Yay!! I finally decided to start blogging!!

I am sitting here thinking..."How do I get this going? What do I say?" I've never blogged before!!! So... here I go!

     If you are not familiar with who I am... My name is Markeeta, people who REALLY know me call me Keeta. I am first a mother of a five year old little girl (Amya) and ALL OF A SUDDEN one on the way lol! I will be blessed to have yet another little girl! Yay me and OMG....all at the same time. She will be here in January and her name will be Avery.

   

I am a licensed therapist by day and work with the mental health and addictions population. Pretty interesting I must say.... I've been soaping for over four years but really three when I actually knew and had a good understanding of the craft. I love it!! If it was not for my daughter having eczema, I never would have thought about natural products or the soap making process... so thank you Amya Rain!!!!

 

My search for making natural skincare products for my one year old led me to youtube which once upon a time I paid no attention to. But as I browsed further I stumbled upon several soapmakers at the time Sherri from Ariel's Secret Garden, Dani from Natures Essence soaps, Karen from Edens Secret, Kia from back in the day Beacons Creations (Petals Bath Boutique), Hillary from HilsHeavenScents, Bonnie from Good Earth Spa, Kim from My Natures Art and Janine from Wicked Scentuals. There are a host of others but in the beginning this is who I watched and how I fell in love with soapmaking. Back then you did not have people showing you really how to formulate recipes and such... you needed to do it on your own. So I had to actually LEARN how to do it correctly. I read and researched so much. Trust me, the first year and a half I had soooo many failed batches but in the end I have an appreciation about the craft.

((HUGS)) Markeeta