By Lisa Capobianco Correspondent Between summer squash, tomatoes, peach pies and cupcakes, the local farmers market sells a wide assortment of fresh produce on the town green. But one local vendor sells a “skin-quenching” item: soap. Anneliese Dadras, a long-time resident of Southington, is the founder of her own soap-making business called “Bradley Mountain Soaps.” Dadras started making soap last year after suffering from the skin condition, psoriasis, for nearly 20 years. She has experienced itchy, bleeding skin, and felt self-conscious in public. “It can be a little debilitating or even embarrassing, and you’re always fighting an itch,” Dadras said. Skin conditions are not new to Dadras’s family—her mother has dealt with them, and her 11-year-old son Kiyan has suffered from eczema since he was about five years old. This led Dadras to take a proactive approach to solve her family’s skin problems. “We wanted to address our own skin conditions, and then what we realized is there’s just some people and children that have issues with their skin, and actually it feels really good to help people,” Dadras said. The key ingredients that make this soap different from store-made soaps are olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil and goat [...]
By Lisa Capobianco Correspondent Between summer squash, tomatoes, peach pies and cupcakes, the local farmers market sells a wide assortment of fresh produce on the town green. But one local vendor sells a “skin-quenching” item: soap. Anneliese Dadras, a long-time resident of Southington, is the founder of her own soap-making business called “Bradley Mountain Soaps.” Dadras started making soap last year after suffering from the skin condition, psoriasis, for nearly 20 years. She has experienced itchy, bleeding skin, and felt self-conscious in public. “It can be a little debilitating or even embarrassing, and you’re always fighting an itch,” Dadras said. Skin conditions are not new to Dadras’s family—her mother has dealt with them, and her 11-year-old son Kiyan has suffered from eczema since he was about five years old. This led Dadras to take a proactive approach to solve her family’s skin problems. “We wanted to address our own skin conditions, and then what we realized is there’s just some people and children that have issues with their skin, and actually it feels really good to help people,” Dadras said. The key ingredients that make this soap different from store-made soaps are olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil and goat [...]