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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