Easter Soap

Chichi.ca project: day 6 Today’s Chichi.ca project was carried out in Chichi’s soap lab. If/when I start selling my soap constantly, I should probably have my signature recipe. I am thinking about avoiding using palm oil. Apparently, it’s causing decrease in the orangutan population because palm oil is not sustainable. Some suppliers claim that their…

The World’s Smallest Craft Sale

Chichi.ca project: Day 4 I couldn’t spent any time on the Chichi.ca project because I was busy with my full-time job all day 😦   Chichi.ca project: Day 5 A friend of a friend asked if she could see all of my soap. I brought everything I had that was cured and ready to be…

Webinars

Chichi.ca project: Day 3 I attended another free webinar by Perry from Chemists corner, and it was very very informative. The webinar I attended two days ago and today’s webinar both talked about starting a cosmetic brand, but they looked at it from two different points of view so I learned a lot from them….

Photo Shoot

Chichi.ca: Day 2 Today, I watched this video and learned how to create an e-commerce website from it. The video is 3 hours and 50 minutes long, but everything is explained step by step. I think I have a good understanding about creating a website with minimal cost. As soon as I’m done with my…

Starting Up/ St. Patrick’s Soap

Hello! I am Chichi, a Japanese girl who lives in Canada. I have a full-time job which I’m really passionate about, but I’m also passionate about making soap, lotion, body butter, shampoo, conditioner, lip balm, etc. My original plan was to open my own cosmetic store when I retire from my full-time job… But I…