Fractured Faerie Tales

For this go 'round for the Soap of the Month Club I decided to create my interpretation of fairy tales and other dark stories. My resources are: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales by Mara Tatar, Giovan Franceso Straparola, and Hans Christian Andersen. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the pre-Grimm and pre-Disney tales. I am saddened to see how much each entity changed the stories. However, on to the soap.

First up  is The Little Mermaid. This story hails from Denmark. She doesn't have a name and is curious about the surface world. In this particular tale the merpeople are allowed to go to the surface once a year starting in their teen years and are only give a small space of time to  be on the surface. Our particular mermaid goes and falls in love with a human boy from a distance. When she goes back home she decided to turn human. The stipulation is she has to wed him before the 3rd day or she would die. Her meraunt and mersisters find out the plot and daily for those 3 days go to the surface and attempt to convince her to return home. She doesn't and her young man chooses a different female to marry. The little mermaid then dies, becomes seafoam and then ultimately become part of the conscious nebula.

Not quite as action packed as Disney's version but still a good tale. I highly recommend reading it.
Now, there have been some changes to my website. Firstly, all soaps are now sold as  a 3-pack unless it is part of the Soap of the Month Club. Secondly, lotions are making a comeback but only for the holiday season. Thirdly, I am only making 1 holiday scented soap and that is Christmas Cookie. It is a yummy cinnamon and sugar confection. I love bathing in that one!!

I purchased Blueberry Surprise and Honeysuckle fragrance oils from The Chemistry Store. They smell wonderful!! I fully plan on making lotions with them. Speaking of lotions I am currently working on offering a dessert line of lotions. I will be sending out testers with paid orders of $25 or more during the last half of the year. The ones that receive the most positive feedback will be the ones that make it onto the website for 2014. Hopefully I will soon be able to get back to making regular posts.

Up next, Fractured Faerie Tale: Little Red Riding Hood and Rumplestiltskin. Love you very much.