News + Updates

Athame News ~ March 2025

There’s lots of news and shop updates, so let’s get into it! The big news first — we are moving to North Carolina! Many of you that follow me on IG know that this has been something I’ve been talking about for years. We (and my business) have grown out of our little Miami cottage, grown weary of the heat and hurricanes, and are totally over the South Florida traffic situation. We are packing it all up to relocate to the mountains of Western NC, where I’ll have more room to make my potions and soap. Yay!

Our moving timetable is very uncertain. Our house is on the market and we’ve been showing it almost everyday but it’s not sold yet. We need to sell it in order to get the new place, so I don’t have any firm dates yet. When we close, we’ll have 30 days to get the heck out of here, and this greatly affects my planning for Spring and Summer releases and production. So, what to do?

My plan is that I am making, soaping, pouring and posting product every week until we sell our house. At that time, I will close the shop and ship all pending orders. I won’t be having a huge Spring or Summer Release this year because it’s impossible to plan with uncertain move dates. Also, I am trying not to order large quantities of materials just to have to move them, so I’m generally working with what I have on hand. This plan also keeps my order queue from becoming too large in light of the impending move.

The shop’s doors aren’t locked yet, though! Spring and Summer scents are being poured and posted. I’m releasing new stuff in ALL categories every week as I make it and as the soap is cured enough. There’s new stuff online every day!

So stop in, look around. If you make an order and see that I’ve posted something you’d like to add, please email me so I can combine the orders and refund your second shipping charge. I’ll let my email list and IG know when I’m closing for the actual move.

Thanks so much for all your past support and patience with my early 2025 Release and Restock schedule. We will (hopefully) be moved, set up, and ready to come back with a full Fall Release!

I have a few more little shop news things…

I’ve changed the format of my wax melts to be only bars at this point and all the General Catalog Wax is on one page. It’s easier for me to maintain and easier for you to order. I’m working on some new bar molds (learning to do silicone!) that are a bit bigger and beefy-er. No ETA on when those will be done, though.
The price of cocoa butter has gone up to a point that it’s insane to use it. In 2023, I paid $44.00 for 5 lbs, and now that price is $165.00 for the same amount. I have reformulated my standard soap recipe to use kokum butter as a substitute, and I love it. I will be moving my soaps over to this formulation, except for Goldi~Oats, which I just can’t make myself change.
All of my aluminum scrub tins are imported, and I’m terrified of the new tariff prices on those. We’ll just have to wait and see. I still have quite a lot from the last shipment, so I won’t be raising those prices until I use my current inventory.

Thank you all so much,
Kimberly

PS: Here’s a look at our little tropical Miami cottage:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGWD9BFx883/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link