Published by Hal Mayes on 10 Dec 2007

This still blows my mind

About once or twice a week we at Alabu get a testimonial from one of our customers. They are always very nice and remind us why we have Alabu, but more and more the testimonials we receive are just amazing. Here’s are a few that we received this week: Continue Reading »

Published by Hal Mayes on 27 Nov 2007

The History Of Alabu

I think I was about ten when my mom dragged my sister Nell and me to a friends house. We were going to make soap—out of goat milk! Goat milk never thrilled me to begin with. It tasted fine—as long as it was fresh—but the idea of mixing it into my soap and then washing my skin with it was pretty weird.

We pulled up to the house. The stone driveway crackled under the tires of my mom’s navy blue 1989 Taurus Station Wagon. I was pretty excited. I was always into magic tricks as a kid. Chemistry seemed sort of like a magic trick to me. My mom’s friend had already tried to make soap once before with disastrous results, so we measured everything Continue Reading »

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