November 2023 | St. Paul Lutheran Ladies' Aid Craft Fair | KCK Soapery

Picture above are the cured soaps getting ready to be wrapped for my first craft show after Covid on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

A big thank you to my friend "C" for inviting me to join in their church craft show that benefits the Ladies' Aid group.

I bought a table cloth that was much smaller than the tables provided by the church so I decided to just plop the soaps on top of the cloth but it was so wrinkly and so unprofessional.

I practiced putting together these shelves I bought before Covid but was not able to use since the craft show I planned for it was cancelled.  Our dining table looked too crowded with the shelves so I decided to just use one shelf for the show.

My friend "C" got me another table cloth she has on stash and let me borrow it.  Printed a few descriptions of the fragrance oil but it was not the look I was imagining.  It looks so sloppy!  Give me suggestions please.

When people started streaming in my final look was the pic below.  The descriptions were just placed below the shelf.  Better but still need improvement for sure.

Pictures below are my neighbor crafters tables.

Woodburning by Jessie Steven's.  She was woodburning whenever there was a lull and it is definitely interesting to watch.  She made me a pendant, drew what I suggested, burning it on the wood pendant, and finally done after a while.

Simply Beautiful art:

AMW Designs made freeze dried candies and knitting art designs by a friend.  We bought freeze dried skittles and they were yummy.  

There were a lot more tables, I just did not get to everyone this time around.

Hopefully, I get to join them again next year!

Off searching for our next craft show.  Hoping to be able to still join a December show just to get the word out that I am back with my soaping again. 

Thank you for stopping by!

November 2023 | Mavely Affiliate | KCK Soapery

                                      

    I came across Mavely affiliate program when I was searching for support for Amazon affiliates.  The company started in 2019 and has been growing to about 500+ reputable companies and is working with 25K+ influencers.

    The program is so much easier to sign up and navigate than Amazon and you get a shop you can share if you want to use it or you can just share links to all your social media.

    You get commission on what you buy, what you sell, when your friends and family buys or sells, and when you share the opportunity.  This makes it so much preferable than Amazon which limits what sites you can share your links to and sales from yourself, from friends and family is not included in the commission.  

Here is a youtube video on how you earn with Mavely. It definitely sounds like we can all earn from this program without too many rules to follow.  Check out my link below and let's earn a side hustle earning while shopping.  There is no fee! It costs nothing to be an affiliate with any of the companies I am working with.

Join Mavely by clicking here

Thank you for stopping by.

Glynith

Here is my shop that I generated with my mavely shop link.:

mave.ly/kcksoapery

 

October 2023 | Online Income Report After One Month | KCK Soapery

    It was this time last month when I started thinking about getting my soaping up again and monetizing my social media.  

      I got my official letter this morning and got all the three sales I needed to be officially an Amazon affiliate.   I am just doing this on my free time for now.  If you give more time for it, I am sure you can get better revenue as well.  I also sold a few artisan soaps and body butters!

    I applied to be an affiliate at Nurture Soap first and after a few weeks I did earn $8.51 from the link.  You can click on it and buy anything for your soaping needs.  They have great products and you can follow me in my facebook page KCKsoapery to watch my reels and videos (live and uploaded) using their products.

    Next, I applied to be an affiliate with Amazon.  Click for any shopping needs that you have. Prices are the same.  Register for any Amazon subscriptions including audible, prime movies, and shop for anything they offer.  I will earn commissions on any qualified sales and registrations.  So far, I earned $0.20 from a protein shake somebody bought and $0.72 from a denture adhesive. My link sold after I joined a blogger facebook support group made by thesheapproach, where we reciprocate buying from each other links.  I have been listening to her and reading her blog, not ready to do any paying subscription yet though.  Maybe soon enough when I get all my websites and social media into a better shape.  Just now, I made a sale for 2 water bottles which earned me $0.63 and $0.66 each and completed my requirement to be a full Amazon affiliate. 

    Here's to more clicks, shares and follows.  Let me know what you want to see on all these social media.  What will make you come back and visit often then?

    Thank you so much to all my supporters.

Glynith

October 2023 | Unicorn Poop Body Butter | KCK Soapery

A coworker friend loves my "Unicorn Poop Fragranced Body Butter". Thank you so much "J".

It took me a while to start making this as I have to wait for the fragrance oil to be delivered.  The purple and pink swirled body butter comprise the unicorn poop.  The plain white is for my daughter and is unscented.  This batch includes Argan oil, Avocado oil, Shea butter, Mango butter, and Cocoa butter.

Unicorn poop is described as a rainbow of delicious treats such as sugared strawberry, sweet peach, ripe raspberry and cotton candy!

Above picture is Shea butter.

Shea butter is ivory in color. It is widely used in cosmetics and is known to benefit dry skin.  Since it is getting colder, our skin is starting to get dryer.  A body butter with Shea butter is just perfect.

Added in some Mango butter in the picture above. 

Mango butter have excellent moisturizing property. It softens and plumps the skin which also reduces the presence of wrinkles. Consequently, it is gentle enough to be used as a lip balm or face moisturizer.

Mixed in the Cocoa butter wafers.

Cocoa butter are known to reduce skin dryness and improve elasticity. It also slows skin aging. Moreover, it improves blood flow to the skin which tends to smooth scars and wrinkles fast.

When the butters are melted, I added the Avocado oil and Argan oil so they don't get subjected to the microwave.

Avocado oil adds moisturizing attributes and wonderful glide to the final product.

Argan oil is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids.

Added some Arrowroot powder so the final body butter will not be too greasy.

I let the batch harden naturally.  Some tutorials would place the batch in the fridge to harden it faster.  

Added some more Argan oil just because I have a whole bottle of it and I am making this batch for a friend who likes Argan oil.

Mix until fluffy.

Separate the batch into three.  Colored one with pink mica and the other with lavender mica.  I always envision unicorn poop to be fairytale-like.  

Then into the piping bag it went. 

I hope everybody enjoys this product as much as I enjoy making them!

Thank you!

Glynith

 

October 2023 | Unscented Luxe Hair Mask | KCK Soapery

    My daughter has a very long and thick hair that tangles a lot. She's been searching for products to help condition and make her hair easier to manage the frizz. Upon looking at my soaping suppliers, I realized that hair masks is now a thing.  This Luxe hair mask base is from Brambleberry.  Click on the link if you want to make it yourself and look at the ingredients.  Brambleberry was my first soaping supplier.  They don't offer affiliate programs but they have really great products to choose from.  I always love their products and trying out a new line for hair care is very much interesting for me.

    To make a test batch with the base, I used 95 grams of mask base. Then, I added bubble boost and calendula extract. Bubble Boost is derived from coconut oil and some people use it to add gentle and stable bubbles to soap and other products.  It draws in moisture and keeps skin and scalp hydrated. Calendula extract is full of Vitamin B and helps the growth for thick hair.  Massaging the scalp with calendula oil stimulates the hair roots or follicles and ensures the growth of robust, dense and silky tresses. 

    Here's an article from Netmeds about the many skin and hair benefits of Calendula.

I have a video and a reel posted on my facebook page .  

The verdict as my daughter used it tonight is that it feels great! It also rinses very well and makes her hair easy to comb.  I think my hubby and I should start using it since our once very thick hair is now showing signs of thinning as well.

I will let you guys know of any improvements on our hair for sure.

Thank you for dropping by!

Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #5 Traditional Way | KCK Soapery

                                                     

    The more I looked into it, the more opportunities there are!  We always see pictures like shown above.  Money just streaming in without obvious hard work.  However, in reality, the amount of income streaming in depends on the amount of time and effort being put in especially when one is still starting.

    I have college friends who have been traveling a lot due to an online side hustle that they joined which is now generating $$$. The deeper their downlines kept on getting, the more the checks they have been receiving.  Just let me know if you are interested! I can connect you to them.

    There are definitely vast ways to make ends meet.

    Investing in real estate, trading currencies and stocks, and managing your investments online.  If you are a savvy investor, you can really generate a very lucrative income streams through these as well.

    Selling outgrown stuff , making handmade things, selling old and used stuff on online marketplaces can definitely remove clutter and give you some income although not regularly.

    Whatever you decide to do, the key is to be consistent and don't give up.  Keeping your active income and saving for retirement are still the best way to have guaranteed earnings throughout your prime and into your old age.

Thank you for visiting!

Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #4 AI Marketing | KCK Soapery

                                                           

                                                                        

    AI is everywhere! Name a field of interest and there is a robot doing a part of that field's job already.  AI marketing is starting to fill the worldwide web of internet and network marketing as well.  Using artificial intelligence to make e-books, create blog posts, contents in social media, automated conversations, and language translation.

    This topic is too broad and complicated for my understanding.  But it is available for anyone who wants to use it.  It could be very beneficial for someone like me.  I am good with spelling but struggle with grammar and generating content.  Just coming up with something to say or write and eloquently express it perfectly is another venue that is hard for me.  Just type in or say something to AI and it will give you a list of things to add to your book or posts.

Here are some of them that always shows up in my feeds.

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence that can generate a conversation and compose written content for anything that you want anywhere.  It can do it for you in just a few clicks or a few commands.

There is Designrr. This is a powerful content tool that creates ebooks, flipbooks, blog posts, and other contents. This AI will make it possible for you to start with just a few clicks if you want to create contents as well.  

We also have Fiverr, an Israeli multinational online marketplace, for expert freelancers.  They will connect businesses and freelancers to help in whatever digital needs that you have.

Lastly, canva. This is an Australian multinational graphic design company that is available to create social media graphics and presentations, may it be for free or premium.

    Here is a tutorial from youtube that will walk you through creating ebook or journals and others that you can sell on Amazon without using too much of your time.  Of course, there is a price to be a member to any of these platforms. So if you want to make use of what it can provide to the fullest, sign up as a member.

    You can mix and match a few of these AI's and others together to generate whatever you want to create digitally.

    As I mentioned above, it is a little over my head for now. However, if you want to learn about it, there are a lot of free tutorials on Youtube.  

    If you know any other emerging AI's available, please do share.  I am always amazed at what things people can come up with to make life speedier and easier.

Thank you for dropping by!

Glynith