I have some grace soap from here, and it's becoming transparent. Somehow that is cool. Also I smell good(green tea) However I don't remember paying $5 for shipping.. I want some chai lip stuff but the shipping is so high. Shipping seems high lately for everything. Then again, I usually only ship very small items, which is like 83 cents at most, and if I am getting fancy on shipping, maybe I'll go priority and pay like 4 bucks. So I am surprised when it's like eight bucks to ship a pair of shoes. Did rates go up? Does this have something to do with gas prices?