MARY MARCIA, Making Scents and Pretty Things in KC

Life is messy… ❤️ I love rubber duckies!  ❤️  Mom had a rubber ducky lined up  on the side of the tub  for all four of us Bush kids. I am the oldest.   My real rubber ducky  eventually disintegrated. Sigh. ❤️ I  love rubber duckies! ❤️  It’s fun to hand pour soap.  Each of my handmade soaps come with a collectible toy and compressed sponge.  Sponge pads are made of natural cellulose for gentle exfoliating and cleansing.  Sponge pads are safe for babies and sensitive skin.  Each soap is wrapped with a bow ready for gift giving. Hand poured soup with BABY POWDER scent.  Ready for gift giving… just add water!    REMEMBER…Life is Messy.  Buy the Soap. https://marymarciamakingscentsinkc.blogspot.com/2023/02/heartland-tribe-story.html Each soap comes with a collectible toy and compressed sponge.  Sponge pads are made of natural cellulose for gentle exfoliating and cleansing.  Sponge pads are safe for babies and sensitive skin.  Each soap is wrapped with a bow ready for gift giving.   Thanks

Here’s a secret!   What’s the best place to store perfume to keep it fresh and make it LAST?  I made an acrostic (LAST) to help us remember this storage secret.   Where do you store perfume to make it  L A S T ? L - LIGHT is the enemy of perfume.  Exposure to sunlight alters the perfume’s formula causing it to turn and smell off. Even though the bottle is beautiful do NOT display it in the light.  A - AVOID humidity.  Humidity affects the quality of perfume. Perfumes can dilute and discolor which lead to bad smelling perfume if stored incorrectly.  S - STORE in a dry, dark place.  Keep perfume in its original container or dark box.   A bedroom closet on a shelf where the glass bottle won’t fall off and break is a good place.  Storing perfume in your closet or drawer has another advantage.  It hides perfume from your sister or daughter who help themselves to your luxury indulgence.  T - TEMPERATURE should be consistent.  High heat causes evaporation.  Avoid places with dramatic temperat

      Fragrance lovers are embracing the idea of fragrance wardrobes in 2023, where one chooses their scent to match their day instead of being loyal to just one scent.  Some call it fragrance layering or perfume wardrobing.  It's fun to test new scents, mix and match and layer fragrances according to your mood or occasion.   Try new things!  Wear masculine and feminine scents! Five of Twenty-One Scent Choices from MARY MARCIA, MAKING SCENTS and Pretty Things in KC, ❤️  SHOPPE # 103 Truman Way Aisle Merchant Square 39th Street (next to Target) Independence, Missouri      Perfumes with a purpose are on the rise.  Benefit-driven fragrance will grow as scent plays an increasing role in wellness rituals.  Scents like lavender are known to have calming properties.  Humans seek out scents created to foster a certain feeling like calm,  joy, relaxation or happiness.  Dr. Winnifred Cutler, who identified the existence of human pheromones, says that "essential oils and blends can creat

According to Southern Living magazine “granny-chic” is making a comeback! Granny Lucille 1927 https://www.southernliving.com/news/grandmillennial-style-trend Dear Grandmillenials, You are witty and wise to recognize the beauty of grannies and granny-chic.   God bless you.  My grandmother, Mary Lucille, was the single most important person in my life.  She taught me well how to love and how to live.  A little bit of her is in everything I do and everything I create and everything I pass down to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Four Generations 1976:  Natalie (left), Marcia (center back) Lucille (right) and Kristin ( front) Granny Lucille (behind her mother) was ten years old in this 1915 photo taken with her siblings.  Granny Lucille remembers coming to Missouri with her family in a covered wagon.  Her mother told her to stay near the covered wagon so the Gypsies wouldn’t take her.  My Heartland Tribe celebrates generations of  people and places in the USA Heartland.