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Black Licorice Soaps Are Ready!

Black Licorice Soaps Are Ready!

Even witches need to bathe from time to time, and what better soap than Black Licorice?

I am thrilled to share with you that my colourful, limited edition Black Licorice soaps are ready (after the customary curing time of 4 weeks), and are available online for you to order. If you love this dark, sticky candy with its sweet and mysterious aroma, you will love Black Licorice soap!

These special-edition soaps make quite an eye candy with all the colourful botanicals that I used to dye it in shades that allude to the colourful Allsorts licorice candy. It is witchy and haunting in both its appearance and scent.

For those familiar with my Black Licorice perfume, this is a bit different fragrance, more dark and similar to the European style candy, with hints of Sen-Sen candy.

 
When these run out of stock, I probably won't be bothering with the fancy, colourful designs... I made 4 different styles and they are all gorgeous! So if you love the colours you should get them now!

Make Your Own Incense for Healing, Ritual, & Pleasure

Make Your Own Incense for Healing, Ritual, & Pleasure

Disclaimer: All of the posts related to Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine are limited time offers and bonuses are likely not going to be relevant if you sign up at a much later date than this post was written. 

Incense is the oldest form of aromatic medicine. It's been used to treat the psyche, emotions, body, and heal the spirit for ages. Plus it’s the most ancient and universal tool for nearly all sacred rituals.

And of course, incense is a timeless aromatic treasure used to help us celebrate our sense of smell and have a bit of natural luxury and pleasure in our lives.

I’ve always loved incense. And am thrilled to share with you a new course that is offered online that will teach you how to make simple and fun incense, for any intention you have in mind, whether for a lovely fragrant gift for someone, or a medicine.

If you've ever desired the ability and skills to hand-craft your own beautiful, effective, and successful incense blends for yourself, your family, or others - you should check out this program! 

For almost a decade now my good friend Evan Sylliaasen, founder of The Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine, has been crafting aromatherapeutic and ritual blends for his company Higher Mind Incense, one of the top producers in the US. He’s definitely seen what works best, and what doesn't work when it comes to incense crafting.

That's why he’s put together a special gift for you, the Hand-Crafted Incense Workshop Series!

Join this complimentary Workshop and start watching the 1st Lesson now.

In this workshop series, Evan will show you step-by-step how to craft your own incense cones for healing, fragrant enjoyment, or spiritual purposes, plus give you the ultimate background on the many uses and virtues of incense.

This fun and informative series is available for a limited time so be sure to sign up today, at no charge!

Join Evan in the Hand-Crafted Incense Workshop Series, his gift to you. 

Enjoy and I’ll see you inside!

xo
Ayala

P.s. In case you were wondering - in later videos I will be also presenting a mini-series of perfumery workshops in the Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine.

Citrus & Colognes + Lab 101 Masterclass begins November 1st

Citrus & Colognes + Lab 101 Masterclass begins November 1st, 4:00-5:00pm Israel/Palestine Time.

You're invited to begin exploring the world of perfume creation though wonderfully accessible raw materials, some of them even from your grocery store, garden and citrus grove.

We'll learn how to create historic Aqua Mirabillis and Eaux de Colognes-style fragrances, Agua de Florida, and more. This is your entry ticket to learning in-depth perfume composition, and get over any fear you may have had from working the bench (scale, dilutions, complex looking formulae, etc.). If this sounds like magic to you, enjoy a 50% off the normal price for this correspondence course, and pay $450 instead of $900 for 12 Zoom classes, as well as online group support, email support and much more fun and friends all over the world! Students from all over the world have enjoyed connecting and learning through this format in our Spring & Summer sessions via Zoom and I'm excited to offer this introductory course again this fall. Looking forward to meeting you soon XO Ayala 

Shipping World-Wide

Shipping World-Wide

In a world where everything seems to become more expensive and complicated, I'm thrilled and surprised to discover a new method for shipping my creations across the globe that is faster than before, and also much cheaper. This will also enable me to ship to several destinations that were not possible before (Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, Italy, and more).

Prices have just been updated on the website to reflect that. After 20 years of shipping snail mail, and going to the post office on foot myself and hand writing each address... I'm excited to finally be printing the shipping labels, and have the parcels with your orders picked up from my studio by a delivery company (gasp!). Don't worry, the contents of the packages will remain as personal as they've ever been... Lovingly bottled, wrapped and packed by me. I'm also a firm believer in personal, handwritten notes for each person that chooses to support my very hands-on and personal kind of business in an ear of big online outlets... Thrilled to be able to offer a better customer service and faster delivery service at a more attractive price. And I won't lie to you, I do hope that this will also bring more business my way ❤

Khulnejan Soap on Its Way



Coming up soon from the drying rack: Khulnejan soap. Khulnejan is Arabic for galangal, the main 
ingredient in the brew that inspired this soap: Meghli tea, AKA the Druze answer to Pumpkin Spice Latte. Those of you who attended my many fall and winter events on Haro Street probably know it as "Witch's Brew". This spicy tea is made by simmering dried galangal root of a very particular kind that is both very hot and musky, with added dried ginger root. Optional is also the addition of cinnamon and cloves, which I opt for as a sweetener rather than packing it with sugar as is customary to do, as well as sprinkled nuts on top. Anyway, the soap has a teeny bit of honey as a sweetener as well... Actually more for improving lather during the bathing experience, and conditioning to the skin. The soap will be ready just in time for Halloween, as well as all the winter festivities to follow.

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