Super Soapers "September 2013, Featured Artist"!!

"Featured Artist"

Tracie Blyther

Super Soapers: Tell us a little about yourself.

The Charming Frog:

The shop began in New England as a brick and mortar shop. We have continued on as a collective from the imagination of my sister, Jenny. She began as a creator of fine jewelry in stones and silver then incorporated soaps, perfumes, and lip balm.

Combined, we have many years of art under our belt and love to integrate colors and creativity into everything we do. We create our own molds and love the originality we place in every soap. We also purchase molds and try our best to craft new designs using them. From our experiences and places we have lived, this gives us the different perspectives we engage into our art. Currently we have converted a storage room into my shop at my home in Colorado Springs near Pikes Peak. Our inspiration comes from the beautiful scenery that Colorado offers us!!

As we move forward, we want to illustrate our passion of art into the products we offer. We will continue to make soaps that are artistic enough to show off in any art gallery! We are always incorporating more products and invite you to visit our shop! We welcome comments and suggestions from our customers and other shop owners! ~ Hugs, soaps, and smiles! ~The Charming Frog~

SS: How did you get started in soap making?

TCF: I started out drawing from a young age and added different types of mediums as the inspirations came to me. Creativity was encouraged by my mom and my sisters. Currently, I have begun to create the beautiful soaps you see within our shop with the encouragement from my family.

SS: Do you CP or MP, & why?

TCF: Right now my medium is melt and pour but I also make lip balms, bath bombs, salt and sugar scrubs, shaving soaps, and will be incorporating many other products. Eventually, I will add cold process into the mix.

SS: What inspires you most?

TCF: I have to say, as a part of a soaper’s group and with the communication of my customers, they both inspire me the most. Looking through pinterest, browsing through fashion magazines, and many other visual art, and other medias gets the creativity going as well.

SS: Do you consider yourself an artist?

TCF: At times I would like to think my creations are artistic. I do work with other mediums such as paint, mosaic, pyrography, ink, and clay board so I believe I am an artist at heart. My mother had much to do with encouraging us to be creative in everything we do growing up. 

SS: How has soapmaking changed your life?

TCF: Soapmaking has opened many doors and opportunities. After getting laid off from my day job, I was able to make time and become more creative. My sister was about to close her store but I wanted to continue her dream and kept the shop open. We are considered a collective and she still plans on doing more with the store in the future. I have been able to meet so many great people, learn new processes, learn new business tips, and dedicate myself in making the best soaps I know how. My hope is to open a B&M within the next two years.

SS: How would you describe your creative process?

TCF: Most soap makers know how to create the MP process but I carry it a couple steps beyond this by incorporating art into each piece. I try to create pieces unlike others I have seen. Originality and being unique are very important. I am not just in it for the money. The shop I have really means a lot to me and I love making others happy. I am so elated when I receive positive feedback and strive very hard to make sure everyone has a happy experience when purchasing with me.

SS: What do you benefit the most from other artists in your craft?

TCF: The biggest benefit I can think of is the “push” of keeping up with the many fantastic artists out there! I love learning so many tips and tricks; it inspires my creativity and encourages me to work that much harder 8)

SS: Now for a little bit of fun.

Most soap artists seem to be all about their FO's & EO's, which of course are an important part of soapmaking, & everyone knows that scent is the major trigger sensory known for people. If you could explain which, FO or EO, has triggered the biggest memory from childhood, or the most important time in your life, which would it be & why? (this is optional of course).

TCF: There are two that stand out the most for me…one is falling leaves scent that brings back so many wonderful memories of my youth in New England. I was born and raised there and would love the smell of fall…I miss that so much! The other would be cinnamon, oatmeal, and maple syrup. As a child, I can remember going over to my great grandmother’s house and she would always, without fail, have oatmeal with cinnamon, topped with maple syrup waiting for us when we would arrive. She was our Nana; I missed those days!


You can find more information on The Charming Grog soaps by visiting their Facebook page.

Their soaps are available through their Etsy shop. 

 

 

This interview was conducted & edited by Misty Raines Clapp, Super Soapers Creator & Admin.

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Super Soapers April 2013 "Featured Artist"!!

 

 

Featured Artist

Giustiniano Francioso

 

This month we bring you one of the FEW male soapers in Super Soapers Facebook Group, Giustiniano Francioso. Giustiniano joined us recently & has shared with us some amazing soaps, & now we are featuring him so he can share his creations with everyone else.

 

Super Soapers: Tell us a little about yourself.

Giustiniano Francioso: Hi everybody! I’m from Italy. I live in a seaside town, in the south of Italy. I studied in a city in the north of the country, Turin, where I had a bachelor's degree in Economics. After this period in Turin I came back to my hometown. I am the oldest of three brothers with whom I have a good relationship with. Currently I’m a business consultant and I deal mainly with personnel management.

 

 

SS: How did you get started in soapmaking?

GF: As things often happen in life, I stumbled into the art of soap making while searching YouTube & coming across a video of a man making handmade soap. It intrigued me; I was really amazed that the union between an oil and a caustic solution could generate a soap, the subject of one of the daily rituals of us all. So I began to learn more about the subject: I read books, studied, seen a lot of videos, then (with so much fear) I made my first experiment. I still remember the day, It was October 8, 2012. Since then I have not stopped.

 

SS: Do you CP or MP, & why?

GF: I CP, never tried MP or HP. I like to think of chemistry (saponification process) that can give wonderful results. I like to create soap. The art of the melt something ready is not for me!

 

 

SS: What inspires you most?

GF: I borrow a lot from the color of my cats collection and the nature that surrounds me. Then I love to contemplate the creations of all soapmakers. By anyone there is always the possibility of getting inspiration.

SS: Do you consider yourself an artist?

GF: Absolutely not. I consider myself a beginner, and every time I am amazed with my results. And this brings me to fall in love more and more to this beautiful art. I hope one day (before dying) that others may consider me an artist.

 

 

SS: How has soapmaking changed your life?

GF: It has changed a lot. Surely the art of soap has changed my life: 1) now I read all the labels of soaps to understand the ingredients, thing that I did not do before; 2) I got close to a natural lifestyle by buying second nature; 3) I made a lot of friends on the web; 4) I have found a passion for the art of soap making.

SS: How would you describe your creative process?

GF: There are different stimuli that lead me to create a soap, for example it can be a scent that leads me to imagine how it can be a soap in color and form, or it can be the final utility of the same soap (a soap suitable for certain types of skin with different characteristics) or simply looking at the work of other soapmakers I get inspiration to play something like that.

 

 

 

SS: What do you benefit the most from other artists in your craft?

GF: I think that the greatest benefit is to be able to share and compare experiences with other people. To belong to a group as Super Soapers gives you the ability to do this. Comparison with others enriches you to improve yourself. I think the most important thing as far as my experience in soapmaking is the encounter with others just because you fail to address arguments on questions or problems we had during the production of soap to prevent their occurrence.

 

 

 

SS: Now for a little bit of fun.

Most soap artists seem to be all about their FO's & EO's, which of course are an important part of soapmaking, & everyone knows that scent is the major trigger sensory known for people. If you could explain which, FO or EO, has triggered the biggest memory from childhood, or the most important time in your life, which would it be & why? (this is optional of course).

GF: It is true, all soapmakers think to FO and EO just because anyone who takes a soap in hand  brings it immediately to their nose to smell it. The scent is memory! The scent I prefer above all is lavender, I associate it to my childhood when I visited my grandmother: she always had a bag of dried lavender to scent drawers and closets. Also this perfume gives me the idea of fresh and clean. My first soap was lavender scented.

 

 

 

You can find more information on Giustiniano Francioso & his soaps by visiting his Facebook page.

 

 

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Super Soapers March 2013 "Featured Artist"!!

 Featured Artist

Alicia J Morales

of

Clean by ali, llc

 

 

 

 Now that we are into March, & Spring is right around the corner, with much anticipated warm weather, we bring to you this month's "Featured Artist" Alicia J. Morales of Clean by ali, llc. This mother of three, and grandmother of two brings to us her story of how a school science project turned into a passion, & dreaming of one day sinking her toes into some warm sand at her beach side bungalow.

 

 

 Super Soapers: Tell us a little about yourself.

Alicia Morales:  Hi everyone!  I was born in Biloxi, MS.  I have lived all of my school aged years on the Mississippi gulf coast, graduated high school, and joined the Naval Reserves.  I met my husband of 23 years while in Naval 'A" school.  We have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.  I earned my Bachelors degree in Accounting, and a Masters degree in Business Administration.  I have been an accountant for public and private industries for 20 years.  My focus for the last 12 years has been payroll for a local citrus company.  This is what I fondly call my "day" job.  I live in The City Beautiful, Orlando, Florida, and from time to time, during the summer months, I dream of snowy days to keep cool.

 

SS: How did you get started in soapmaking?

AM:  My journey into soap making began as a complete and last minute surprise.  My middle daughter had a high school science experiment, in which she was required, to make liquid soap.  I was at a complete loss!  So, google and I became super great friends.  After much research, we headed off to the store and purchased all the supplies we needed.  It took 2 attempts, but we finally got it right.  I was so proud!  While doing the research for liquid soap, I became fascinated with the bar soap methods of soap making. So, I swore to myself that if she ended up with a good grade on her project, I would set off to attempt bars of soap.  She received an A!  So my journey began and has not stopped since.  I had so much soap in the beginning that I was giving it away to family and friends.  They loved it, so I have stuck with it.  I hope to take over the world, one bar of soap at a time!

 

SS: Do you CP or MP, & why?

AM:  I CP.  I love the science behind it really.  I think it is pretty amazing that you can throw all those oils together and end up with a beautiful bar of soap!  I mean, when you think of all that oil - cooking oil - why would you want to bathe with it?  I have to admit that I never read labels on soap bars.  I was a shower gel girl.  When there was a sale at my local bath store, I stocked up.  Once I really got into soap making, I found out that most of that soap is NOT soap.  I had a bout of psoriasis for a while - gone long before my journey began.  However, I think about the fact that I could have probably helped it with my own soap rather than giving myself a shot each month.  Needless to say, since beginning making my own soap, my local bath store has seen a decline in sales.  LOL.

 

SS: What inspires you most?

AM:  Other soap makers inspire the heck out of me!  I love chatting with other artists about their process and adventures.  I cannot get enough of looking at soap 'porn'!  I never realized there was such a large community of soap makers.  Nor did I ever realize the magnitude of the different types of soap!  I can literally spend all day surfing Facebook and the internet, in general, just looking at it.  I like to see what types of scents they are blending, and their interpretation of what that scent "looks" like.  What colors did they use to channel the scent, and design, of what they see?  Although this can be a competitive industry, everyone I have come across or chatted with are extremely kind and helpful.  That inspires me to be that way with others who are new to the process.  Everyone can use a helping hand at times, so I try to pay forward the help that has been given to me.

 

SS: Do you consider yourself an artist?

AM:  Well, I am a little partial, so I am going to say, yes.  LOL.  I think that is because I am such an analytical thinker.  I always wanted to be an artist, and I have always loved the "artist" communities.  They tend to see the world in a different way than the rest of us.  So the first time I was described as a soap artisan, I latched on!  My husband and I have always had a running joke about my "artistic" side.  You could say it basically did not exist.  However, since my soap making began, we cannot really use that joke any longer.  That seems to be the one and only place that I am actually creative in, an artistic sense.

 

SS: How has soapmaking changed your life?
 

AM:  It has opened me up to so many new friends and collegues.  I have met so many new people.  I stay busy most of the time these days.  Most of all, I have learned to deal with failure in a very healthy way.  Not all of my soap batches turn out as a masterpiece.  There are periodic failures and "what the heck happened here" batches.  I never really dealt well with failure.  I mean, who does, really?   However now, I brush it off and move on.  We are our worst critics.  Most of all, soap making has given me a true outlet to spend time in a world all of my own at times.  And honestly, we all need that.

 

SS: How would you describe your creative process?

AM:  Hectic!  Most times I see a design I want in my mind.  A lot of times, it does not work out that way when I have the finished product.  However, I am usually happy with how it ends up.  I try to match colors with scent, and how I picture the scent looking.  I try and think about what I would "see" if I were blind.  Could I smell it and automatically know that lavender essential oil or fragrance oil would be a beautiful shade of purple?  Or would the Energy fragrance oil be a hippie tie-dye bar?  I do not want to make a bar of fresh snow and color it blue or pink - neither one of those colors would scream "snow".  LOL.  I try to be very organized and have everything ready to mix at a moments notice.  Sadly, I have forgotten things from time to time.  Between my mother and myself, we are always cleaning!  She is a neat freak, so she is always behind me picking up my messes.  That helps out tremendously!  I hate cleaning in general, so the less I have to do, the more I can focus. 

 

SS: What do you benefit the most from other artists in your craft?

AM:  I think I benefit most from hearing about others experiences.  Whether it be from using a particular scent, purchasing supplies, shipping product, or just complete disasters they have had - it helps me know that I am not alone.  I like knowing there are others out there with the same thoughts or issues.  In the beginning, it was hard.  Hard not really having a group of people to turn to when I needed the help.  So to have the Super Soaper group of such talented artists - well, that is the bees knees!

 

SS: Now for a little bit of fun.
 

Most soap artists seem to be all about their FO's & EO's, which of course are an important part of soap making, & everyone knows that scent is the major trigger sensory known for people. If you could explain which, FO or EO, has triggered the biggest memory from childhood, or the most important time in your life, which would it be & why? (this is optional of course).

AM:  Well, like most of the previous featured artists, that is a hard question to answer!  However, I think my favorite so far has been the tropical vacation fragrance oil.  I am a tropical climate, beach girl!  I grew up on the beach, and then moved to Florida to be close to the ocean air.  Although I am not yet as close as I would like to be, I am bugging my husband about selling our house when my youngest goes to college and getting a beachside bungalow!  So that FO just reminds me of everything I always envisioned as the way I wanted to live my life - laid back, free, swinging in a hammock with a great book, and sipping a tropical drink out of a coconut!  Does it get any better than that?  I don't think so!  I have always been fascinated with the beach and the atmosphere surrounding it.  When you go to the beach, all your worries wash away.  Appropriate yes?  Why not capture that in a bar of soap?






You can find more information on Alicia J. Morales and her soaps at -
Facebook: Clean by ali, llc
Etsy Shop: Clean by ali, llc

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Super Soapers February 2013 "Featured Artist"!!

 

 

 

"Featured Artist"

 

Maria Angeles Galan Thayer

 of

Kokolele

 

This Month's feature focuses on, Maria Angeles Galan Thayer & her passion for soapmaking, her love for her fellow soapmakers, & how soaping come to be a part of her life.

 

 

Super Soapers: Tell us a little about yourself.

Maria Angeles Galan Thayer: I was born in Venezuela. Every year I made visits to the United States to vacation all over. I had the opportunity to study at Boston University, & fell in love with the country, during my time spent there. I eventually became an American, & am now living in the, beautiful, and natural state of Arkansas, where I met & married my wonderful Husband & proud of my decision to belong to this country.

I have been making crafts ALL of my life, & after my retirement, I chose to continue making crafts. My crafting skills range from Metal Embossing, Painting, Embroidery, Ceramics, Candles, Scrapbooking, & eventually Soapmaking, which turned out to be a success for me.


SS: How did you get started in soapmaking?

MAGT:
When I first started making soap, my friends & family, including my grandchildren, were among the first to try my creation. They loved them so much that they inspired me share them with others. After sharing my soaps with my friends, they started wanting to buy them from me & gave me the idea to open an Etsy shop. Aside from my Etsy shop I also have business in Australia & France, that I started with my sisters. When I was living in Costa Rica I was interviewed on TV, & I sold a lot of soaps to a group of sellers. And every month I send free soaps to children in Africa, which I am very greatful to be able to do.

SS: Do you CP or MP, & why?

MAGT:
I do only MP because I love to create new things, something different, original. With MP, I can make many designs. I love CP but I don't want to be making only swrils.


SS: What inspires you most?

MAGT: Anything I see in museums, and around the world, pictures, glass art, everything involved with art. It inpires me to create a new design, even seeing the pictures of other great soapmakers creations.


SS: Do you consider yourself an artist?

MAGT: Back in my country of Venezuela, I was an artist working with Clay (ceramic). I loved working with "Raku", & was able to make some pieces that I won challenges with. For me, an artist is a person who can do something totally different through working with their hands, showing what is in their mind and soul.



SS: How has soapmaking changed your life?

MAGT: I love people, and love talking to them, sharing mutual interests with them, & to learn from them. Like the other crafts that I have made, the best part of any project is having the opportunity to meet people with the same crafting interests that I have and being able to share those experiences with them.



                                                                              SS: How would you describe your creative process?

MAGT:
It is something that comes from anything, or anywhere. It is something that you are born with, a blessing from God to have this "special" touch. Others are great at piano, some singing, or some can create a beautiful cake or dress.... And others can make a beautiful and unique soap.

SS: What do you benefit the most from other artists in your craft?

MAGT: I love to see all kinds of art, everything made by hand is great for me, I love to see everything from other artists that I can get inspiration from.... art is an inspiration.... it is magic.





SS: Now for a little bit of fun.

Most soap artists seem to be all about their FO's & EO's, which of course are an important part of soapmaking, & everyone knows that scent is the major trigger sensory known for people. If you could explain which, FO or EO, has triggered the biggest memory from childhood, or the most important time in your life, which would it be & why? (this is optional of course).

　

MAGT:
When I close my eyes and smell the "Ocean Breeze" FO, my mind transports me to the ocean like I have risen right in front of it. It is the same for when I smell the "Coconut", too. I can taste the coconuts when I smell this FO. I entered a contest (& won, yay!), & because of my love for the ocean, I decided to make a "palm tree" in black, because my idea was of the ocean in the sunset, & when I was making it, my husband thought I was making a spider. After I made the little coconuts for the palm tree, my husband thought they were the spider's eyes, lol. When I finished nobody could believe that all of the small pieces put together would look like a painting, made of soap. And of course the magic touch of the FO, was the Ocean! I had a great time making this soap.

But sometimes I have made a disaster mixing FO's, & sometimes I cut, & cut, & cut pieces that makes more of a disaster, but it always makes me laugh, & learn what NOT to do for the next time.





You can find more information on Maria Angeles Galan Thayer and her soaps at - Facebook:Kokolele Soaps
Etsy Shop: Kokolele

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Super Soapers January, 2013 "Featured Artist"!!

                                                   "Featured Artist"
                                          Dorenda Coger
                                                    of
                                      Naokeidoe Creations

Super Soapers: Tell us a little about yourself.

Dorenda Coger: I was born and raised in the beautiful New England state of Connecticut by my loving parents. I have an older brother and I am the youngest. I have been a resident of Chesterfield, VA a suburb of Richmond, Virginia for about the last three decades. I’ve been blessed to have the most wonderful, fabulous family on the planet and I love them so much. I’m married to Clifton, and he is the sweetest, most supportive husband and a super father. He is a CPA and owns a CPA firm here in Richmond. We have 3 amazing, beautiful, smart children, one son and two daughters; Keith – 25, Dorian – 23, Naomi – 6. Keith and Dorian are in graduate school and Naomi, the life of the party, is in the 1^st grade.

 

SS: How did you get started in soapmaking?

DC: Well, I guess I need to start with my Mother. She was a master tailor and a gourmet cook with the gift of extreme creativity and craftiness. I’ve definitely inherited her genes, so I think this path was inevitable. Although my mother never made soap, soap making was natural progression for me. My first handcrafted items were hair care products that I started formulating about 8 years ago. Six years ago, our youngest daughter, Naomi, was born with eczema. It was then that I started making everything that goes on her body and in her hair. I even made her diaper cream. Skin irritants, chemicals and unnecessary ingredients in soap, and bath & body items lead me to create a more natural, minimally processed option. Soap making had to occur because I was terribly unpleased with the choices for soap and skin care. Too many detergents. Too many irritants. Too many chemicals. I needed to find a better option. When I couldn’t find a better option, I created it.

 

SS: Do you CP or MP, & why?

DC: I am a Cold Process soap maker. The first soap I ever made was a Goat Milk Melt & Pour. I was so excited to be making soap! I bought my first and last 2 lb block from a popular online supplier and went at it. I liked it, but wanted more of a challenge and more control over the ingredients. I wanted to add my own oils, butters, botanicals, milks, additives, etc. I wanted to create my own recipe based on the properties of the ingredients. Hot Process was next. It satisfied me for a few months and I didn’t mind the cooking process, but the look I was trying to achieve wasn’t there. I still wasn’t totally satisfied. I thoroughly enjoyed the close to immediate gratification of having your soaps saponified after the cook, but wanted to achieve the sleek, smooth and often artistic look of cold process soap. The only reason I didn’t first start soap making with the cold process method was because of the cure time. I was impatient and wanted my soap ready as soon as possible. After I made my first batch using the cold process method, I was hooked...totally hooked. That was many years ago and I am thankful that I have tried various methods of soap making because I can appreciate the pros and cons of each.     

 

SS: What inspires you most?

DC: I am inspired by everything around me. I don’t limit myself because we live in a world where we are surrounded by beauty on all sides. Inspiration can be found in my 6 year old daughter’s coloring. Last year she made the most beautiful picture with amazing color combinations. I saved that combination for one of my designs. Inspiration can be found in the most amazing places and often when you’re not looking for it.

 

SS: Do you consider yourself an artist?

DC: I do consider myself an artist and I am glad to see others recognize soap making as an art form, as well. I can only speak for myself, but a tremendous amount of thought, vision, time, creativity and preparation is involved in making artisan soap. It is a creation made by hand. Soap makers use the medium of soap to create masterpieces like none other. I have been part of quite a few Art Shows and that is because my finished hand-crafted product is viewed as art by the curator. Unique, one-of-a-kind, creative, elegant, beautiful, hand-crafted pieces of soap art. We are definitely artists in every sense of the word.

 

SS: How has soap making changed your life?

DC: Gosh. How hasn’t it! As any soaper will tell you, it definitely has a way of taking over your mind and thought process, if you let it. Even when we try to suppress it, it still pops up right in front! Most times, everything is thought of as a soap/bath & body opportunity. This is my third entrepreneurial venture and I still get excited about all of it and the wonderful opportunities that Naokeidoe Creations has been afforded. I still operate the other two businesses, in addition to creating at Naokeidoe Creations. I am crafting products by my own hand and my own formulations and that can be very time consuming, but rewarding. The use of hand crafted soap and bath & body items is definitely on the rise. Consumers are more educated about and aware of what goes on their bodies and into their system. For that, I am thankful because it makes my job that much easier. I have been going semi-full time at this for about the last 2 years. We have online, wholesale, retail and private label customers. Our lives have changed and it’s such a wonderful ride. The entire family is involved in one way or another. Ours is a family business and I wouldn’t have it any other way.   

 

SS: How would you describe your creative process?

DC: My creative process certainly begins in my mind when I first see an ingredient I want to incorporate into a creation or smell an essential or fragrance oil that I just can’t wait to use. I begin formulation in my mind long before it’s ever put into action. I know how I want the end result to function and how I want it to look. I always begin at my desired end result and add components that bring me to the beginning where I can start the creative process. When creating new products it is always completed by trial and error...research and development...formulating and testing. I still have R & D soaps from years ago that are still hanging around. The feeling that you get when you know you’ve finally created “My Soap Recipe”?  Priceless!

 

SS: What do you benefit the most from other artists in your craft?

DC: I am truly inspired by all of the wonderful soap makers and formulators I encounter on a daily basis in forums, groups and online, in general. The artistry and level of mastery is totally amazing. It’s very nice to be able share your passion with others that feel the same way you do. Not everyone knows what I’m talking about when I say I want to just bask in soapy, lather goodness and feel the silkiness of the suds on my skin and feel the properties of each ingredient as they’re combined to create this wonder we call soap.

I know that soaping is addictive and once you start making soap it’s very difficult to stop. You want to learn more and be amongst those with the same mindset and soapy thoughts. The opportunity to grow and learn is unlimited. We are only limited by our own minds and thoughts. I just really love to read and learn and put what I learn into action. No matter how much you think you know, you can never know it all.

 

SS: Now for a little bit of fun.

Most soap artists seem to be all about their FO's & EO's, which of course are an important part of soapmaking, & everyone knows that scent is the major trigger sensory known for people. If you could explain which, FO or EO, has triggered the biggest memory from childhood, or the most important time in your life, which would it be & why? (this is optional of course).

DC: I can answer this question when they create a FO that smells like my mother’s Thanksgiving Dinner. J



You can find more information about Dorenda Coger & her
soaps at  www.naokeidoecreations.com 

 

 

 

 

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