Melissea

I am pleased to announce the winner of November Giveaway event! Congrats go to Paige Ileen Smith! Thanks so much for participating!

Hello everyone! I've decided to create a little competition to help myself get more exposure. The rules are: 1. (Preferred) You need to like my shop's facebook page (drop me a note, tell me you're participating there). https://www.facebook.com/kinmokuseishop 2. Invite your friends to like my shop. If you don't want to bluntly tell them you're participating you can share the photos of items you see there or like them, comment whatever you think is going to work to give them a hint "oh look that's a cool place to like". I can trace your friends back to you there... Alternatively you can start watching me here and recommend my DA/FB page t

Soap is a funny thing - making it will teach you patience the hard way. While the majority of my soaps, especially the cute ones, are melt and pour type of items I also make my own soap from the scratch. It's a slightly tricky business because it requires handling some highly caustic chemicals (lye), that can cause severe chemical burns, that usually are a ^&*% to heal. I've read a lot of books on soap making before I even attempted to make my first batch. And although it requires all the caution and safety equipment, and then some really quick action (at trace* when you have to start adding your scent, and extra oils. You have to work f