The Little Cornish Soap Company July Blog

Well, First i have to apologies this is my first post since April and I have been super busy...Which is all good news....So up dates....Well!

On May the 8th I signed the lease for my new shop in Bodmin, Cornwall, Which opened on June the 11th. That month was taken up with making stock at night and painting and decorating during the day. I had the hard job of going out and buying some lovely furniture for the shop as I wanted it to be rustic and shabby chic at the same time So I am using old Apple Crates, which complement the shabby chic style furniture.

I have been heavily promoting my business on Facebook recently, and with the opening of the shop now into its 4th week, i am glad to report that everything is going according to plan.

I have updated my website at www.tlcsoapcompany.co.uk which now includes a short video (also on facebook) and a trade page.

As we enter July, which by the way is Independent Retailer Month, here in the UK, we are asking you to support your local independent retailers, your local newsagent, fishmonger, butcher, grocer or even soapmaker! Dont buy from the large supermarkets this month come and visit your local independent retailer and I'll bet you notice a BIG difference in Customer service and quality!

Anyway dont forget you can visit me on facebook at anytime www.facebook.com/tlcsoapcompany sign up and be the first to know about my new products and promotions and maybe even win a prize at some point!

So, it's Sunday 1st July and the next week will be seeing me making over 100 kilos of soap and over 300 skincare products, so i am going to enjoy the rest of the day, before i get making in the morning!

Take care

Lauri x

A Little Insight!!!

Hiya Guys,

I am so sorry I've been neglecting my blog lately, what with one thing or another, I have been too busy, but I'm gonna make up for it now, I am going to give you an insight into my soap making, yes you've probably going to have seen similar pictures in books and everything, but these are mine lol.

Over the course of the past 2 days I've taken pictures at different stages of the making process…. The 1st one your going to see is the Coconut Dream Soap:

Right thats all the oils, butters & waxes in the pot, now i have to heat them up until they are all melted and I tend to keep them at 175o which is a good mid range temp for blending.

Now its time to add the Caustic Soda to the Water and wait for it to cool down before blending with the oils.

Now that I have blended the Lye Solution & the Oils I now mix them together until I get a lovely custard kind of mixture, that leaves a trail on top. Then you pour the mixture into your molds and after 24 to 48hrs it should be solid enough for you to take out and cut. Hey Presto!!! My Finished Soap Coconut Dream: £3.25 per Bar (approx 100g)

                                                       

Take Care

Lauri xxx







A Dozen Ways That Epsom Salts Can Help You!!

We have listed a dozen ways that Epsom salts can help you. These ailments/conditions are as listed on The Epsom Salt Councils Website and Saltworks Website, but the recipes are those of The Little Cornish Soap Company.

      1)      Summer Ailments: (Bee Stings, Mild Sunburn, Poison Ivy and Mosquito Bites)

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Lavender Oil, Soak yourself or the affected area this will help soothe the irritation, sting or Sunburn

       2)      Splinters

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Lavender Oil

Again soak the affected area, the Epsom Salts will soften the skin, so making it easier for the splinter to be removed and the Lavender is an antiseptic so it will help eliminate any bacteria

      3)      Deep Pore Cleansing

½ Cup Epsom Salts

For Oily Complextion add 5 Drops Lavender & 5 Drops Tea Tree

For Dry Completion  add 5 Drops Geranium Oil

Get a large bowl of hot water, place the Epsom Salts & the required oils into the bowl. Then place your head over the bowl with a towel over your head and stay like that for about 3 – 4 minutes. This opens up the blocked pores enabling the dirt and bacteria to be easily cleaned, when your time is up and you have removed the towel  get a clean cotton pad and wipe over the face area

 

      4)      Muscle Soak

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Lavender Oil

5 Drops Marjoram

3 Drops Black Pepper

Place the mixture into a bath, relax & soak

      5)      Foot Bath

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Peppermint

5 Drops Eucalyptus

Or

5 Drops Rosemary

5 Drops Black Pepper

Place the mixture in a bowl of warm water and place your feet into the bowl sit back and relax

      6)      Pedicure

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Tea Tree

3 Drops Lavender

Place the mixture & your feet into a bowl of warm water and soak for about 10 – 15 minutes, then when you have removed your feet, file the dead skin off with a pumice stone and then massage in plenty of rich cream and place some cotton socks on your feet and leave the cream to soak in over night, by the morning your feet should be lovely and soft.

 

      7)      Exfoliation

½ Cup Epsom Salts

1 teaspoon of Grapeseed Oil

For Cellulite

5 Drops Grapefruit Oil

3 Drops Geranium

Or

Dry Skin

5 Drops Lavender

3 Drops Geranium

Place the mixture into a muslin bag or cloth tie together, get into the shower and massage the required areas.

       8)      Athletes Foot

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops of Peppermint

5 Drops Tea Tree

Place the mixture into a bowl of warm water and soak your feet.

       9)      Body Detox

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Grapefruit

5 Drops Juniper

3 Drops Geranium

Place the mixture into a bath of warm water, relax and soak and make sure you drink plenty of water before & after to help eliminate the toxins from your body

      10)   Facial

A small handful of Epsom Salts

5 Drops Lavender

Place mixture into a bowl of warm water and use small circular movements all over your face, then rinse with cold water to help the pores close and pat your face dry.

11)   Relieve Headaches

½ Cup Epsom Salts

5 Drops Lavender

4 Drops Marjoram

3 drops Peppermint

Place the mixture into a bowl of hot water, place your head over the bowl with a towel over your head and breathe deep for about 3 – 4 mintues.

12)   eczema

Place ½ cup of Epsom Salts into a warm bath, relax & soak, if you would like you can add a couple of drops of Lavender.

Whilst researching this article, I have learnt a lot of interesting facts, especially the benefits of Epsom salts  in treating Autism www.treatingautism.co.uk. I have where possible credited quotes to the specific places where they are quoted from.

Everything else in this article including the recipes for the dozen ways that Epsom Salts can help you, are solely my interpretation and any resemblance to any other article/recipe, of which there are approx. 500,000 “Epsom Salt recipes”, 350,000 “Epsom salt uses” and 1.6 Million “Epsom Salt” searches listed on goggle, is purely coincidental.

Sources:

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/about/

http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/epsom-uses-benefits.asp

http://www.naturalnews.com/029397_epsom_salt_magnesium.html#ixzz1n0es9hmO

http://www.treatingautism.co.uk/

Epsom Salts & The Benefits

As most of you are aware I did a blog recently about Aromatherapy Bath & Epsom Salts, due to a complaint about a potential breach of copyright, I was given an option to either credit my article to another site or remove it.
As I wrote the article in good faith and in my own words and I felt that by informing the public of the benefits of Epsom Salts would be beneficial to all commercial outlets, considering I don't actually sell epsom/ bath salts yet! I have decided to remove the article from my blog, website, facebook page and twitter account.
I must thank the complaintant as this action has forced me to write, what I see as a more informative article, including a piece about the benefits of Epsom Salts in the treatment of Autism.

Epsom Salts & The Benefits

According to the Epsom Salt Council and yes there is such a council. “They are eager to let everyone know the benefits of their product”. Formed in 1993 to help spread the word about the wonder of Epsom Salt a time tested mineral compound and its dozens of uses.

The benefits of Epsom salts are often queried; this article is an article to break those myths. Epsom Salt is made up of magnesium and sulphate, named after the town of Epsom in England, where it was first produced by distilling water. Magnesium has been shown to help ease stress and improve concentration leading to the common use of Epsom Salt as a bath salt. Magnesium is also essential for muscles and nerves to function properly. According to an article written on Naturalnews.com , “Magnesium lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes and helps in recovery from heart attacks and strokes. Magnesium also maintains proper muscle function. Sadly, most Americans are deficient in this important mineral. Therefore, it is no wonder that the incidence of serious diseases such as heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis, stress-related illnesses, and chronic fatigue are so prevalent.”

According to the Epsom Salt Council, the sulphates in Epsom salts are also beneficial. Sulphates can help the body flush toxins and absorb nutrients more efficiently. Sulphates complement magnesium’s benefits to joints and tissues, Sulphates have also been shown to help prevent or mitigate headaches.

Epsom salt is a pure compound that gently exfoliates the skin and smoothes rough patches. Regularly used, it has become a popular choice for beauty enhancement.

According to a UK based charity “Treating Autism “.

 ‘Epsom Salts are widely used by our members as an intervention which can help to alleviate some of their children’s autism related symptoms. Dr Rosemary Waring found that most people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder have a deficiency in a key detoxification pathway, known as sulphation. This detoxification process can be ameliorated by supplementing with sulphate. Sulphate is poorly absorbed when taken orally, but is more easily absorbed through the skin. For this reason, some parents of children with autism add Epsom salts to their bath water, with many reporting benefits such as better sleep, calmer behaviour and improvements in skin conditions such as eczema. Magnesium, the other component of Epsom salts, can also be absorbed through the skin, and since children with autism are often deficient in magnesium too, a bath with added Epsom salts can provide a beneficial boost in this essential mineral as well.’

We, The Little Cornish Soap Company, know that because of these benefits, “Flushing of Toxins”, “Exfoliation” and “Absorption”, That Epsom salts can help bring our skin back to life, looking fresher through exfoliation. Epsom Salts are also renowned for health issues such as Athletes foot, Bee Stings, Mild Sunburn,  poison ivy, Sore muscles,  splinters and Deep Pore Cleansing , to name but a few!

So the next time you take a bath, add a cup full of Epsom salts, this will allow the natural chemical compound in the salts to release and if you mix it with a few drops of your favourite essential oil, you will feel the benefits. So for relaxation, add a few drops of Lavender essential oil, this will help relax the body. From personal experience, I know that In a normal bath, the body is renowned to sink to the bottom, where as if using Epsom salts, it gives you that floating feeling, you feel like you are being wrapped up in a Epsom wrap, as you feel the salts soaking into your skin. We also recommend using Epsom salts for dry, cracked feet. Making your self an Epsom salt foot soak is quick and easy (See below for recipe) The foot soak will soften the skin, remove any dead skin and also alleviate any bad odours that may be lingering!

Whilst researching this article, I have learnt a lot of interesting facts, especially the benefits of Epsom salts  in treating Autism www.treatingautism.co.uk. I have where possible credited quotes to the specific places where they are quoted from.

Everything else in this article including the recipes for the dozen ways that Epsom Salts can help you, are solely my interpretation and any resemblance to any other article/recipe, of which there are approx. 500,000 “Epsom Salt recipes”, 350,000 “Epsom salt uses” and 1.6 Million “Epsom Salt” searches listed on goggle, is purely coincidental.

Sources:

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/about/

http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/epsom-uses-benefits.asp

http://www.naturalnews.com/029397_epsom_salt_magnesium.html#ixzz1n0es9hmO

http://www.treatingautism.co.uk/

Soap Of The Week

Rosehip & Geranium

 

An olive oil rich soap further enriched with rose hip oil. Geranium and Rose essential oils give this soap a wonderful floral scent with a rich nourshing lather. The addition of finely ground hand picked rose hips means it also gently exfoliates leaving the skin feeling extra silky smooth.
This soap also makes a fantastic shampoo bar for Greasey & Combination Hair, it lathers up beautifully, givi...ng off small gentle bubbles and leaving the hair squeaky clean, I recommend that you use on alternate days with you normal shampoo.

Ingredients:

Aqua, Olea Europea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Rosa Mosqueta (Rosehip) Fruit Oil, Pelargonium Graveolens, Rosa Centifolia in Vitis Vinifera, Ground Rosa Mosqueta.

In the making of this soap we use Palm Oil, Now "Don't Panic" We source our palm oil from a supplier that is registered with The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) this means that all of our Palm Oil comes from sustainable sources and is guaranteed not to endanger animals such as the orangutang. We pride ourselves on our Environmentally Freindly Stance and source such ingredients only after researching the supplier in depth.

A Big Thank You!!

Long time no speak lol…

I would like to send a huge thank you to Nicola for featuring our Mothers Days Gift on her blog http://three-cats-craft.blogspot.com/ and to Handmade for U uk for their link http://handmadeforyou.weebly.com/soaps--fragrance.html

We have a lovely selection of Gifts for Mothers Day as well as Birthday's and Little Thank You Gifts for any occasion, starting from under a FIVER yes I Said UNDER £5.00, so why not check out either our Facebook Page The Little Cornish Soap Company or our website www.tlcsoapcompany.co.uk for ideas we also have outlets on Ebay & Folksy.

The English Rose Gift Set £9.50

We've had quite a restful day here at The Little Cornish Soap Company no soap making today, as it was such a lovely day and all children were in school we went to Advent Church and took some pictures and then we had a rather lovely lunch at the Old Inn, in St Breward on Bodmin Moor, sat next to a roaring fire…. My idea of heaven. Mind you my darling husband decided he was going to photograph everything we had, so my Hot Chocolate wasn't hot by the time I got to drink it boooo and he tried to snaffle my Sausage & Egg Bap, so I cut it in half so he got half my bap and I ate it the other lol… then after a relaxing morning it was back home to the chaos of the children getting in from school, homework and tea.

Gardeners Gift Set £9.50

3 Down 9 to Go!!!

Well that’s 3 of the new soaps made, The Baby, Coconut Dream & Sea Spray. Firstly The Baby Soap, which has been made with Mandarin & Chamomile Essential Oils, will be ready by the 20th February, The Coconut Dream, which has no fragrance to it, but has been with Cocoa Butter, Coconut Oil & Dessicated Coconut,  will be ready by the 5th March and Finally the Sea Spray, which has been made with Seaweed, Green Clay, Marjoram & Cedarwood Essential oils, will be ready by the 10th March. So all 3 soaps will be Launched at the Crocadon Produce Market on the 17th March. Which I know will be a good excuse for my darling husband to get his camera out and take some more pictures (well I don’t like to think of him having nothing to do lol)….

I have also been working on my new creams, well I use the term 'Creams' loosely  as they are more of a balm consistency just a little bit softer, but the Calendula one is coming along nicely, I've been using it for about a week now and my skin already feels softer, mind you I know this one works as It was one of the very first creams I ever made, about 6 years ago, so I cant wait for the certification to come back on it so I can launch it. It compliments the Sunflower & Calendula Soap really well.

Well till next time….

Lauri xx

We Are Now On Ebay & Folksy

Crikey what a weekend!! There has been steam coming off my poor husbands fingers, not only has he taken a load of new product photos which most of you will hopefully now have seen not only on the website but on Facebook as well, he's totally rebranded our website and other media but he has not stopped there we have now opened a shop on Folksy and uploaded a load of our soaps on to Ebay. So tomorrow its my turn, I need to give his blistered fingers a rest, and I will be making our new creams and some more of our new soaps. I have already made the "Coconut Dream", this one is a hard soap, but I wont know for sure how they have turned out for another 3 weeks, but they are looking really nice, they have a lovely soft creamy white colour and smell of Cocoa Butter...

Busy Busy Busy!!

Yippee, the baby soap has been de-moulded (if that’s an actual word), and is looking lovely the chunks are a beige colour on the outside and what can only be described as a dusky rose colour on the inside, and they smell light & fresh almost fruity, yes I know they contain Mandarin, but you know what I mean lol…. The hearts are again a caramely beige colour and are looking quite smooth, the total opposite of the Sunflower and Calendula one's which are bobbly to the touch, its funny how different soaps vary so much even though they have been made with almost the same ingredients. I promise I will be taking so pictures and uploading them soon…… onest…. Lol.

I've busy making my Baby & Nipple balms (no jokes please as I think I have heard all of them)… The Baby Balm is good for all over use, especially on very sore bottoms, it acts as a protective barrier and it doesn't sting, which I found a certain high street brand did, and my little one wouldn't let me near her with it, so I created my balm, and we don't have any tears, in fact when I'm putting it on she starts to giggle and tells me I'm tickling. it also works extremely well on cradle cap as well. The Nipple Balm, helps soften the skin when breast feeding and helps prevent it from getting sore & cracked, but I also have a couple of Runner/ Joggers who use it to protect them from getting friction sores.

Lauri xx

New Baby Soap!!!

What a morning!!! I have two children off sick, I've cleaned the bathroom, sorted the dog out & now I have almost completed my first batch of baby soap, I am just waiting for it to cool down so I can blend and mould it…. So I just thought I would make a start on my blogg, this soap is made with water infused with rosehips, borage oil and gently fragranced with Mandarin & Chamomile. Its seems to be taking ages to cool down to the blending temperatures though!

Well finally after 20mins the mixture cooled down enough for me to blend and mould, lovely! I have made 12 hearts & 16 chunks of soap, chunks don’t you just love that word, it can describe a multitude of things. But I think I use it quite eloquently  in describing my soaps lol…. Any how, I have got way off the subject, this soap will be suitable for Babies, children & people with sensitive skin.

Back in the Saddle again!!!!

God it feels good to be back in a routine and to be making again, I must admit I haven't been as productive as I should have been, but hey baby steps lol. I have made and de-moulded my new Sunflower & Calendula Heart soaps (which should be ready for Mother Day), I was going to take pictures of them today, but they were still abit soft & gooey to be placed at photographed so I'll leave them to harden up for a week. The Muscle & Joint Gel will be back on the website tomorrow as I made a rather large batch of that and also the Cooling Head Ease & Soothing Face & Eye Gel. Today I boxed up a couple of orders & got them posted out and then I made the Honey & Oatmeal Soap, which, if I do say so myself its looking rather nice.

Oh before I forget I am at Crocadon Market on Saturday 21st, 9am to 3pm so hopefully I'll see some of you there.

Laurix

New Year New Start

16/01/12

Well here goes, it’s the New Year so my work room has been top & tailed, its been stripped, cleaned, mould proofed, painted twice and in some places 3 times, everything has been sorted, tidied and put back together, so its as fresh as a daisy all ready for me to crack on.

My first mission is to make Heart soaps ready for Valentines & Mothers Day, I will be doing these in Sunflower & Calendula and Rose & Ylang Ylang, and possibly Lavender & Thyme, but we'll see how the others turn out first. I will up load photos when they have cured for 48hrs, so fingers crossed.

Then I have my usual stock to build up then hopefully next week I will start playing around with some of my new recipes, it works out instead of 10 I have 12 new soap recipes, the first 3 will be the Kitchen Scrub, which is made with Coffee & Vanilla, Just Olive which is mainly made with Olive oil and Sea Spray, which is made using seaweed & green clay. These will all be ready for sale hopefully by the end of February as promised, all three of these soaps will be cut into cubes and sold as they come.

Soap of the Week

Lavender & Thyme Soap

This Lavender & Thyme Soap offers Antiseptic benefits, protecting, nurturing and moisturising the skin. Our Lavender & Thyme Soap contains natural bacteria fighters such as lavender, and thyme essential oils, along with moisturising Olive Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Coconut Oil and Lavender Petals.

Our lavender and thyme cold pressed soap is designed for frequent use. The ingredients gently remove soil and bacteria without drying, chapping or irritating skin.

Your hands will love our NATURAL Handmade Soaps.

Due to the handmade nature of our soaps weights and shapes will vary, We endeavour to make all soaps to am approximate weight of 90gms.

No Artificial Colourings, No Artificial Fragrances and No Parabens.

Ingredients:

Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Prunus Dulcis (Almond) Oil, Aqua, Lavandula Angustifolia, Thymus Vulgaris.

Texture:

This soap has a fairly strong and long lasting clean/ fresh fragrance, it is a medium hard soap and lathers up beautifully giving plenty of small soft bubbles.

Soap Of The Week

Gardeners Soap

This soap is perfect for people who love to do a spot of gardening. Made with 100% pure and sustainable oils creating a wonderfully natural mild bar of soap with no chemicals to irritate the skin. We have added Shea Butter for extra luxury.

Made with the antiseptic qualities of Tea Tree and Eucalyptus essential oils combined with the rough texture of ground pumice, ground rosemary and poppy seeds should help to remove mud after a hard days gardening.

Tea Tree essential oil has a clean fresh medicinal aroma. Tea Tree is one of only two essential oils (Lavender being the other) that can be used neat on the skin in small amounts. It is a non-toxic natural antiseptic ideal for cuts, insect bites, blisters, warts and other topical infection.

Similar to Tea Tree essential oil, Eucalyptus essential oil has a medicinal earthy aroma. The principal active ingredient in the oil is ‘eucalyptol’ which gives it its strong disinfectant properties.

Ingredients:

Aqua, Olea Europea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Fruit, Melaleuca Alternifolia, Eucalyptus Globulus, Papaver Somniferum (Poppy) Seeds, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Ground), Pumice Powder.

In the making of this soap we use Palm Oil, Now "Don't Panic" We source our palm oil from a supplier that is registered with The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) this means that all of our Palm Oil comes from sustainable sources and is guaranteed not to endanger animals such as the orangutang. We pride ourselves on our Environmentally Freindly Stance and source such ingredients only after researching the supplier in depth.

Texture:

This soap gives off a gentle aroma with a soft creamy lather & gentle bubbles, yes Tea Tree & Eucalyptus are strong oils, but this aroma is subtle & not overpowering, also if you a in the throws of a horrible cold, after washing you'll find the eucalyptus has a clearing effect on your nose. The Poppy seeds, ground Rosemary & Nettle Leaves make for a soft  & scrub, so its not to harsh on your hands but enough to get them clean.

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Alert!! Bath Salts the New Legal High

I did a couple of bloggs a couple of months ago about the new craze that was going around about kids using commercial bath salts as the new legal high, well getting back on to that subject I came across the article below in a magazine that I subscribe to and I thought many of you may find it interesting, yes I know its American based, but at the end of the day it effects us on this side of the pond as well. So I though I would post it…… I hope you find it informative and eye opening.

The Dangers of Bath Salts

by Stacy Reckard

A Growing Menace

When someone begins a conversation about their favorite bath salts, odds are that you’ll think of the type you drop in the tub for a relaxing soak. You might just be wrong, though. In the United States, law enforcement is warning everyone about a dangerous new product: Bath Salts. These are definitely not the bath salts we’re used to—instead, they are a complex chemical compound containing the
stimulants mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). Sold as a powder under a variety of names such as “Ivory Wave,” “Purple Wave,” “Red Dove,” “Blue Silk,” “Zoom,” “Bloom,” “Cloud Nine,” “Ocean Snow,” “Lunar Wave,” “Vanilla Sky,” “White Lightning,” “Scarface,” and “Hurricane
Charlie,” this drug has lawmakers everywhere scrambling to pass legislation to prevent it from being sold legally to anyone, including children. The intersection of bath and body products with drug use has happened in the past, as evidenced by the use of lye in the production of Methamphetamine, a powerful central nervous system stimulant. This latest confluence of drugs and bath products is particularly alarming, though, as the product names and packaging of the drug create an environment
of fear and places suspicion on every small business marketing the ‘real’ product intended for the tub. With that in mind, every business owner who markets bath and body products should educate themselves on the issue of this synthetic drug.

Dangerous Reactions

Bath Salts are typically taken through one of three methods—users either administer them orally, by inhalation, or by injection. When inhaled or injected, the outcomes can be deadly. Mephedrone is of particular concern. Research has shown that mephedrone presents a high risk for overdose; when used in combination with MDPV, the chemicals act in a manner similar to cocaine and, like cocaine, cause high abuse and addiction rates. In what seems to be a perfect storm of side effects, Bath Salts also
trigger intense cravings similar to those experienced by methamphetamine users. Unfortunately, Bath Salts is also producing very dangerous reactions in users, many ofwhich have led to alarming actions. According to news reports, a man who inhaled Bath Salts took his skinning knife and slit his face and
stomach repeatedly; in another incident, 21-year-old Dickie Sanders cut his throat and then ended his life with a gunshot. In a recent AP News article, Dr. Richard Sanders, a general practitioner from Covington, La., shared the story of his son’s terrifying experience with the drug. After snorting the Bath Salts, the young man went through three days of intermittent delirium, during which he attempted to take his own life by slitting his throat. The younger Sanders missed major arteries and his father
tried to keep him calm and safe after treating his wound, but was unsuccessful. Waiting until his father fell asleep, Dickie Sanders went into another room and shot himself. In Florida, police pushed for a ban of the drug after several encounters with individuals high on the substance. In Panama City alone,
officers were alerted to the serious side effects by two separate incidents. In one, several officers were needed to subdue a man who tore a radar unit out of a police car with his teeth, while in the other, police reported that a woman attacked her mother with a machete while intoxicated by Bath Salts; she claimed her mother was a monster.

Current Legislation

In light of these extreme reactions, several states have already passed laws which make the product illegal, and it is already banned in the United Kingdom and several other countries, including Israel, Australia and Canada. In the U.S., Vermont has become the latest to ban the product, amending its regulated drug rule to include bath salts. The move was prompted by the spread of the drug into the state, where the Northern New England Poison Center confirmed that by November of 2011 it had
handled nearly 200 cases of bath salt abuse. Of those, 147 were in Maine, 35 in New Hampshire
and 11 in Vermont.

Protecting Your Products

Thankfully, there are several easy steps entrepreneurs can take in order to avoid having legitimate product lines confused with this dangerous drug. The most obvious move might appear to be adding the disclaimer ‘Not For Consumption’ to product labels, yet this label has already been employed by clever drug pushers, who are trying to use it to circumvent the law. Rather than turning to a disclaimer,
those retailing genuine bath salts can ensure they avoid falling on the wrong side of the law by simply including an accurate ingredients listing on their packaging. Of course, this might mean a label redesign, but in the long run, it is in the best interest of both a company and its clients to have accurate ingredient lists.

Happy New Year!!!!

Crikey Where Has The Time Gone!

Well here it is, the New Year, all the decorations are down and hopefully in most households anyway, everything has returned back to some form of normality. I suppose a lot of people out there view normality differently, my form of normality is my husband doing the yearly accounts, (but this year that’s fallen in my lap, ohhh joy… lol) repainting my work room, deciding what's first on my making & to do lists and then trying to get into a rhythm again. Because I find it hard, its so easy to put it off until next week then next week comes and before I know it the month has passed and I have fallen behind so panic sets in…..

This year is going to see some major changes to the business, some people call it stream lining, I call it "oh my god what am I doing". I have had to put these things in motion mainly because of my husbands illness, I have cut down on the amount of products that I make, (but I will be introducing new ones over the course of the year) and you may not see me out and about as much but everything will be fully available on line, through our website's & facebook plus other mediums as well.

My New Ranges will consist of Bath Salts, Facial Oil's, 2 new Hand/ Face Creams & of course 10 New Soaps, hopefully if everything goes to plan some will be launched at the beginning of Spring, others in time for summer & finally some for Christmas 2012.

Till Next Time

Laurinda x