Apologies to my regulars: I gotta take care of this one thing.
Then, I’m done.

I keep getting emails, from soapers, who seem to think I need to know, for example, that THEY didn’t know lye and aluminum don’t mix, and that lye needs to be added to water, and not the other way around. Sorry, I learned some stuff in chemistry — not when I decided to learn to make soap. If you didn’t do adequate research, then sorry for you. It’s all good. You know now.

Now, what’s funny about all this, is what was funny from the VERY beginning: I LOVE handmade soap. I wanna learn to  make it (FIRST) and then sell it. I have The Soapmaker’s Companion, Smart Soapmaking (which I like better) and The Everything Soapmaking Book. I have an eBook, and a few gifted soapmaking friends.  AND, I know that lye doesn’t go with aluminum (again, knew that long ago). But you didn’t know that. You didn’t want to know. Which is what ticks me off most, about you trying to front me in my own home.

For those of you on that site, who put up with their foolishness — don’t email me, trying to convince me that “we all aren’t like that”, “we’re not racist”, “we all aren’t familiar with black lingo”. It’s garbage — you know wrong, when you see it. Like your member told you, “She may have bought some soap from you”. I have visitors, that come here, and decide to buy soap from YOU, based on the fact that I love it, posted a pic and raved about it. Seems like Carol (aka “care”) doesn’t understand.  Seems like some of you lack basic business sense, or just common sense. Why should I take any advice from…you? Think about it. Folks (as in potential buyers) online learn about your soap, how? Not because you belong to a soaping community. It’s because we “ghetto slangers” buy it, talk about it, and folks read about it. Matter of fact, I have a links page, with a DEDICATED soapmakers category, with over 50 links to soapmaker sites. But I use “ghetto slang” and wanna steal your trade secrets and get advice for free. Just say “no” to drugs, okay?

The folks who didn’t know that lye would react with aluminum before they decided to make soap are probably the same people who think their ”Nappy Baby” jokes are noteworthy, because they think their level of knowledge is the cap. It’s not. So, I can very well see why you messed up. What can you possibly tell me? Go read some more books — and not just about soapmaking.

So, let me say it again: I DON’T NEED A SOAP BOOK REFERRAL, NOR DO I NEED LAME, WEAK EXCUSES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR, AND RACIST COMMENTS.

Can you hear me now?

A Nappy Girl