Greetings and Salutations!

Hello there! Welcome to my little corner of the internets. I'm so glad you came.

I'm Amanda. Hi, how you doing? I own and operate the La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente Soapworks, which should be in full operation in the near future. Whatever has brought you here (facebook, etsy, twitter) let's take a moment and get to know each other, shall we?

Currently I'm a DePaul grad student majoring in English Literature. My emphases are horror film studies and American Gothic. Swear to God, I'm not as weird as that sounds. Truly. I like kittens and romance novels and all sorts of normal stuff too.

I've been handcasting melt and pour soap (mostly glycerine, goats milk and olive oil) for the last five years or so, give or take. Mostly as gifts for my family and friends.

Let me give you an idea of what you'll find here:

• Skin-loving, long-lasting coconut oil/glycerine/goats milk soaps.
• Simple, handcast shapes that are easy to hold.
  
• Sustainable designs: our soaps will still retain their beauty even after they've been washed with ten times.
  
• Complex fragrance blends, utilizing the perfumer's arts.
  
• Glitter! Can't get enough!
• Lather! That's good too.
• A sensory impression that incorparates the title, scent and design of each bar and/or product line.
  
• Wonderful, friendly customer service.
  

What you WON'T find here:

• Simple one-note fragrances. Even my simple coconut and pomegranate scents are multilayered.
  
• Complicated soap moldings. After one washing, it will just look like mush anyway. Why waste your money?
• A lament bemoaning the use of SLS/SLES in my soaps. I use them in small doses and they're not bad for you (as the hype would have you believe). It's in toothpaste, for Pete's sake.
  
• Boredom and/or lack of intellectual stimulation. Why should soap be boring? I like to give your soap a fabulous basckstory that you can ruminate on in the shower.
  

That all being said: if you are dying for The Rose from Kathmandu to come in blue, half sparkles, half goats milk and shaped like a sheep - I can do that. I will do it gladly, with a smile on my face and a skip in my step. It's about what you want.

I'm hoping you're willing to forego the junkity-junk in favor of more important issues.

Like: OMG, DOES IT SPARKLE?

Thanks for stopping by and keep checking back for more updates and products in the next few weeks.

Regards,
Amanda