“Pregnancy can bring a lot of changes to your body and skin and sometimes they can also be daunting. Body changes, we feel uncomfortable in our skin and weight and it takes time to adjust and embrace our new selves.
In my case, I experienced numerous changes during my postpartum period and it was mainly related to skin. So randomly I attended a soap-making workshop with the thought of making soaps for myself for better skin and was very much intrigued by the process of making soaps. Eventually, I was drawn to the creative aspect of making them and exploring and experimenting with different sizes, themes, shapes, and colors. Surprisingly, my friends and family loved the soaps and then I started selling them to my circle of friends, relatives, etc.
One fine day my cousin suggested opening a page on Instagram to take my small soap business for further growth. But I didn’t have enough confidence as I was not an active social media user and to set up a page one has to click amazing pictures and at least have a basic write-up and a target audience. So, I first created an account and learnt the other aspects of how to click, to write with the flow and called it The Soaptub Co and started to upload different pictures of the soaps and came up with various ideas regarding shapes- like a mermaid, butterfly, flowers, cupcake, etc. My audience loved it and I was receiving a huge amount of love which made me motivated to create more soaps and try out different creative ideas.
Apart from this, I am a software employee and soap making was very much refreshing and was like an escape from my mind blogging IT job. Me being a creative person from the beginning, I found soap-making interesting though I worked hard in my job. Currently, I’m on a career break as I don’t want to miss out on my son growing and I want to be part of his everything. I have a lifetime to work but my child is only young once.
Everything I am doing for the soap tub. co is from my heart and with passion satisfying my creative quotient and it’s never too late to start something you love.”