Life in the Soap Lane

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Being a gang of Outlaws, we know (and are) motorcycle enthusiasts, and, by extension, we are motorcycle safety enthusiasts. Because know what we love? Your noggin being in one, wholly uncracked piece. We've reached...

Folks, I can honestly say we did not expect the level of enthusiasm and hunger for March's special Clean Getaway Subscription Box, which includes two exclusive bars of soap (this month, it's Cedar Gulch and a sage one I can't...

Five years ago, I saw this ad: and it changed how I think about Advertising Business Grooming See, before this ad, I guess I hadn't really considered how OK it was to be yourself in business. But here's this guy...

Every other month, subscribers to the Clean Getaway Subscription Box get two unique and exclusive bars of soap and one other item (usually an oft-requested item). This month is no difference, and since the third item is so incredibly oft...

With the introduction of our monthly badass body wash subscription service, we figured it might be a good opportunity look back at our many subscription box options. This bi-monthly box (that's every other month, not twice per month) costs $25...

Following on the success of our Slick and Simple Single Soap Subscription program, we're excited to bring you the next member of our family: the Badass Body Wash Subscription service. That's right! You'll be able to get the body wash...

I wanted to give presents.

The whole idea behind the Clean Getaway Club soap subscription box was that I wanted to send care packages to strangers with the hopes that their day would somehow be made more joyful or exciting.

I didn't want it to be fancy, just some stuff I put together as a little "thinking of you."

I mean, yeah, I didn't necessarily specifically know each subscriber, so I wasn't technically thinking of them specifically, but I feel like in general, days kind of blend together and so receiving something special might put a kick in people's step. And sending someone a care package out of the blue, at least to me, is like saying "Hey, I want you to have a cool day."

But it's expensive to send presents to a hundred people out of the blue, so I knew we'd have to charge something for 'em. But how do you charge for something you don't know what is? How do you even determine costs on that? How about shipping?

As with everything, the Clean Getaway Club soap subscription box had a pretty sharp learning cliff to ascend.

Russ and I are really excited for May's National Parks Soap Subscription, which will feature Crater Lake!

We visited there last fall (see photo, above) and had a great time. There's really no way to describe how beautiful Crater Lake is. You have to see it in person.