Dhara Holistics

So, I have been extremely, extremely busy as of late. I have already received a promotion at my new job and am in transition for an even larger move. Additionally, I have kept my Wed. night shift at the halfway house.
The farmers market has been good- its so nice to meet and [...]

So I’ve been QUITE busy!
Here’s one little image from today’s farmer’s market in Summit, NJ.  More to come…

Well, hello loyal readers– 
I may be slightly slow for a while until I get used to managing my time with the new job I took–  Being that I graduated, I’ve got to start paying back those loans! 
I do have some very exciting things going on though…  this weekend, at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, I [...]

I just got an awesome convo over through my Etsy store!  My Charcoal Seas soap was featured on the very awesome Handmade Soap Reviews website!
“Although I unfortunately have bad enough adult acne that I needed to resort to a prescription topical cream, I do still use facial soaps to keep my skin feeling fresh and [...]

My Spearmint-Bergamot Shampoo Bar was on the front page of Etsy today at about 11:50am…  The wonderful VeganETSY Team made the treasury…

We’re featured on p. 69 of VivaLaModa Issue #2!
Check it out!

We were featured in VivaLaModa Issue #1 in December…  I’ve embedded the feature below…  look out for our next post, because we were featured again!

“Shampoo bar? What’s a shampoo bar?”
Well– a shampoo bar is basically just soap… except that we have designed it specifically to incorporate oils that are ideal for cleansing the unique structure of hair, as opposed to skin. For example, we include coconut oil at a significantly higher percentage than we typically would for a soap [...]

One of my favorite etsy sellers, also a long-time friend of mine, Stephanie Baker (Old World Primitives) has created this outstanding treasury…  Please click all the little squares and leave a comment, if you can.

Also, don’t forget to save Steph’s shop as a favorite! Her handmade primitive items are just outstanding…

On our profile page over on Etsy, we added a little info session –
“Wait a minute… sodium hydroxide?? Isn’t that LYE????” We’re so glad you brought that up… Yes, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is also commonly known as “lye”. All soap contains sodium hydroxide (and/or potassium hydroxide). By it’s very definition, soap is, “A [...]