Podcast appearances and mentions of charlene simon

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.

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.

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    

Charlene Simon shares how to name a business, the challenges of starting your own business, and the difficulty of running multiples brands. "The fear is fuel." - Charlene Simon. Learn more about this episode of She’s Got Moxie at joychudacoff.com/142

In episode 2 of the Anything is Possible Podcast my guest Charlene Simon shares her story of adversity and success. Charlene became a wife and mother at 15 and had 3 children by 20, her determination and powerful self belief has led to an empire. She started making soap and cosmetics at 19, launched Bathhouse Soapery & Caldarium and expanded it to five retail locations across the South. She didn’t stop there though, she now owns Fat Bottomed Girl’s Cupcake Shoppe, Evilo Oils and Vinegars and  Villainess Soaps and Plenty Mystic Beauty Emporium. Did I mention she was also Mrs. Arkansas too!  By continuing to choose the positive even in tough situations Charlene has continually found herself on the bright side of life and proven that Anything is Possible. 

She’s a serial entrepreneur who started her first business very early on in life. She didn’t finish high school taking the traditional path (she eventually got her GED), and became a wife at 15 and a mother of three by the time she was 20 years old. "It has been always been following the gut even when other people have said that it is a bad idea." - Charlene Simon. Learn more at joychudacoff.com/105

She went from a teen mom making soap at her kitchen table to the owner of several multi-million dollar boutique brands—and she did it all with bold steps and strategic risks. On today’s episode, you’ll meet my friend Charlene Simon and hear the secret to what makes her creative businesses so successful, how she’s honed her ability to listen to herself, and how YOU can monetize your creative hobby. Get ready for real talk about bouncing back from public failure and what it’s like to have a busy family and a successful business. Elle’s Guide to Graceful Transitions: ellezimmerman.com/transitions Follow Elle on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellezimm/ Elle’s website: ellezimmerman.com Follow Charlene: https://www.instagram.com/thecharlenesimon/ Charlene's website: http://www.charlenesimon.com/

Charlene Simon discusses creating and maintaining a sterling customer experience to attract and retain buyers.

In this episode we contrast Wholesale Business with Retail Business with the two of the industries leaders in their respective field... Charlene Simon and Julie Koenig.

In this episode we talk with Charlene Simon about what a day in her life is like in terms of running her successful retail soap business. 

In this episode we talk about opening of your First Handcrafted Retail Location with Charlene Simon.