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The business of owning a business is neither linear nor incremental….it tends to lurch in different directions when you least expect it to change.  

For a few days this week, here in Pennsylvania, we had a small taste of the approaching Fall weather. Cool mornings that required long sleeves and jeans, the sweet crispness to the breeze and the ability to eat outside and not sweat into your meal!  The temperatures will rise again over the weekend, summer is not over, but there is the promise of Fall: baked apples with cinnamon, stacking firewood for the soon to be constantly burning fireplace, watching the horses coats grow thicker, pulling in the hummingbird feeders until next year, ACC football, etc., etc.... This also means the...

If a child of the 70's/80's can learn to love sunscreen then you can too! Oh how I remember those sweaty summers on the coast of GA/SC flipping through ALL the magazines: Vogue, Bazaar, Fashion, Glamour, People, US, etc....looking at white straight teeth, skinny bodies, clear faces and TAN skin! Flipping and lingering on each page, imagining yourself in these fabulous clothes and stunning locations only to go look in the mirror and see a pubescent body, braces, short frizzy curly hair, acne and very fair skin passed down from my ancestors who roamed the British Isles and maybe were...

Question I receive often:   Favorite and least favorite product to make:   You don't pick a favorite child, so I would never pick a favorite (or least favorite) product but some manufacturing recipes provide instant gratification during the process and some are challenging and/or time consuming.   Let’s start with our most labor intensive product to make:  Polished Cleanse    Polished Cleanse is I think one of the most unique products on the market.  An oil based cleanser and exfoliator that is gentle enough for face but also effective on the body.     The base of this amazing...