"This stuff WORKS!"

It's always good to know my soaps effectively clean and moisturize, but then again, I or anyone in my family could tell you that. We're the reason I can never claim "Not tested on animals," because my husband, daughter, friends and parents become my guinea pigs for each batch. What feels good, though, I'll admit, is finding out my soaps will not just take care of the routine, run-of-the-mill, every day dirt, but that they'll also do the job against serious dirt, too.

This is a small part of Jim, one of my best friends.

Jim's really into motorcycles - he has two Buell's - and, like most dedicated bikers, he does his own maintenance work. The silver stuff all over his finger is Anti-Seize. It's an aluminum-impregnated grease that not only lubricates moving parts, but it also keeps them from rusting together. It's thick, it's nasty and it's extremely difficult to wash off.

Jim's also a coffee junky. So when I made my coffee mocha soap, I gave him a bar to test out, thinking he'd use it in the shower. Coffee mocha also has a pretty noticeable vanilla note, which also appealed to him. Here's that soap:



The day after I gave him the soap, Jim IM'ed me, "This stuff WORKS!" I was a bit nonchalant about it: "Well, yes, I know it works. It's soap. It's supposed to." That's when he went on to explain to me about anti-seize and how effective the soap is even against that.

So, give the soap a try. I don't think there's anything magical about the Coffee Mocha scent, or about the little bit of baking cocoa I added for color. I think the magic comes in the soap itself and the fact that's it really, truly soap. Let's face it. Detergent's great for clothes and dishes, but not for skin. Using the mess you get at the grocery store would be like having head-to-toe dishpan hands.

Flipping for the Flops and Running for the Son

Motorcycles, Jesus, soaps and flip flops. It'd seem that in no way, form or fashion, these would never go together. Yet, they have and they'll continue to do so for the next few days.

These flip flops are my newest soap creations, and they're selling faster and better than even I had imagined (and I'm very positive about my products). In fact, I sold 24 of these soaps in 21 days!!! One of my soaper friends, as I was sharing my excitement over these soaps' popularity, said, "You could say people are flipping over your flops." That they are. Two of them are scented with custom scent blends (the purple and blue flowered ones) and the third (pink flower) is scented with a delightful Victoria's Secret (type) scent - Sexy Little Things.

OK, so I've tied in flip flops and soap, but how about motorcycles and Jesus, and what in the world do they have to do with the first two? My dad's in a Christian motorcyle group (Christian Motorcyclists' Association - http://www.cmausa.org/), and this coming Saturday, 3 May, is their annual Run for the Son, an event to help raise money that will enable Christian bikers all over the world to share the love of God with people.

My dad has bought a few of these soaps to give to his home health patients and colleagues, and I decided, since he's been supporting my business in this way, both in buying soaps and spreading my business name to people outside my immediate selling area, that I'd support this ministry that is so near and dear to his heart. I've decided to give a generous portion from the sales of these soaps to sponsor him in Run for the Son. So far, my friends, family and customers have helped raise nearly $100.00, just in the past 3 weeks since these soaps debuted. The sale of just two more soaps will get us over the $100.00 mark. Think we can do it? I do!

Each soap costs $6.00 (plus tax for fellow North Carolinians) and weighs a hefty 5 3/4 ounces. To give you a basis of comparison, a standard store-bought "bath bar" (which isn't actually soap at all) weighs about 3 1/2 ounces. My soaps are handcrafted in small batches, using only the finest glycerin bases available. So, if you feel compelled to actually use them, then know you'll be bathing with a delightfully moisturizing bar of "real soap," as one of my customers calls them.

My website - http://www.sarassoapsnsuch.com/ - is one payment module bug away from being completely ready to go. However, feel free to browse it, and if you'd like to order the flip flops or any other products you see, you can pay through Paypal at orders@sarassoapsnsuch.com.