SELECT SOME SUDS Connie’s Bath Shack sells products that target various hygiene goals. For those who want to … RELAX: • Luscious lavender soap • Stress-buster bath bomb (lemongrass and ylang ylang) FEEL ENERGIZED: • Refresh bath bomb (grapefruit and lavender) • Coee salt scrub MOISTURIZE: • Orange calendula soap • Toasted marshmallow body butter
Connie’s Bath Shack oers a selection of about 80 dierent handmade soaps, body scrubs, lotions, shampoo bars and other bath products.
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Connie’s Bath Shack in Old Town Spring claims Texas’ largest collection of rubber ducks, according to owner Connie Putnam.
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Connie’s Bath Shack Old Town Spring bath boutique o ers handmade soaps, lotions C onnie’s Bath Shack is equal parts bath shack While the Putnams do not claim their bath products “cure” ailments, many can be used to help customers with acne, dry skin or just relaxation, Connie said. Some of the most popular sellers BY EMILY LINCKE
and “quack shack,” owner Connie Putnam said, as the store has earned a plethora of loyal customers for its selection of bath products and rubber ducks alike. The bath supply shop—located in Old Town Spring—has been selling items, such as handmade soaps, creams, body butters, scrubs and toy ducks, since February 2002. Connie’s husband, Jon, also owns the store, which the couple opened so Connie could move her homemade soaps “out of the house,” she said. Connie said she learned how to make soap after she went shopping in a big-box bath supply store. She left feeling like she could replicate many of the products herself. “I’ve always had this brain that says, ‘I can make that,’ whether it’s clothes, some exotic dish [or soap],” she said. Connie’s Bath Shack sells about 80 types of products in store and online, shipping all across the U.S. Most of the products have unique scent combinations mixed in, Connie said. “You can’t go someplace [else] to nd my laven- der scent,” she said. “It’s my own blend.”
include lavender, dragon’s blood—a sweet-smelling product with “no dragons were harmed” written on the label—and calendula, Jon said. “The rst time [Connie] made that calendula, she walked down to the corner ... to pick some calen- dula owers ... then she started making calendula salves,” Jon said. Connie claims the store’s rubber duck collection is the largest in Texas. Multiple sizes and colors of ducks are for sale, including some that look like other animals or popular TV characters. Over two decades, the store has navigated some challenges, including increased supply prices, Jon said. Some ingredients used in the soaps, such as shea butter and coconut oil, have almost doubled in price, he said, and some items have taken up to a year to arrive. Despite the obstacles of running a business, the Putnams said they know a lot of their customers well and are grateful for them. “Everybody loves Connie ... [and] her products,” Jon said. “We’re always running out of something.”
Owners Jon and Connie Putnam opened Connie’s Bath Shack in February 2002.
Connie’s Bath Shack 211 Midway St., Bldg. E, Spring 281-288-9595 https://conniesbathshack.square.site
Hours: Mon. 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Tue.-Thu. 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sun. noon-6 p.m.
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