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Nine-Year-Old Soap Maker Talks Top Sellers

Lucia McConnell, 9, of Kenilworth may be young, but she already has a knack for knowing a good business when she sees it.

"When I was younger, I'd squirt liquid soap on the window sill and it would get hard," she explained. "I wondered if you put liquid soap in a mold, would it dry into that shape?"

McConnell's mother checked a few books out of the library on that subject, and her business was born. McConnell sold soaps at this past weekend's Wilmette Summerfest. In the video above, she explains what her top sellers are.


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