We are really excited about our Liquid Soap!  We are so excited that plans are in the making for new stuff.  But don’t worry, more bar soap is on the way also, as well as old favorites. 

We are all caught up in our daily lives and often I am preoccupied by a creative thought, or a problem that needs to be solved and I don’t always “pay attention” to details.  I appreciate it when I get an email that brings to my lagging attention something that I left off or overlooked on my website.  I would like to stress that without my customers, there would be no fulfillment in making soap.  Years ago, the fulfillment was often in the making, but that evolved later into knowing that I could also affect other’s lives with my soap.  Thanks for the emails that give me inspiration and suggestions, likes and dislikes.   

lavender too
just to be nice, we will include a lavender soap sample in all orders from now until the end of August or supplies run out! 

Summer brings to mind fresh fruit, flowers, and warm rain.  It denotes childhood at its best, shorts and flip-flops, and a cool shower on a hot day.  However, skin can take a beating in the summer from sun exposure, heat, allergies, and insect bites.  Take care of skin in the summer just as you did in the winter by using natural soap without synthetics, natural balms and creams.  Check out our newest soap addition - Cucumber Avocado - a summer soap with goat milk, cooling cucumber,  nourishing avocado oil and the fresh scent of cucumber and melon.  We love it!

Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,
Six bunches a penny to-day.
Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,
Ladies buy it while you may.

…From an Old London street cry

Learning about Lavender-  There is much history and research on Lavender.  It is one of my favorite herbs.  Read about Lavender here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender.

Check out The Green Guide concerning the Dirty Dozen Ingredients at www.thegreenguide.com/doc/100/10uglies.  It is important to check labels on products claiming to be green.

It has been found that using bar soap for hand washing is more effective than using hand gels and sanitizers.  Washing hands with soap and water for a minute kills germs on hands without destroying good bacteria. 

Here is a useful link regarding the history of handmade soap which also lists a few of the old soap advertisements.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap.  It is interesting to read about something that is today taken for granted.  At one time soap was a valuable commodity.