What a beautiful setting for a farmer’s market. We arrived to set up at 6:20AM, and while waiting in line to unload at our market spot, everywhere around us were huge oak trees and fresh green grass damp with early morning rain.

Avid Shoppers at Tower Grove Farmer's Market
The Market is just a few minutes walk from the Tower Grove Lilly Ponds, and everyone arrives in the early morning while it’s still relatively cool in the humid summer. Here’s a shot of the Butter Vine booth, located near one entrance, luckily in the shade of a 60 foot Maple tree. We were able to leave our new Peppermint Body Butters out of the cooler for almost three hours before the hot sunshine forced us to put them on ice!

Our Handmade Soaps at the Tower Grove Famer's Market Summer Season Opening
Stay tuned for more about our new shea butter and cocoa butter body butters! They’re still in development, but we’re confident they’ll have the highest amount of shea and cocoa butter you can find in a body butter.
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Unmolded just in time for the Tower Grove Farmer’s Market opening weekend, the bright peppermint notes of this bar are complimented by refreshing Tea Tree, and lemony Naiouli essential oil.

Our First Peppermint Tea Tree Batch Just Out Of The Mold
One Butter Vine customer tried using a bar on his pet’s coat, because he thought the solid bar of soap would be easier to apply and work into the coat than liquid shampoo while his Golden Retriever was jumping around in the water. He found he was right! None of the soap went straight to the patio, and afterwards his dog’s coat was super soft and silky from the shea butter.
If your dog or cat would rather play, at best, than take a shower, this is the perfect bar to keep unwanted insects off their coats. Tea tree oil is well known as an effective natural repellant against insects, and the peppermint and naouli oils will leave your pet smelling fresh without harshly drying their skin.

Dried Flowers On The Face Of Peppermint Tea Tree
Try it, and let us know what you think! We value our customers’ opinions, and want to know how your using the soap and what works or doesn’t.
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Drop in and see us if you’re in Clayton, MO tomorrow afternoon! We’ll be at Jennifer’s Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe in Clayton tomorrow, cutting free samples of your favorite handmade soaps from 11:30 to 1:00 pm.

A sample sized slice of Lavender Bay Handmade soap
Jennifer’s is a great place to have a sandwich and a shake at their comfortable soda fountain, and if you have a sweet tooth, you won’t be disappointed by their freshly baked pies and cookies.
We’re excited to introduce our soaps to Jennifer’s Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe customers because natural health is so important to them. To learn more about this pharmacy, here’s a link to their website: Jennifer’s Pharmacy and Soda Shoppe.
Filed Under: Available Soaps | Posted By Butter Vine