This is a huge fair and has everything from Farmers' Market products to handmade clothing, crafts, and then your carny-type vendors with their unlicensed designer-brand knockoffs, plus a huge food area with everything from tamales to falafel. The only thing missing was Vince, the Sham-Wow guy.
We found the Aqua Soap display without much trouble. I am not one for spending a lot of money on fancy soaps, but his chunks of glycerine-based soaps were very generous in size for $5.00 each, 5 for $20, or 12 for $40.
I was sent to get patchouli, blue patchouli, grapefruit, and lavender bars. I had to ask the fellow for the grapefruit, which was, of course, right in front of me. He turned out to be Larry, the creator, owner, and maker of each bar he sells.
We started chatting with him and found out he is very proud of his soap and loves what he does (full points for him on the Universal Principles of happiness and well-being!) And, of course, great to know that you are bringing that great energy into your home!
He uses 60% coconut oil, makes a clear or colored base, uses gorgeous scents from varying sources, then throws in small chunks and curly-Qs of opaque colors of soap, which end up being suspended in the clear glycerine, so the resulting bars are each one unique and a work of art.
I ended up getting 12 out of the over 100 different fragrances, then he said he was going to give me a baker's dozen and that he wanted me to pick something out just for me, so I got a bar of the opaque-colored goats' milk soap in cucumber lime. Hmmmm!
He makes these all in his home in an industrial-sized kitchen, and his friends help him wrap the bars in cellophane and attach a sticker because "my hands give out." He makes tens of thousands of bars a year. It was great to support this guy and I'm so glad we found his soaps!
Larry's website: http://www.aquabathandbody.com
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