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Soap & books & books & soap!
As a lot of you probably know, I LOVE BOOKS. LOVE. THEM. I also love authors! Especially authors who write awesome female characters having swashbuckling magical adventures Last year the amazing Tristan J. Tarwater & I teamed up to do a special soap in celebration of volume 1 of her fantasy series, Hen & Chick. [...]
​Reformulation alert! Woot woot!
As most of you are probably aware, I source my lotion base from a fantastic west coast manufacturer - I do this mainly because, working out of my home, I'm unable to get my production space lab-sterile, & cross contamination during lotion making is nothing to joke about. Also, product consistency is sexy Earlier this [...]
Every scent has a story... Welcome to Paintbox Soapworks!
It all began with a dare, from a tribe of Imaginary Internet Friends. Back in 2009, I was a retired pastry chef languishing at a desk job, finding solace in an online community dedicated to esoteric perfumes. I made a tiny batch of glycerin soap with some of my unused perfume oils, & then did [...]
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