Rose Petals                                             Mayan Gold

Both are 96% natural, containing a very small amount of fragrance oil. Rose Petals smells exactly like it's name. Mayan Gold is very unique, almost exotic, and difficult to describe. It is a blend of Patchouli, Plumeria, and Sweet Orange. Market testing has shown that both women and men enjoy this fragrance.

Check these out and let us know what you think!

For those of you who know me well, you know that there are not too many things as near and dear to me as my West Virginia University Mountaineers. Well, tonight our boys finally brought home the hardware by winning the Big East Basketball Tournament Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East is arguably the best college basketball conference in the nation, and this accomplishment was a first for WVU. "Country Roads" blasting over the loud speakers at The Garden = Priceless! We are so proud of our boys! I know I speak for many around the great state of West Virginia tonight in saying that It is definitely "A great night to be a Mountaineer!"

Any professional crafter will tell you that running the summer and fall show circuit can be grueling. Professional crafter's venues are an excellent way to meet face to face with customers and potential customers, discuss your product, and market your company. However, the preparation that goes into the presentation of your display, travel to, setting up, manning the booth, packing up and traveling back home, only to have to unload, reload, and do it all over again the following weekend, well...it can be downright brutal if done consistently. Thanks to my team and my family, Linda, Donna, Mark, Kim, Mom and Dad & my Aunt Betty, we've been able to pull off these events week in and week out.

Since relocating the company in 2008 from Parsons, WV in the northeastern part of the state, to Hamlin, WV in the southwest, we have made some interesting observations. For years our founders Donna and Alby Cunningham, ran the show circuits in the upper part of the state of West Virginia. Folks there and in parts of western Maryland are very familiar with Appalachian Milk Soap and the trademark pitcher and basin. Very little selling or consumer educating is necessary when we visit shows in those areas of the state. In most cases, customers simply walk up to the booth and place their order...they already know the product and exactly what they want. There are many times where it becomes difficult to wait on so many people at once lined up at the booth. Since moving the company we have tried to visit more of these crafters venues in the southern part of the state and in eastern Kentucky, in order to introduce our products and our company to a broader market. We have often come home with scratchy voices from talking to customers about our company, it's history, and our milk soap products. More and more though, as our customer base grows here in the south, and we consistently travel these venues spreading the news, we are starting to notice customers coming up to the booth saying things like, "Oh, Appalachian Milk Soap! Great! I know exactly what I want!" We've had to increase our booth size for some venues in order to service everyone visiting us. Its a wonderful problem to have and makes all the hard work involved, in putting on these presentations, worth it.

We just finished up in Ashland, Kentucky with Poage Landing Days. We're going to take this coming weekend off from the show circuit to rest-up and prepare for two separate crafters venues the first week of October: The Pumpkin Festival in Milton, WV and the Forrest Festival in Elkins, WV. Both are large, quality events for crafters, and Appalachian Milk Soap will have a presence at both. Please come visit with us as we take our show...On The Road Again!

We are in the process of giving our homepage an extensive face-lift. Although we've been around since 1996, and many of you already knew about us and our wonderful milk soap products, we did not have a website available until earlier this year. We felt it important in the beginning, to introduce ourselves to those unfamiliar with The Appalachian Milk Soap Company.

Now that we've accomplished that, we will be revising the homepage to include more color photos and video of our products and how they are made. We will also run weekly/monthly specials, AND introduce you to a variety of new and exciting products and services that we will be offering.

Please save our homepage www.appalachianmilksoap.com to your favorites and check back often to see the many changes we will be making.