No more soap :(

That
tiny yellowish sliver in the shower soap dish is all that remains of a
cleansing dynasty...Shirley's soap business. When we were living in
Vancouver, Washington, Shirley had a small business making soap.
Shirley's soap was made the old-fashioned way, using vegetable oil,
coconut oil, lye, water, scent (from essential oils). That soap was
wonderful, and many customers, friends, and relatives had commented on
how much they liked the soap.We've
been spoiled using this good stuff - the remains of her soap inventory
- since moving down to Florida this past January. But, alas, all things
must change, and this morning I forced myself to unwrap a bar of
<gasp!> store-bought soap.

That
color-not-found-in-nature brick of chemicals in the corner is a bar of
the over-perfumed and artificially colored excuse for soap that is
marketed by one of the standard tons-o-advertising companies. After
using a little of that this morning, I had to grab the sliver of
Shirley's good soap and use it to get the smell of the new stuff off my
skin.

I think today we'll hit one of the local health food stores and buy some real soap.

Comments

[Dr. Lavine]

After reading this, I ran upstairs to see if we had any remaining Shirley soap, thinking that I would send you a bar, as a surprise.

Alas, our stash, too, is history. I thought I had squirreled away a bar or two for special occasions, but, sadly, no.

[Sarah]

I love the way all natural soap smells, but I never seem to get enough lather from it. I need bubbles!