Soap Stories

Lotion had a big weekend

Rachel Sloan

Lotion had a big weekend

November 18 - 20 I got to set up shop all weekend at Chicago's Millennium Park Market. I was there with 30 other vendors, over 22,500 Art Market attendees, 5 live music performances, and tens of thousands of “cool” people (Saturday was COLD!) who attended the 109th Annual Chicago Christmas Tree Lighting – just outside the market! The mood was festive, the soup was hot, the music was lovely, and I got to meet people from all over the globe. This was my second year in a row selling here and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite markets. And lotion...

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The Beautiful Mundane

Rachel Sloan

The Beautiful Mundane

Some of you may have noticed the yummy citrus August release bars have yet to be available for sale. I have them. They just need labels printed. I think I even wrote the website description weeks ago. But my world broke 2 weeks ago and everything is just...behind.  I lost a dear friend and neighbor. Someone I thought would always be there ripped from our lives in milliseconds, kind of loss. Her name and any family specifics have been omitted here to protect their privacy in this public space. But so many of you have become dear friends to me, so I wanted...

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The Field Museum Collaboration

Rachel Sloan

The Field Museum Collaboration

I was looking back at old emails to see what I had told you previously about the Field Museum collaboration. But it looks like...I never did?! I did share some posts on Instagram but nothing went out to my mailing list. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? It was March 2020, the "before-times." And I think I was going to wait and tell you all about it when everything was, "back to normal." Which at the time was a naive and yet plausible assumption. Then weeks turned into months, and months turned to years, and and well, here we are.  So. Everyone, I did a collaboration with THE FIELD MUSEUM! And it was great.  The...

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Forest Bathing

Rachel Sloan

Forest Bathing

Our latest release is a little bit different as it is not a Limited Edition release but instead, an introduction to a new soap collection I am calling, Forest Bathing.The term Forest Bathing originates form the Japanese practice known as shinrin yoku, for relaxation. Forest Bathing is the practice of being quiet, and observing and experiencing your surroundings using all of your senses. Breathing deep to "absorb" as it were, the solace and beauty of nature.  When I was a kid my dad taught me how to recognize trees by their smooth or rough surfaces, the way they stretch their branches out, or the color...

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"International" Soap Brand - From Chicago to Bulgaria

Rachel Sloan

"International" Soap Brand - From Chicago to Bulgaria

Traveling soap in the soap travel series.

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