Sinner Saint Soapmaker

The biggest gifts in life are on the other side of fear. This episoap is a primer on how to embody the villainess of your story. Tune in to learn from Charlene how she puts her inner critic's voice and her fears in a coffin and how she harnesses the dark goddess energy to be the creatrix of her personal and professional life.   IN THIS EPISODE:   [1:25] Sinner/Saint, Good/Bad Birl, Gemini Energy, how dichotomy is necessary for balance. [2:30] Competing with yourself by using old circuitry in the brain. [4:30] Coffins - are a tool. [06:00] Darkness has a connotation of being negative or bad. It's Charlene's favorite place to illuminate gifts. [09:00] Finding your inner Villainess to redefine bad. Embracing being the rebel, maverick, and revolutionary. [13:00] Theatrum Chemicum, the brick & mortar for Villainess for the creatrix in all of us to craft bath & beauty tools that empower re-wilding. [14:00] The belief in bathing rituals and how it can regulate the nervous system and re-fuel your creative energy.    KEY TAKEAWAYS:    We are all our own worst critic. That darkness is potent potential for infinite possibility.  Regulating your nervous system can influence positive energy into our souls which manifest in our lives and business.    RESOURCE LINKS   Sinner, Saint, Soapmaker Charlene Simon Website  Bathhouse Soap Villainess Soaps

Charlene Simon, the Soapmaker, refers to Villainess Alchemy as being the creation after her descent into the dark energy of becoming a woman and businessowner.  On this episode, Charlene gives an introduction to the proverbial sinner of the podcast. Tune in to learn more about the backstory Charlene gives from her acquiring the Villainess brand and how she transformed it from a customer's point of view, and was unapologetically herself as she took over.    IN THIS EPISOAP: [03:00] Building upon the foundation of the brand [6:00] Your shadow work reflects in how we do and play with business. [09:00] Charlene's baptism by fire into becoming the Villainess of her new brand. [11:00] Trusting your experiences in business to withstand a public / online revolt.  [14:00] Can you really handle being the Villainess, rebel, or maverick with your art and business? [16:00] Charlene on the precipice with of re-opening Villainess in Summer '22 from the soul. [18:00] Owning it unapologetically and bringing it to a public in a way that's authentic to you that fuels your well-being. [18:50] Beware of the power of the darkside.   KEY TAKEAWAYS:  There is power in the darkness.  It takes guts to have guts to stand up to the world; why is that so shocking? Don't let someone else's opinion of you, your art, or your business halt creativity. Use it as fuel towards self - responsibility and owning what's true for you and why you are called towards it. The dark side can equip you as much as it can disarm you. Villainess is motto is redefining bad. This episoap is #kaboom good.   RESOURCE LINKS sinnersaintsoapmaker.com  Charlene Simon Website  bathhousesoap.com   bathhouse.etsy.com   Bathhouse Fan Page   bathhousesoap Charlene Simon Instagram Bathhouse Soap Instagram villainess.net  Villainess Alchemy Instagram  Villainess Alchemy Facebook Bathhouse Linkedin BIO:   Being a mom at 15 and having 3 toddlers by 19,  Charlene found her own path of formal education by becoming a self-taught soap, cosmetic, and perfume formulator and retailer. She's bootstrapped Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium in 2009 with $700, and hobby-level soapmaking expertise and tools. Villainess Alchemy is Bathhouse's sister brand and an invitation to work with ingredients to create your own bath & beauty talisman. Charlene is the founder and award-winning branding artist of Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcake Shoppe where she competed on Food Network's Cupcake Wars and was featured on Netflix. She's recognized for raising the bar on the main streets where she's made a home for her boutiques. As the President of the global trade association for handcrafted soap & cosmetic makers, Charlene has collected over a decade of requests for advice and has spoken at sold-out soap and cosmetic conventions. Charlene's adventures in beauty aren't only professional; she won the title of Mrs. Arkansas America and placed Top 15 at Mrs. America. She resides in Hot Springs Arkansas, also known as “the spa city” where she has her flagship boutiques for Bathhouse Soapery, Villainess Alchemy, and her makehouse where all the not-so-practical magic happens.

Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium, the proverbial saint of the podcast is introduced. Charlene discusses the beginning of her soap & cosmetic crafting at 19, over two decades ago, and how the art and science of the craft became the foundation for her heavenly scented empire. She created a personal religion around her art that has been her salvation for the past two decades in business and personal life. She talks about how Bathhouse sparked multiple sister brands, one of which her daughter purchased at 18 and followed in her footsteps.    IN THIS EPISOAP: [03:00] Charlene talks about being 19, with three toddlers in tow at the library marinating in all books on the science and art of soapmaking. [07:00] Many have the story that they began making soap out of necessity for the skin and inability to use commercial soap. Charlene loves that aspect but that's not why she began making soap. [9:00] Soapmaking or art as your sanctuary.  [11:00] Recognizing your calling, vocation, or life's work. [12:00] Bringing your craft to commerce. [13:00] Trusting her inner being so much she opened her soap shop in an a downturned economy, only $700 to her name, and only passion. [16:00] Purposefully playing with fire and risking security and maximizing the resources you do have to get to the next level. [21:00] Where does the energy for fighting foryour goals come from? [22:00] People pleaser in business. [30:00] How Bathhouse made it possible to launch multiple other Soaperies, Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcake Shoppe, Evilo Oils & Vinegars, and The Pioneer's Cabin Restaurant.    KEY TAKEAWAYS:  There is something in your life that pulls you through it all. dedicate yourself to that vocation. Give it your all and enjoy the good and bad. Success seems to be instantaneous but if we had the ability to have what we want now, we don't get to enjoy the present journey of building.   RESOURCE LINKS  sinnersaintsoapmaker.com  BIO:  Being a mom at 15 and having three toddlers by 19,  Charlene found her own path of formal education by becoming a self-taught soap, cosmetic, and perfume formulator and retailer. She's bootstrapped Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium in 2009 with $700, and hobby-level soapmaking expertise and tools. Villainess Alchemy is Bathhouse's sister brand and an invitation to work with ingredients to create your own bath & beauty talisman. Charlene is the founder and award-winning branding artist of Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcake Shoppe where she competed on Food Network's Cupcake Wars and was featured on Netflix. She's recognized for raising the bar on the main streets where she's made a home for her boutiques. As the President of the global trade association for handcrafted soap & cosmetic makers, Charlene has collected over a decade of requests for advice and has spoken at sold-out soap and cosmetic conventions. Charlene's adventures in beauty aren't only professional; she won the title of Mrs. Arkansas America and placed Top 15 at Mrs. America. She resides in Hot Springs Arkansas, also known as “the spa city” where she has her flagship boutiques for Bathhouse Soapery, Villainess Alchemy, and her makehouse where all the not-so-practical magic happens. sinnersaintsoapmaker.com  Charlene Simon Website  bathhousesoap.com   bathhouse.etsy.com   Bathhouse Fan Page   bathhousesoap Charlene Simon Instagram Bathhouse Soap Instagram villainess.net  Villainess Alchemy Instagram  Villainess Alchemy Facebook Bathhouse Linkedin

Welcome to the Sinner Saint Soapmaker Podcast, the confessional for conversations around handcrafted soap and cosmetics and the business and beauty of bathing. On this debut episoap hear from your host Charlene Simon on her venture into the soap and cosmetics crafting industry as a young mom. She talks about how she's trusted her inner guidance and became a self taught soap & cosmetic handcrafter. Charlene hopes to share what she's learned over the years with her two beauty brands Bathhouse Soapery & Villainess Alchemy, along with a cupcake shoppe featured on Food Network's Cupcake Wars, and an award winning olive oil & vinegar store, and family style-restaurant. IN THIS EPISOAP: [04:00] Using a creative energy and artistic force to transform and alchemize a personal and professional life. [06:30] Practical knowledge on running a business and a life is plentiful, but how does someone who favors the magical or abstract parts of life find success. [11:11] How she accessed the magical aspect of artistry and business to launch this podcast. The same energetics that helped in the architecture of her other entrepreneurial endeavors.  [16:30] Why the soapmaker can be substituted for any vocation or industry. [21:00] The tarot card that guided the creation of this first episoap and paralleled her past experiences with success. [34:00] Pursuing passions with an energy that commitments to slay the fear that thwarts sculpting masterpieces. [42:00] Praise and connection for the coven that calls themselves Soapmakers. Those who on a basic level make soap but more elaborately are practitioners of transformation and alchemy. [44:00] Charlene's hope for her customers, beauty enthusiasts, and the mission to resurrect the art of bathing for medicine, health, and well-being. [46:00] How to connect with your own inner being, source energy, or higher self.   KEY TAKEAWAYS:  Tarot, religion, ghosts, and voices. It's a long episoap but it's been a long road.   RESOURCE LINKS sinnersaintsoapmaker.com  Charlene Simon Website  bathhousesoap.com   bathhouse.etsy.com   Bathhouse Fan Page   bathhousesoap Charlene Simon Instagram Bathhouse Soap Instagram villainess.net  Villainess Alchemy Instagram  Villainess Alchemy Facebook Bathhouse Linkedin BIO:   Being a mom at 15 and having 3 toddlers by 19,  Charlene found her own path of formal education by becoming a self-taught soap, cosmetic, and perfume formulator and retailer. She's bootstrapped Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium in 2009 with $700, and hobby-level soapmaking expertise and tools. Villainess Alchemy is Bathhouse's sister brand and an invitation to work with ingredients to create your own bath & beauty talisman. Charlene is the founder and award-winning branding artist of Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcake Shoppe where she competed on Food Network's Cupcake Wars and was featured on Netflix. She's recognized for raising the bar on the main streets where she's made a home for her boutiques. As the President of the global trade association for handcrafted soap & cosmetic makers, Charlene has collected over a decade of requests for advice and has spoken at sold-out soap and cosmetic conventions. Charlene's adventures in beauty aren't only professional; she won the title of Mrs. Arkansas America and placed Top 15 at Mrs. America. She resides in Hot Springs Arkansas, also known as “the spa city” where she has her flagship boutiques for Bathhouse Soapery, Villainess Alchemy, and her makehouse where all the not-so-practical magic happens.

This is the confessional of hotter than hell conversations around handcrafted soaps and cosmetics and the business and beauty of bathing. Sinner Saint Soapmaker is also a present-day podcasting pulpit, of sorts, for Charlene Simon to tell the wickedly blessed tales of entrepreneurialism by way of her own heavenly scented beauty brands. Bathhouse Soapery & Villainess Alchemy; the proverbial saint and sinner of the podcast and the embodiment of her good & bad girl identities. Her soap kitchen is her church and bathing is her religion. You may be thinking a podcast dedicated to soap sounds boring, but relax...because something with a reputation as clean as soap most definitely has a filthy and entertaining side. Charlene has twenty-three years of historical accounts of exorcisms and miracles around the art of soap & cosmetics crafting. Thirteen of those years have been as an entrepreneur. You're personally and professionally invited to join the congregation of Sinner Saint Soapmaker as we worship the practical magic of beauty, business, and bathing. About Charlene Simon A mom at 15, Charlene found her own path of formal education by teaching herself the art and science of handcrafted soap, cosmetic, and perfume formulating. She later set out to become a retailer of her beauty line and bootstrapped Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium in 2009. Villainess Alchemy is Bathhouse's wicked-stepsister boutique and is where you can create your bath & beauty essentials. She has locations in Hot Springs, AR & St. Charles, MO. She's recognized for raising the bar on the main streets where she's made a home for her boutiques. As the former president of the world's largest trade association for handcrafted soap & cosmetic makers, Charlene can tell you it can be a blood bath to bring your craft to commerce. This podcast is a grimoire of over a decade of the not-so-practical magic of entrepreneurialism. Charlene is the founder and award-winning branding artist of Fat Bottomed Girl's Cupcake Shoppe where she competed on Food Network's Cupcake Wars and was featured on Netflix. Charlene's adventures in beauty aren't only professional; she won the title of Mrs. Arkansas America and placed Top 15 at Mrs. America. She resides in Hot Springs Arkansas, also known as “the spa city” where she has her flagship boutiques for Bathhouse Soapery, Villainess Alchemy, and her makehouse for both brands. CharleneSimon.com Charlene Simon: Facebook Charlene Simon: Instagram Sinner Saint Soapmaker Podcast  Bathhouse Soapery Bathhouse Soapery: Instagram Bathhouse Soapery: Facebook Villainess Alchemy Villainess Alchemy: Instagram Villainess Alchemy: Facebook