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Giving Thanks

We are moving at warp speed into the holiday season! It's exciting but is also a time when we tend to get overwhelmed...
I am getting up to speed …

I am getting up to speed …

Getting all the pieces in place to get my Mother Murphy's business fully operational has been slow but I know that once I get rolling, it will all become easier. I would much rather be making products or studying recipes, herbs, oils and butters or testing new...

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Up and running, albeit slowly …

Up and running, albeit slowly …

We are back from our grand two-week adventure to the Olympic Peninsula! We had such a great time, but I am happy to be home and creating again. I was able to get my Refreshing Rose bar soap made today and am a little concerned about the color. It is way darker than I planned but the colors do change as the soap cures. I’ll take some pictures during this process. This amazing bar is made with shea butter, cocoa butter, olive oil, castor oil, sweet almond oil, with the addition of hibiscus, rose petals, rose ESO, helichrysum oil, and argon oil. The bars will be unmolded and cut tomorrow. As a reminder, bar soaps take 4 – 6 weeks to cure but the wait is well worth it. The Refreshing Rose Bars will be ready no later than November 21, 2022.

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Getting started!

Getting started!

I hope you will subscribe to my blog as I hope to share valuable and fun information about herbs, products, sudsing and all kinds of information that I find fun and fascinating in this amazing world we live in. I am visiting the Olympic Peninsula this week and looking forward to the scenery, history, and yummy seafood. for some reason,

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