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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne. 

As the year comes to a close, I am once again reminded how lucky I am.  The past 4 months have been a roller coaster, but I think I'm right where I'm supposed to be.  I'm blessed with a loving family, wonderful friends and unbelievable customers. 

From the moment I thought about opening Wicked Soaps, I was terrified.  Was I really going to be able to do this?  Could I actually do this on my own?  But the deciding factor was, I just couldn't see myself walking away from something I love.  And I love Etsy.  I love creating.  I love soap.  As strange as it sounds, soap is my passion.   There's only one thing I love more than making soap, and that's hearing how much my customers love my creations.  The fact that people are willing to pay for my creations is amazing.  The fact that they love my creations renews my passion.  I admit it...soaping is like heroin...and you guys are feeding my habit! 

I never thought I'd be here...less than 2 months into my brand new shop, and sitting at over 300 sales.  Thank you for letting me do what I love.  Thank you for loving what I do.  Best wishes to all of my lovely friends.  May the new year be bright for you.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Year End Sale....What a Wicked Holiday Season!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas morning. My kiddo and I are watching Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith...one of his gifts from Santa. Yep, my little guy is a huge Star Wars geek and I love him for it! He made out like a bandit this year....a PS2, 2 new games for it, an iPod already full of music, and of course his Star Wars DVDs, just to name a few.



I can't tell you how wonderful this Holiday Season has been for me. In the 50 days since Wicked Soaps opened (well, 46 really, since I didn't start listing items until Nov. 9th), we've had 281 sales...that's an average of over 6 sales a day. Unbelievable for a brand new shop. In my wildest dreams, I didn't imagine success like this so soon. I can't even begin to thank all of my customers.

In honor of such a freaking awesome opening holiday season, I've decided to have a Year End Sale. Everything in the shop is marked down 25% (except Gift Sets, which are marked down 15%) December 25-December 31! No waiting for Paypal refunds or revised invoices, no need to enter any sale code, just shop and go!

Cold Process Soap: was $5.50, now $4.00

Goat's Milk & Glycerin Soap: was $5.00, now $3.75
Skin Luster Body Oil: was $7.00, now $5.25
Sugar Body Polish: was $12.00, now $9.00
Sugar Scrub Cubes: was $9.00, now $6.75
Body Butter Creme: was $9.00, now $6.75
Facial Masks: was $8.00, now $6.00
Perfume Oils: was $15.00, now $11.25
Something Wicked This Way Comes Gift Basket: was $32.50, now $27.65
A Little Something Wicked Gift Set: was $12.50, now $10.65

As my little guy told me last night...Feliz Navidad! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

12 Days of Christmas

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love bought for me, 6 body oils, fiiiiiiiiiiiiive Naaaaaaked Sooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaps, four body butters, three scrub cubes, two perfume oils and a stocking full of Wicked Goodness!

Haha...I'm not a composer or song-writer, so please don't shoot me for that. The truth of the matter is, I'm late making this blog post, it should have been done 6 days ago when we still had 12 days left. I suppose my tardiness is to your benefit, though...you only had to sit through my rendition of 6 days of Christmas versus 12 ;-)

Ahem, back to the matter at hand. Wicked Soaps is running a spectacular, fantastic, wonderful (you get the idea) 12 Days of Christmas Sale! Through Friday, December 18th, take 15% off your entire order at www.WickedSoaps.etsy.com. No code needed. If you make a purchase, I automatically refund you 15% of your purchase price (you know the drill...it doesn't include shipping costs).

You can either pay and receive the refund or you can convo me and let me know you would like a revised invoice prior to paying. I'm pretty easy! Either works for me!

It's been a while since I last blogged and in that time I've added many new scents and products to Wicked Soaps!



Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend Sale at WickedSoaps!

Instead of having a Black Friday Sale, I've decided to celebrate the entire Thanksgiving Day Holiday by offering a wickedly wonderful sale for the entire weekend!

Take 25% off everything at Wicked! (Sale does not include shipping costs, wholesale orders, and is not good with any other discount).

Free domestic Shipping shipping on all orders over $30!

Our Thanksgiving Weekend Sale runs Wednesday, November 25th through Monday, November 30th!

Discount will be refunded via Paypal once payment is received, or you may request a revised invoice prior to paying.

This is a great way to stock up on Holiday gifts or heck, to try out some of our sinful products yourself!

Here's just some of what you can find at Wicked!

Pink Sugar Body Polish, was $12, now $9 after discount!
Say goodbye to runny, oily sugar scrubs and say hello to Wicked Sugar Body Polish! Our creamy body polish is a blend of pure sugar and nourishing butters and oils that will leave you with glowing, hydrated skin. When massaged into wet skin, it emulsifies, turning into a lotion-like polish that rinses clean away, with no greasy feel or oil slick in your tub and shower!



Boudoir Perfume Oil, was $15, now $11.25 after discount!
Unlike many perfumes which are alcohol based and tend to evaporate over time and need to be reapplied, our perfume oils are made from pure jojoba oil which sinks into your skin and provides a lovely scent that lasts all day.


Midnight Pomegranate Body Butter Creme, was $9, now $6.75 after discount!
Our Body Butter Cremes are all natural specialty butters and skin loving vegan oils, whipped to perfection! They are designed to leave you with supple, hydrated and sinfully soft skin!


Vanilla Noir Skin Luster Body Oil, was $7, now $5.25 after discount!
Our Skin Luster Body Oil are a moisturizing blend of Avocado and Macadamia Nut oils. Both are especially beneficial for dry, damaged or mature skin. They are very easily absorbed and are known to help cells to rejuvenate, leaving you with healthy, glowing, lustrous skin!


Gingerbread Cold Process Soap, was $5.50, now $4.13 after discount!
Our cold process soaps are handmade with natural high-quality oils and butters and top grade, skin safe fragrance oils or essential oils. I superfat my soaps with Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter to give you a wonderful creamy, skin conditioning bar.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Gingerbread Giveaway!

My very favorite witch is having a giveaway on her blog for some of my Wicked Smell Goods! Enter to win a bar of Gingerbread Cold Process Soap and a jar Gingerbread Body Butter Creme!


Check it out here for full details!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

A good friend of mine sent this to me and it's been an inspiration. Dr. Seuss, wise beyond his years. Thank you, Candice.

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

You’ll look up and down streets. Look’em over with care. About some you will say, “I don’t choose to go there.” With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you’re too smart to go down a not-so-good street.

And you may not find any you’ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you’ll head straight out of town. It’s opener there in the wide open air.

Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.

And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.

Oh! The Places You’ll Go!

You’ll be on your way up!
You’ll be seeing great sights!
You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.

You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don’t.
Because, sometimes, you won’t.

I’m sorry to say so but, sadly, it’s true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you.

You can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on. You’ll be left in a Lurch.

You’ll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you’ll be in a Slump.

And when you’re in a Slump, you’re not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked. A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And if you go in, should you turn left or right…or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak in from behind? Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place…for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting.

No! That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. With banner flip-flapping, once more you’ll ride high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you’re that kind of a guy!

Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You’ll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don’t. Because, sometimes, they won’t.

I’m afraid that some times you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ‘cause you’ll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you’ll be quite a lot.

And when you’re alone, there’s a very good chance you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won’t want to go on.

But on you will go though the weather be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. On you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. On and on you will hike. And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

You’ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…get on your way!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Skin Luster

I'm proud to introduce a brand new line of body oils by Wicked! They are currently available in 5 intoxicating scents, sure to leave you feeling sinfully wicked ;-)


Our Skin Luster Body Oils are a moisturizing blend of Avocado and Macadamia Nut oils. Both are especially beneficial for dry, damaged or mature skin due to high concentrations of palmitoleic acid and Vitamins A, B, D, E. They are very easily absorbed by the skin and are known to help cells to rejuvenate, leaving you with healthy, glowing, lustrous skin!


To use, squeeze some Skin Luster Body Oil into the palm of your hand and smooth over your skin after your shower or anytime you need a bit of moisturizing. They're also great for massages, so wrangle up your significant other and have some fun! For a truly wicked bathing experience, pour some Skin Luster Body Oil into your hot bath.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

And....we're off!

The new shop is up and running! For those of you who aren't in the know, I'm Misty, and used to make up 1/2 of Heathen's Hearth. I recently ended the partnership and have opened up my own shop, Wicked Soaps!



I'm still working on new products, but hey, it's a start, right? I have already listed some of my decadent cold process soaps, goats milk soaps and sugar scrub cubes, but have many more on the way, along with some sinfully wicked new products!



Currently in the making are Skin Luster Body Oils, Sugar Body Polish, Perfume Oil, Face Masks, and Wicked Body Butter!

And never fear...there's still a whole boat load of ideas banging around in my noggin ;-).