Introducing Holly Jackson

I’m Holly and I’m here to welcome you back to the lingerie oriented portion of the Soak Wash blog! If you haven’t read my previous columns, I’m a professional lingerie copywriter and lingerie columnist. I write for my own blog at The Full Figured Chest and at places like The Lingerie Addict and The Lingerie Journal.

Spring is a great time to start thinking about lingerie, as the winter cold kills the impetus to wear your best frilly things for most people. Now that we’re starting to get out of the season of sweaters and scarves, it’s a great time to start thinking about how to revamp your lingerie drawer for spring. Now I realize that not everyone has my level of lingerie addiction (it comes with the job, I swear), but even non-addicts can take advantage of the early spring weather and take inventory of your lingerie drawer. If you’ve never done this before, here are some basic steps that will help you get organized.

1. Get rid of all of your busted bras.
The definition of a busted bra includes bras which have underwires that are bent or poking out, bras that have turned a different color than they were originally meant to be or bras that are so stretched out that they’re four sizes too big. If any of these sound like your bras, just toss them. This also applies to panties that have holes in them!

2. Wash all of your lingerie that has been sitting in the bottom of your dirty clothes basket.
Everyone has a pile of hand wash that has been sitting around waiting to be done, so take advantage of the nice weather and do it already. You’ll be amazed at the treasures you’ll rediscover in time for spring. If you’re like me and you do tons of hand wash at one time, check out the the Phil Basin. It holds a ton of items at one time and is a great way to separate out your hand wash laundry from the rest of your stuff.

3. Hit up the sales.
The newest spring stuff won’t be on sale right now, but there are still lots of treasures to be found on the internet for great prices. Now that you have a better idea of what you need, you can figure out which gaps you need to fill in. If you’re in the D+ cup range (hi fellow full busted people!) Brastop is a great way to try out discounted pieces up to a K cup. If you’re looking for rarer or more fashion forward pieces, ASOS and Etsy are always great places to browse.

Once you’ve done all of this, you can pick up new pieces that you actually need and love. If the stuff in the sales isn’t currently grabbing you, I’ll be back next time to talk about the newest spring stuff that shouldn’t be missed.

Stitch Red with Soak

Flora is a wash scent that is longer widly available. You can still find a bit of it in some Sears stores is you are looking for the larger bottles. We have also teamed up with Stitch Red to create a gift pack that supports women’s heart health. This is the last of our warehouse stock of 4oz Flora, so pick some up while you still can, and support a great cause!

For every Stitch Red product you purchase, Soak will contribute 5% of its profits to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in support of The Heart Truth® and women’s heart health education and research.

As any company must do, Soak is dedicated to evolving and growing as a business. We have lots of samples floating around our offices for new scents and new products that we are very excited to bring to you one day. This also means that we can’t keep making the same things forever, so as new products come in, old ones must fade away.

Weekly Affirmation: On the Shopping Channel

Every Thursday we post a comment, tweet, email or secret message we’ve received from one of our Soakworthy customers (stores, fans, consumers, friends). Sometimes, on a rough day, it’s really helpful to read an inspiring message from someone in our community. Someone who appreciates what we do. Someone who is as passionate about Soak as we are. We appreciate all the love that comes our way. Really we do.

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We found this week’s affirmation on the Shopping Channel’s website. Jacqueline was over at the Shopping Channel on Monday selling a variety of Soak, Louet, Lantern Moon and Moda Lame products. If you missed the broadcast on Monday, don’t worry! The products are still all up online as well. You can check them out here.

“I bought this product a couple of years ago for the first time at a trade show & was so happy when I saw it for sale on the Shopping Channel & ordered some more. Works just wonderfully & is so much easier to use than the other type of soap made specifically for delicates as there is no rinsing out involved. I was also glad to see the small size bottle & one time mini packages included as they are the perfect size to take with you when travelling. Thank you Shopping Channel for having this excellent product for sale!”

Thanks Dixie!

Weekly Affirmation: Meeting Darlene and Karen

Every Thursday we post a comment, tweet, email or secret message we’ve received from one of our Soakworthy customers (stores, fans, consumers, friends). Sometimes, on a rough day, it’s really helpful to read an inspiring message from someone in our community. Someone who appreciates what we do. Someone who is as passionate about Soak as we are. We appreciate all the love that comes our way. Really we do.

This past weekend we sent Jacqueline and Chris off to The Big Apple to represent Soak at Curve NYC. We do a lot of knitting shows in a year, but we love our lingerie customers just as much! We were so happy to meet lots of our vendors in person for the first time, and to see old friends again. Apparently we weren’t the only ones! One of the people were were able to meet was Darlene Campbell of Campbell and Kate. We sent Darlene a little tweet to say hello and got this one in return.

“Yes! Finally! RT @Jacqueline_Soak Great to finally meet you @campbellkate at our @soakwash booth @curvexpo !”

This sparked a reaction from Karen of Seven Lies.

“@campbellkate you met the people from @soakwash?!? Ahhh! LOVE THEM. That’s my favorite bra wash ever. :)”

Hopefully we will be able to meet you as well, Karen! We are so glad to hear that you are a fan of our wash.

Weekly Affirmation: Heel Obsessed

Every Thursday we post a comment, tweet, email or secret message we’ve received from one of our Soakworthy customers (stores, fans, consumers, friends). Sometimes, on a rough day, it’s really helpful to read an inspiring message from someone in our community. Someone who appreciates what we do. Someone who is as passionate about Soak as we are. We appreciate all the love that comes our way. Really we do.

This week’s affirmation is Amanda Elizabeth Jennings on Facebook.

“I am sooooo obsessed with Heel! I just opened my second container, it’s so perfect!”

Thanks Amanda! We love all the scents of our Heel foot creme. Which one is your favourite?

Weekly Affirmation: Sweater Line Up

Every Thursday we post a comment, tweet, email or secret message we’ve received from one of our Soakworthy customers (stores, fans, consumers, friends). Sometimes, on a rough day, it’s really helpful to read an inspiring message from someone in our community. Someone who appreciates what we do. Someone who is as passionate about Soak as we are. We appreciate all the love that comes our way. Really we do.

Another great Twitter affirmation, this time from @allidecks.

“Washing my DH’s sweaters. Assembly line in my kitchen of sweaters, wash bucket, and lots of @soakwash. #Imaybehereawhile”

 It sounds like a great way to surround your loved ones with care and warmth. Thanks Alli!