I'm a bath girl -- given the choice of shower or bath I will ALWAYS take a large warm tub of water over the shower. Maybe i'm lazy .. maybe i just don't like to stand up long enough to take a shower :)

But whatever the reason, I LOVE laying about in tub. And do you know what is BETTER than a tub full of warm (or hot ... or even cool in the summer) water ? a tub full of water with bathie - fizzie - shea buttery - smell goody stuff floating about with you!

and that's why i'm writing this blog. I have found the most wonderful DIY soap maker on Etsy!!
her name is Carrie and she makes Morning Star Soaps - lunastar.etsy.com

Carrie is a paramedic with a young daughter with cerebral palsey. they live in Arizona and raise goats! (true :) I cannot fathom WHEN she finds the time to make her wonderful concoctions - but they are absolutely the best i've ever had ... and trust me, i've had a lot ;-)

I used to be a Burt's Bees and LUSH addict - but now i'm a Morning Star girl - it's all natural stuff (none of these crap ingredients you can't read and have no idea what they are). She even uses the goat's milk from her own goats (though she does vegan stuff, too) ! I don't know how she can sell her stuff so inexpensively either. But she really loves her product (and it shows) - and she's interested in her customers, too -- she wrote me several e-mails after my order - asking what I liked and what i wanted, and making suggestions. She offered samples of other products she thought might interest me.

i like it because of what is IN it .. lemme quickly type out the ingredients for the body butter:
Goats milk, pure silk and wheat proteins, green and white tea, ginkgo, grape and hemp seed oils, mango, macadamia nut,, avocado, cocoa, shea and olive butters, aloe vera juice, neem, jojoba, sweet almond, vitamin a, B5, lecithin and wheat germ oils, grapefruit seed, marsh-mallow root powder, comfrey and tea tree, calendula, raspberry, carrot, rosehip and evening primrose oils, and witch hazel extract

that's a lotta good stuff!!
and it feels amazing

she has tons of soaps, face scrubs (which also feel amazing - i bought 2), lotions, massage oils (i got mine with macadamia nut oil :)

soooooo -- i'm trying to spread the word
she is SO busy between her job, raising her daughter, caring for the goats, and making her product that she doesn't have time to do a lot of PR and i love her stuff SOOOO much, i thought i'd pass on the info

Another strong woman, doing it herself! i love that :)

Buying from Carrie (or anyone on ETSY) is a great way to help support grassroots artisans -- no need to keep putting money in the pockets of those big corporations.

So check out her Etsy store - lunastar.etsy.com
and write her a note if you have questions (you can do that through Etsy) - she's a friendly, chatty girl - she'd love it :)

hmmmmm .. all this tub talk is giving me ideas .. i think i need to go take my evening bath now! :)