Episode 049: Andrea Davis

Recorded April 18, 2022. Soapmaker Andrea Davis is the owner of Motherland Essentials in South Carolina. She focuses on cold process soapmaking and loves the interplay between art and science that soapmaking allows. During our interview she guides us along her path into soapmaking: from a traumatizing situation in the corporate world to how she relied on creativity to help the healing process as she dealt with personal loss. She is making more than nourishing skin and body products; Andrea is resting healing spaces and community with her craft in direct contrast to her previous career. To find more of Andrea’s work visit her website: https://www.motherlandessentials.com/, Instagram + Facebook + TikTok  + Pinterest @motherlandessentials, Twitter @motheressential, Support the show

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