Hello

Hey there – welcome to the little corner of the internet where soap, candles, and cutting boards get way more attention than they probably deserve.

My name’s Kip, and I’m the one-man chaos machine behind this shop. I spent years as an Army veteran – think long deployments, questionable MRE cuisine, and learning how to sleep anywhere, including on a pile of ammo cans. After that, I traded my uniform for a badge and became a police officer. For the last 23 years, I’ve been chasing bad guys, writing more tickets than I can count, diffusing domestic disputes at 3 a.m., and yes – occasionally rescuing cats from trees (it happens more than you’d think).

You’d think after all that adrenaline, I’d want a quiet retirement hobby like golf or birdwatching. Nope. Instead, I decided to start arguing with molten wax, wrestle lye into submission, and convince walnut boards they’re prettier with a juice groove. Because apparently I don’t know the meaning of “relax.”

One day, after a particularly long shift involving way too much paperwork and not enough coffee, I came home smelling like gun oil and bad decisions and thought, “There has to be a better way to unwind.” So I made a candle that smelled like something other than patrol car vinyl. Then I made soap that didn’t feel like prison-issue. Then I got obsessed with wood grain patterns because… well… therapy is expensive (and the department’s EAP waitlist is longer than my overtime log).

Fast forward a few years, countless burnt fingertips, one minor kitchen fire (don’t ask), and a garage that permanently smells like mahogany and coconut, and here we are – a full-blown small business run by a veteran who finally found something more stressful than high-speed pursuits: shipping deadlines and trying to photograph soap so it doesn’t look like cheese.

Everything here is still made by me, in small batches, usually while listening to terrible 90s music or true-crime podcasts (occupational habit). If an order ships a day late, it’s probably because I was testifying in court. If a candle has a slightly wonky label, it’s because I poured it at 2 a.m. after a double shift. But every bar of soap, every candle, and every cutting board is made with the same stubborn determination that got me through boot camp, academy, and 23 years of “yes, sir/ma’am, I understand

Thanks for supporting a veteran-owned, police-officer-run tiny operation. Your purchase helps keep the lights on, the wax melting, and the coffee flowing – which, let’s be honest, is the real lifesaver around here.

Now go treat yourself to something that smells amazing. You’ve earned it. I definitely have.

– Officer Kip - Army Veteran | 23-Year Veteran Police Officer | Professional Wax Wrestler & Soap Boss