In Which We Celebrate 2 Months
Only two months?! Yesterday, April 23, was the 2-months-in-business anniversary for GEEKSOAP; it’s hard to believe with as much growth and business as we’ve had that it’s only been two short months since the very first bar of GEEKSOAP was sold. (It was one of the Cthulhu soaps, the first design version, by the way, over on Etsy.) GEEKSOAP exploded, thanks to fans like YOU, in such a small amount of time, and we are loving it!
Some of the newer readers may not know it, but The Pink Toque has been around since October 30, 2006 selling hand sewn bags (at first) and knit and crochet items (later), and also giving away freebie digital scrapbooking designs along the way. I’ve come a long way. It was late May/early June 2009 when I made my very first geeky soap – a Batman design to give as a gift to my friend Michelle for her birthday. At the time it was just a one-off and not something I was going to continue with, but about 8 months later I was crocheting yet another of my Cthulhu toques and suddenly had the idea to make Cthulhu soap… and so I put together what I learned about making that Batman soap and started creating Cthulhu soap. And then suddenly the flood gates opened and it seemed like the sky was the limit. The rest is history; in a short month or so there were over a dozen GEEKSOAP designs with more on the horizon, and then I released the biggies: the D20 Soap on a Rope (March 29) which was even mentioned & linked on the Wizards of the Coast website (THE DnD site, for those not in the know) and the Game Cartridge soaps. (April 16). You know the rest!
But seriously, I need to thank the fans and customers; I’d not be here if it weren’t for you! In celebration, please use the discount code 2MONTHS for 10% off of every single item in the store at http://www.geeksoap.net for the next week! Early customers with the original designs in the 3oz bars will be happy to see that in the short 2 months we’ve been around that GEEKSOAP has grown not only as a business, but the soaps have grown, too. New designs, bigger bars (without a bigger price!) and all kinds of upgrades to GEEKSOAP in general because we learned from early business. A very special thank you to the earliest customers who bought the old school designs from what now seems like a tiny brand-spankin’-new, inexperienced business that had a lot to learn. We never dreamed we’d be as big as we are now and the demand helped us grow as a company to better serve YOU. Because at the end of the day, it really is all about the customer. Your happiness is the most important aspect of what I do; I want you to love GEEKSOAP as much as I do! Â Thank you all so very much <3
So what’s next? Well GEEKSOAP will be at Gen Con Indy this summer, from August 5 – 8. When we signed up, we were only about two weeks old as a company, and we chose an Art Show booth to be safe, as we had no idea how huge we would get so quickly. Â The Art Show booths aren’t very big, but we truly feel like we’ve got something unique that the masses are going to love and we’re going to bring plenty of stock; we don’t need a ton of space to sell it. Had we known how big GEEKSOAP would become in such a short time, perhaps we would’ve gone as exhibitors instead. *shrug* I don’t mind; next year we’ll look into exhibitor booths, but this year with GEEKSOAP being a brand new infant of a company, I’m just excited to be participating at all. Â I know our sales will be awesome and I am really looking forward to meeting and chatting with fellow gamer geeks. Please be sure to stop by and say hi in the Art Show Hall! Free hugs and super amazingly geeky soap to be had by all!
I mentioned the Game Cartridge soaps earlier in this post, but I have yet to formally “announce” them here on the blog. In case you missed them, check out my Game Cartridge GEEKSOAPs over on my portfolio; I created molds of classic, retro gaming cartridges that just about anyone can easily recognize. So far, they come in 8-bit, 16-bit, and 64-bit varieties, with other varieties coming soon. As a natural companion to the bigger cartridge bars, I also have created an 8-bit Handheld Game Cartridge Guest Soap variety that looks like little Gameboy cartridges. They’re perfect for travel or sitting on the sink in your guest bathroom. I’m currently working on a large set of the Handhelds as wedding favors for an engaged pair of GEEKSOAP fans out there – so exciting! In the past 24 hours, my Game Cartridge soaps have been featured on over 10 different websites, so welcome to all of the new fans who are dropping in for the first time! <3 Want to win some Game Cartridge soap? Stop by and see my friends at Nerd Approved & enter their contest to win a large cartridge of your choice, which comes with a free Handheld version, too! :D
Oh, and don’t forget to fan us on Facebook, follow me on Twitter @geeksoap, and let me know if you have any questions – I’d love to accommodate geeky special requests for you. <3 Have a great weekend!
Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
Relive your favorite classic gaming adventures in the tub with my Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP! This series of gaming cartridge soap packs 8-bit, 16-bit, or 64-bit power in every shower! Its natural companion is the Handheld Game Cartridge Guest Soap… the mini 8-Bit version that’s perfect for travel or your guest bathroom sink.
NEW in the series: Retro 2600 Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars… a parody replica rom cartridge of our favorite 1977 console.
NEWER in the series: Classic SG 16-Bit Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars. The 16-bit equivalent from that other console.
Bonus: you won’t need to blow on these cartridges to get them to work.
GEEKSOAP Game Cartridge bars are handmade one-at-a-time from all natural ingredients enriched with aloe and vitamin E. The grey bars are generously scented with an incredibly refreshing lime mint fragrance while the black bars are scented with a sultry unisex black amber musk fragrance, and all bars come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
The molds were custom designed and created by me so you can be sure that your soap is lovingly handmade and 100% one-of-a-kind. You won’t find soap like it anywhere else!
The 64-Bit Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars weigh a touch over 5 ounces and have the dimensions of 4″x3″x1.1″.
The 8-Bit Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars weigh a little over 9 ounces (That’s nearly double all of my other GEEKSOAP bars!) with the dimensions of 4.25″x5.5″x0.75″. These are HUGE!
The 16-Bit Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars weigh around 8 ounces (That’s pretty darn big!) with the dimensions of 5.25″x3.5″x0.75″. That’s like 2 of my D20 Soap on a Rope bars!
The Handheld Game Cartridge Guest Soap bars weigh approximately 1.5 ounces and have the dimensions of 2.25″x2.5″x0.75″.
The Retro 2600 Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars weigh around 5 ounces with the dimensions of 4″x3.25″x0.75″.
The SG 16-Bit Game Cartridge GEEKSOAP bars weigh approximately 5 ounces with the dimensions of 4.25″x3.25″x0.75″.
These bars are 100% solid soap through and through, which means the soap versions weigh more than the real thing… but good luck telling the difference between the soap and the real cartridges!
This is just one series design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
Please Note: No company names are used on any of these products, they are simply parody replicas and not meant to confuse or mislead customers, or infringe on design patents. (Which they do not.) Not endorsed or licensed merchandise.
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
Pac-Man GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
Universally considered THE classic video game, Pac-Man is a 1980s pop culture phenomenon that you can now take in the shower with you! This GEEKSOAP features Pac-Man with two tasty pac-dots, accompanied by a little pixelated ghost. This is one video game icon you can’t go wrong with in the bath.
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with invigorating eucalyptus mint and come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
These bars weigh 5oz and have the dimensions of 3.5″x2.5″x1.25″.
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
Please Note: Name trademarks and copyrights are properties of their respective manufacturers and/or designers.These fan inspired versions are NOT to be confused with licensed merchandise. My interpretation of these designs are lovingly created and carved by hand and are not intended to mislead or confuse the customer OR infringe on the manufacturer’s/designer’s name and valuable trademark.
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
Zelda Triforce GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
“It can only be called fate… That here, I would again gather the three with the crests… That I should lay my hand on that which grants the wishes of the beholder. That when power, wisdom, and courage come together, the gods would have no choice but to come down… The power of the gods… The Triforce! He who touches it will have whatever he desires granted!”
-Ganondorf
Take the golden sacred triangles of the Legend of Zelda Triforce (Power, Wisdom, and Courage) with you in the shower and may all your wishes come true.
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with a clean, invigorating smell and come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
This bar weighs 5oz and has the dimensions of 3″x3″x1.25″.
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
New GEEKSOAP Storefront & lots more NEW stuff!
The new storefront is live! For most of you that use the address http://www.geeksoap.net to satisfy your geeky soap cravings, you’ll experience a nice smooth transition over to the new storefront at BigCartel.com now. While I like Etsy, the fees were honestly just getting too out of control, and I think BigCartel will meet a lot of my needs better with the volume of soap we’re selling as of late. If you’re using the Etsy address to find GEEKSOAP, all you have to do now is remember a nice and simple address instead: geeksoap.net! I currently have some GEEKSOAP up on Etsy and won’t be taking it down until it sells out or expires over there, but I will be promoting the new storefront instead and hope you will, too :) Really and truly not much has changed since I’ve been using geeksoap.net to direct to Etsy and it’s been the address I’ve been giving out all along. Head on over and check out the new layout!
Speaking of NEW – there’s NEW geeky soap up, too! Lock up your kitties because GEEKSOAP has unleashed… DOMO KUN! Isn’t he seriously cute? These bars are featured in a 6.5oz weight and smell like honey almond and awesome. For real.
Also NEW is that the D20 Soap On A Rope now comes in a new color – solid black. Which, honestly looks incredibly amazing if you ask me. Super sweet! So in addition to all of the previous colors and oatmeal formula, you have a new color option. Of course you could always just live on the edge and select a random color at checkout and let me surprise you with a D20 soap of my color fancy. That’s always fun! Pictured is a solid black D20 Soap On A Rope and an oatmeal formula.
Want more NEW?! Of course you do. There’s also a NEW “flavor” of binary bar now available — Lemon Poppyseed! These were a huge hit at the Bloomington Handmade Market and I think you’ll also love how lemony delicious this unique massaging bar with raised 1s and 0s is. This refreshing lemon scented bar is heavenly. It features real poppyseeds throughout, which adds a gentle scrubbing property to this soothing bar. A great exfoliant! Grab one now over at geeksoap.net! You’ll only see one listing for the Binary Bar now – but that one listing provides a drop down menu that will let you select which formula you wish to purchase: solid color/fresh linen, oatmeal and honey, oatmeal and coffee scrub, or lemon poppyseed scrub. Enjoy!
Bloomington Handmade Market goers that grabbed a business card and are looking to buy more geeky soap, the promo code on the back of your card has been implemented at the new storefront… which means if you enter it during the checkout process now it will automatically deduct the discount for you. This is a huge improvement over the long round-about way that I’d provide discounts via Etsy. No need for special listings or anything – just enter the code when checking out and score! <3
I know there was a lot of NEW stuff to cover in this email but it gets even better… stay tuned at the end of this week/early next week when GEEKSOAP unveils a new geeky soap in the works! I can’t wait :)
Monster GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
RAWR… the latest GEEKSOAP has been unleashed!
This bar weighs 6.5oz and has the dimensions of 3″x3″x1.25″.
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with a clean, invigorating smell and come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
D20 Soap On A Rope GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
As seen on CRAFTzine, GEEKOLOGIE, and Wizards of the Coast (THE DnD Website!) just to name a few… introducting D20 dice soap… ON A ROPE?! *head explodes* Yes, this is full of awesome and win you can’t get anywhere else.
My D20 Soap On A Rope always scores a critical hit against bad body odor. Because even D&D players need to pull themselves away from the game every once in awhile to bathe…
D20 GEEKSOAP On A Rope has the giant dimensions of 2.5″ x 2.5″ and weighs 4oz. (This ain’t no tiny dice soap!) This large, one-of-a-kind solid soap features 20 sides of cleanliness with a sturdy hand-crocheted cotton rope that makes it convenient to hang in your dungeon… erm, I mean shower!
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with an invigorating smell guaranteed to woo the opposite sex, but can be made fragrance free. Your D20 GEEKSOAP On A Rope comes shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to hang the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
The mold was custom designed and created by me so you can be sure that your soap is lovingly handmade and 100% original. You won’t find soap like it anywhere else!
The AWESOME dice bag you see in the photos are handmade by @GeekyLyndsay over at http://dragonchow.etsy.com – she makes the most perfect flat-bottom drawstring dice bags in a variety of sizes to suit your personality and all of your dice sets. Be sure to stop by and show her some love and grab a bag or two while you’re there. Tell her GEEKSOAP sent you!
This is one of THREE D20 bars in the GEEKSOAP line:
See my embedded D20 soap
See my D20 Massage soap
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net.
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
Binary GEEKSOAP 3D Massage Bar
There are 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary and the importance of a good massaging bar of soap… and those that don’t. Finally, the one and only soap in the true language of geek. Because even geeks need to pull themselves away from their computer every once in awhile to bathe… now in solid colored glycerin, honey oat, oatmeal coffee scrub, and lemon poppyseed!
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with a clean, invigorating smell and come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it.  The unique raised 1s and 0s are perfect for massaging away the stresses of the day, geek style. The mold was custom designed and created by me so you can be sure that your soap is lovingly handmade and 100% one-of-a-kind. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly! (Binary bars can come in a honey and oatmeal combo – those bars are up for interpretation on level of vegan-friendliness since they have a honey base.)
Binary bars weigh 5.5 ounces and are 3″x3″x2″.
SOLID COLOR
The colored Binary GEEKSOAP bars come in a wide variety of colors including lemon, peach, pink, blue, lime, lilac, or seafoam.
In addition to the solid colored glycerin-based bars, there are three other varieties of the Binary GEEKSOAP Massage bar:
HONEY AND OATMEAL
The powerful combination of the honey and oatmeal layers packs acne-fighting power, moisturization, and itch relief together in one amazingly geeky bar of soap. Scent: Honey Almond
OATMEAL COFFEE SCRUB
The addition of fine grind coffee in the rich and luxurious oatmeal base provides a gentle scrubbing property to a bar which already provides skin moisturization and itch relief. Scent: Oatmeal, milk & Honey
LEMON POPPYSEED SCRUB
This refreshing lemon scented bar is heavenly. It features real poppyseeds throughout, which adds a gentle scrubbing property to this soothing bar. A great exfoliant!
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
Cthulhu GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
Cthulhu soap! Geek tested, Mighty One approved.
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with a fresh soap smell but can be made fragrance free, and come shrink-wrapped to seal in their freshness and allow you to display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
Size: 5oz bar with dimensions of 3″x3″x1.25″
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!
Heart Emoticon GEEKSOAP Geek Soap
Yes, I love GEEKSOAP.  So much so that I created the perfect emoticon GEEKSOAP… less than three! This classic emoticon heart is the perfect way to express your love and would make a fantastic gift. Because geeks in love definitely need to pull themselves away from their computer every once in awhile to bathe…
GEEKSOAP is handmade from natural, pure vegetable glycerin and moisturizers, enriched with aloe and vitamin E. Soaps are lightly scented with a clean, invigorating smell and come shrink-wrapped to seal in freshness and allow you to keep the soap on display until you’re ready to use it. GEEKSOAP is vegan friendly!
Size: 5oz bar with the dimensions of 3″x3″x1.25″
This is just one design of many in my GEEKSOAP line. Check out the Soap category for more. My fun soaps are available for purchase at http://www.geeksoap.net
GEEKSOAP is geek soap for the internet. Soap for geeks; just pure geeky soap!