile soap in my loaf pan saponifying. I waited about a week to get it out, but when it came out it was a perfect white loaf of creamy soap, I was hooked. Then the real waiting began, si...

Oil for Acne Oil for Acne! Yes, we do use oil on our acne prone skin. We use oil both as a wash and a moisturizer. While cleansing and exfoliating products are also used, we still recommend a follow up with a good moisturizer that will include some oil. Read below for our reasons why? Pores are not clogged by oil alone. Pores are not clogged only by oil but by a combination of oil and dead skin cells and possibly hair. Normal healthy skin produces an oil called sebum. Sebum is released through the pores and keeps the skin from drying out. Dried out skin is more prone to bacteria or other microorganisms penetrating the surface and causing infection. It is true that when we go through hormonal changes our skin produces more sebum. Sebum then builds up under the surface of the skin and possibly becomes infected with bacteria, in the clogged pore. Still, sebum is a liquid and would simply run out through the pore if the pore were not clogged by a combination of dead ski...

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