FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
PACKAGING
WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER SWITCHING TO PAPER LIP BALM TUBES?
YES! OF COURSE WE WOULD. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL WHITE KRAFT PAPER TUBES ON THE MARKET WE WOULD LOVE TO BE USING RIGHT NOW.
THE REASON WE HAVE NOT IMPLEMENTED THIS YET IS BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY JUST UNDER 17X THE AMOUNT PER TUBE THAN THE ONES WE CURRENTLY USE FROM OUR SUPPLIER. WE HAVE LOOKED ELSEWHERE AND THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE THE SAME. THIS ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE THE OTHER FEES WE PAY SUCH AS SHIPPING, CUSTOMS & CONSOLIDATION FEES.
THIS WOULD SKY ROCKET OUR PRICE PER TUBE WHICH WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO YOU AS CONSUMERS. ONCE PRICES CAN BE MATCHED/BEAT, WE WILL BE MAKING THE TRANSITION!
WILL YOUR BAR SOAPS ALWAYS COME IN BOXES?
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALWAYS USED WHITE SOAP BOXES FOR OUR BAR SOAPS BUT THEN.... I WAS TOLD ABOUT BIODEGRADABLE SHRINKWRAP (AFTER ALMOST 4 YEARS OF MAKING SOAP... GEEZ!). SO WE HAVE IMPLIMENTED THESE AND WILL BE STICKING TO THEM FAR INTO THE FUTURE! WE ENJOY THE SHRINK WRAP, INSTEAD OF NAKED SOAPS ON SHELVES TO KEEP THE BARS AS SANITARY AS POSSIBLE. ONE BY ONE OUR BAR SOAPS ARE BEING TRANSITIONED TO SHRINK WRAPPED AND BANDED WITH A BEAUTIFUL PAPER LABEL. BIODEGRADABLE & RECYCLABLE PACKAGING FOR THE WIN!
WHAT DO YOUR SOAP SAMPLES COME IN?
ALL OF OUR ONLINE ORDERS COME WITH 2 SURPRISE BAR SOAP SAMPLES. THESE ARE PACKAGED IN WHITE GLASSINE BAGGIES. OUR GLASSINE BAGS ARE MADE FROM WOOD PULP, AND ARE NOT WAXED OR CHEMICALLY-FINISHED DURING MANUFACTURING, MAKING THEM FULLY RECYCLABLE, COMPOSTABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE.
WILL YOU ALWAYS USE BUBBLE WRAP IN SHIPMENT?
WE ONLY USE OUR BUBBLE WRAP TO SECURE ALL GLASS PACKAGING IN TRANSIT. WE ARE CURRENTLY USING SECOND HAND BUBBLE WRAP DONATED TO US. ONCE THIS IS ALL USED UP (AS STEP 1 TO ZERO WASTE IS USE UP WHAT YOU HAVE!), WE ARE LOOKING INTO KRAFT HONEYCOMB WRAP WHICH IS ABOUT 3X THE PRICE OF TRADITIONAL BUBBLE WRAP. THOUGH MORE EXPENSIVE, THIS WILL BE IMPLIMENTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR DONATED BUBBLE WRAP IS USED UP.