No matter how your Thanksgiving holiday looks this year, we sincerely wish you a heart full of gratitude amidst the craziness of this time. The science behind how gratitude affects our bodies, minds, and souls is fascinating. If you're interested in learning more about the benefits of gratitude, here's an article from Positive Psychology that explains the neuroscience of gratitude and how it affects anxiety and grief. ​

Do you sell a shampoo bar? We get this question from time to time, and the short answer is yes, we do.

Over the summer and fall, our supply of bar soap had dwindled quite a bit. We've been working on making more batches of soap to replenish our supply. We make the soap and then pour it into lined wooden molds to make the "loaves" of soap (pictured above). Each loaf is cut into seven bars of soap and then allowed time to cure before wrapping and labeling. For best results, store your bar in a dry environment and allow the bar to dry between uses, whether you're using it for a shampoo or for your skin. You can find our selection of bar soaps here. ​

There are several reasons many enjoy using a shampoo bar instead of liquid shampoo. Here are a few.

• convenient to use -- no bottles or caps to open and close
• environmentally-conscious -- less packaging and waste
• space-saving -- bars take less space than liquid shampoos
• easy for traveling -- no liquids to leak or fluid ounces to count
• more natural than many liquid shampoos -- bar shampoos often contain more natural ingredients than liquid shampoos
• can last longer -- cost saving and sustainable

If you do not want the gift card emailed to the recipient when your order is placed, use your email address instead of the recipient's email address when you are entering the required fields. That way the gift card information will be sent to your email address. Then you can forward it at a later time to the recipient or you can print a hard copy of the gift certificate so you have a physical copy to give to the recipient.