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I made bath salts tonight. Dot & Lil sells three varieties of bath salts and although I fully intended to get through the making of all of them tonight....well, let's just say it's been a long week so far and I am treating myself to being in bed by midnight!

Dot & Lil, as lovely as they are, don't actually do anything around here except sit around and be glamorous and lend their names to the company. So it's nice when, at crazy times of year like this where production seems never ending, the real people who love me step in to help. My friend Genia has been sitting next to me wrapping honeysuckle soap for the last 5 hours. She has offered to come back...

For those of you receiving the Dot & Lil blog directly to your email, or anyone who checked in here earlier today....sorry for the random post! A Véhicule Press post accidentally ended up posted to Dot & Lil's blog. Although I'm sure it was a great post and a good read...it didn't quite belong! Follow the Véhicule Press link in the sidebar to visit their webpage or blog.

I have been working on a whipped body butter that will keep all of our dry canadian skin a little happier over the long, cold winter. Something that will moisturize and create a barrier without evaporating too quickly or being too greasy. Shea butter is one of my favorite ingredients to work with and to use. Nothing else is quite like it! It is almost magical in texture, if you ask me. It is soft...

What have I been up to? Well, I am in the process of remodeling a work space for Dot & Lil. As much as I have loved having my home be the center of the Dot & Lil universe (I mean, who doesn'twant to climb over boxes of soap supplies to get into bed?), it is definitely the right time to make a move. I think a little bit of work/home separation will make me more productive and more focused over all....

I literally turn into a small child waiting to be allowed into a toy store when I am expecting a UPS delivery of fragrances and soap making supplies. I try to be all calm and collected and rational---and then give up and check my tracking number every 2.4 minutes until the doorbell rings.

A few posts ago, I talked about selecting my spring limited edition fragrances. Well, I did not in fact hold...

Well, seeing as I sold lots of soap this weekend at La Reine du Coeur Crafty Affair, I thought this might be a good time to talk about how best to care for soap. This goes for all soap, but I like to think you all have Dot & Lil soap in your bathrooms and kitchens and everywhere else!

-Keept them out of the spray of the faucet or shower.
-Get a soap saver, which allows water to drain away and leaves...

On Sunday, November 30th 2008, Dot & Lil will be at The Holiday Shopping Party organized by Shopaholic Events. This event is sure to help you get all your Christmas shopping done early--and in one place! So save the date so you can come by and take a look at all of our new offerings for the holiday season. We'll be launching our brand-new shaving soap and our floral waters, and of course we'll...