Spiced Coffee is back on the shelf, and ready for sale!
Laden with ground coffee beans, this bar of soap will lift your spirits out of the doldrums with its invigorating blend of ginger, lemongrass and lime oils. Click here for more details.
You can also visit this Flickr page for more photos of this and other soaps.
At last, these unscented soap bars are ready to give your skin some serious pampering. Goats milk and honey work together to draw and retain moisture in your skin. Mild enough for babies and those with sensitive skin conditions. Hop on over to the shop for more details.
Here we are—have some fun in the shower with the Summer Fizz Soap! I originally referred to these as Sweet Orange, Rosemary and Peppermint Soap in my earlier blogpost, but that was a real mouthful. 
Hence the name change.
Read more about this skin and hair-loving bar of soap that has a scent reminiscent of fizzy lemonade over at the shop.
(Psst—if not for yourself, why not get one for mom? 
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I love how this recipe turned out! Although it looks like a pretty, demure bar thanks to the subtle colouring from french red, yellow and green clays, it smells rather like a fizzy drink. Lemony Coke perhaps? Whatever your skin type I’m sure this will be a pleasure to use in the bath or shower!
But fun scent aside, there’s a very grown-up reasoning as to why I put together particular blend of essential oils. For the skin, this soap is meant to soothe skin irritation and any itchy redness (that’s where the peppermint and rosemary essential oils come in). Sweet orange essential oil is said to encourage the natural production of collagen in the skin, helping to promote youthful suppleness (but as I mentioned in an earlier post about the Tangy Lavender bar, I haven’t been able to stake this claim for myself). Apart from these skin-loving properties, the essential oils also work together to stimulate the mind (rosemary), beat back mental fatigue (peppermint) and promote a general sense of happiness and warmth (sweet orange).
Suitable for all skin types, but I would caution against using this for very young children (they’re already so stimulated—wouldn’t want to risk pushing their parents over the edge! )
Available for sale from May 1st 2010 onwards.
My gift baskets are never really fancy, but I still thoroughly enjoy doing them up to present them to my customers or their intended recipients. Here are some shots of my latest send-off for a customer who ordered the 12 Soaps For The Year package to be delivered all at one go:
As this was a long-term supply of soap, I decided to shrink wrap each bar to preserve their freshness. I know it isn’t exactly environmentally friendly 
but it would be even worse to let any bar of soap go funny over the next few months! There’s a kind of biodegradable shrink film called polyolefin that claims to completely break down and ‘disappear’ in just 3 years, but I haven’t been able to source that just yet.
And here we have yesterday’s batch of soap. These are the soap logs, just popped out of the molds with the paper lining stripped away. The golden brown mid section is the portion of soap that contains honey. The entire soap base has powdered goats milk in it (this is premium stuff, mind you, all the way from the Netherlands!) giving it a nice, warm creamy colour. You might notice that the surface of the soap is cracked in some places—this is because my oil and lye mixture was a bit on the warm side when I poured it into the mold (thanks Melissa for pointing out this reason).
After the bars were cut, this is what they look like on the curing rack. I’m pretty pleased with the colours! The black lines you see running across the soap were made with cocoa powder, a technique I picked up from Tiggy Fiander of Future Primitive, a lovely soapmaker who not only makes amazing soap, but also sells really pretty plants online.
Since I used less water in this formula, these bars should be ready for use in about 2-3 weeks’ time. Will be keeping a close eye on these. My nose will be quite happy to sniff at the honeyed portions every so often.
I waited and waited and waited…
Then finally the window of opportunity opened and grabbed my first chance to create an Etsy Treasury. 
Oh, the (cheap) thrill! I called it “Mommy Wants These!”. You will not get a prize for guessing the rationale behind it.
Found that fun? Then please visit the Treasury and check out all the wonderful handmade things that other Etsy sellers lovingly craft for our enjoyment.
Happy weekend!
Heads up! Do you have:
Well then, this soap just might be able to help you get over those symptoms (albeit perhaps only temporarily). Clarity was formulated to include the sharp, mentholated scent of eucalyptus essential oil, along with the purifying properties of french green clay and activated carbon. All of them work together for the purpose of decongesting — be it your skin, your nose, or your mental state.
Sounds like it could be something for you? Read on here, and maybe even give it a go for yourself!
At long last, the soaps have been tested once again and they are now ready to pamper your skin. Read more about the Dark Chocolate Soap and Tangy Lavender Soap, or browse around the shop to see what else is on the shelf that you might fancy.
Reformulated and prettified! This fresh batch of Dark Chocolate soap contains generous lashings of cocoa butter and anti-oxidant rich cocoa powder that will leave you with soft, silky-smooth skin after each shower. It doesn’t smell strongly of chocolate, but you might just catch a whiff of the cocoa butter in the shower. (I still occasionally stick my nose into my stash of cocoa butter just to inhale that heavenly scent!)
Dark Chocolate will be available for sale from March 22nd. As always, pre-orders are welcome — just send me an e-mail. Have yourself a lovely weekend.
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