Monday, August 18, 2014

Today we created a new shampoo bar.  What we did was create a hybrid between our first shampoo bar and the one before this.  The first shampoo bar had a great lather, but cleaned too well and did not condition.  The last shampoo bar would not lather; but if you spent the time to spread it around some it was great at conditioning.  We also included some raw apple cider vinegar to try and lower the pH some.  The last shampoo bar tested at 6.5-7 pH from a few different strips.  The goal is to get it down to 5-6 pH.

"Valley of the Gods" is now cured and ready to package.  We will be packaging some up and updating the website to show that it is back in stock today.  We have received a lot of praise for that bar and are extremely happy for those that are enjoying it.  Later this week we will be packaging:  "Herbal Garden", "Earthen Dream", and "Naked."

We have updated the website with a 3rd party program for review management by "Yotpo".  We are having one technical issue that is being worked on.  When you are on the homepage or the main product page with all soaps listed, if you click on the review button next to the star rating on a specific product, it does not pull up the reviews.  Hopefully that is resolved soon, but everything else seems to be working great.  If you are on a specific bar page and click on the review button it works perfectly, and also if you click on the reviews button on the very far left side of any page.

We would very much appreciate more reviews on the site.  If you have used a bar and have anything to share please do so.  If you like or dislike the bar please be clear in your reasons.  If someone reads a negative review and you are clear about what you didn't like, that could help them decide.  Also if we receive enough negative reviews we will tinker with the recipe or drop it completely to make room for new creations!  No feedback at all is worse than some constructive criticism.

Here is a BIG THANKS for all of you who have taken the time to review!  We really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful day and week.  We will put up another update when more excitement happens.