To a soap maker and a literal thinker, the phrase clean eating is, well, ridiculous. Of course I don't want dirt in my food. I wash my lettuce and brush off my mushrooms so carefully you could take a microscope to them and not find any soil. So when I stopped at Panera and saw a sign over the self serve drinks that said …
Alegna Soap
Wellness Event
This picture was taken from the 27th floor of an office building on Park Avenue. I was asked to share my knowledge about handcrafted soap at a Health and Wellness event a prestigious law firm was holding for their employees. …
Family
Yesterday my family celebrated Easter. We made a weekend of it, since it's hard to see everyone on one day. Saturday I woke early and tried to get all my soap making done because I knew I had to stop around 3 to start cooking. Brian wanted pasta bolognese. I've made it from scratch before, but I cheated on Saturday. …
Customer Experience
I was a connoisseur of soap long before I started making them. Back then, I was all about how the soap looked and smelled. There was no thought to a customer experience, how the soap lathered or felt on my skin. It was color and scent only. …
Shaving Soap
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 Pat, my Shaving soap. Summer was just around the corner when Patrica and Patrick (both known as “Pat and Pat” to friends and family) began discussing plans for taking the …