Advanced Certified Soapmaker While growing up people often ask, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I can almost guarantee you that becoming a soapmaker is not at the top of the professional list!Back in 2003 when Urban Essence Salon & Spa (UESS) was born, adding soap to the product line up was never a consideration. Realizing that our customers wanted soap, it was added to expand our product offerings, however at that time it was melt and pour soap. Realizing that our customers wanted...

It brings us great joy to be one of the 4 Black-Owned family businesses featured the latest Indie Business Network blog post. For a number of years we have been members of the Indie Business Network. As we built our handcrafted bath & body business over the years IBN has offered us the coaching and resources we needed to learn the specific skills to be confident and operate in the bath & body industry. IBN is a professional business organization geared to helping small...