I believe you need to have an attitude of collaboration, not competition, to succeed in business. It sounds counter-productive, but it's not. Let me tell you a story. A few Sundays ago I was a vendor at the Sea Cliff Mini Mart. I wasn't the only soap business at the event. …
Alegna Soap
How Does Soap Clean?
Have you ever wondered how soap works? Do we need bubbles? How does soap clean? I was sure I knew the answer, but I asked Seth Klein, …
Patchouli Clove
Since I spend a lot of time with my soaps, I think of them as my friends. I give them different personalities and I thought you may like to see them the way I do. Meet Autumn, my Patchouli Clove soap. Outside her log cabin in upstate New York, just north of the Catskills, Autumn is outside in her herb garden picking fresh …
Dirty Old Men
A few years ago I met two dirty old men at a fundraiser for a senior center. Let me explain. I was asked to be a vendor at a Grand Opening for a new senior center in a very ritzy area of Long Island. …
Long Island Collaboration
My latest Long Island collaboration is with Justine Moody. Justine is a fiber artist, she works with natural fibers. All of her work is hand dyed and hand felted, and absolutely beautiful. She was born and raised on eastern Long Island and graduated from Pratt Institute. She's also a really nice lady! We were both vendors last …