The Canadians Are Coming! The Canadians Are Coming!

Thank you all SO MUCH for the amazing support you have given to me. It is an awful thing to lose someone dear. I will keep things light, however, and let you know there are soaps I will be reviewing in the near future -

Canada bars!

Luv 4 Country Soaps (Canada)

Suzanne Graham For You (Canada)

Birch Bark Soap (Canada)

No Soap For Now

My soapy friends... I am away with my family. Soemone very close to me has passed away and I will be back when I can.

Come check back soon.

xxoo

MacSoapy

The photo for her profile reminds me a little of the movie "Saw", doesn't it? :)

I have been enjoying a blog written by a German soaper for months now and really enjoy It. Her handle is macsoapy, but her name is Gabriele Kappes and I quite admire her. If I could understand German, I would be very happy to know more about her and the soap she makes, but can only attempt to understand based on the pictures in her blog and when I make out a few words, such as über, das and seife which I think means soap or something close to it. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to languages. I never could pick up much Spanish even after 5 years in school taking Spanish as a concentration. My brain just doesn't work in those terms. I suppose I am more of the creative type. A visual person. I think that's why I excelled in Sign Language after college. In any case, I recently "read" einfachseife blog (macsoapy's blog) and found these great patterns for soap wraps. There is a little English on her blog so I know it states that you could download the patterns and use them for free! I think they are adorable and will solve some packaging wishy washiness. I think they are wonderful and would make great gifts. To see the other patterns and to brush up on your German, go read her post: Neue Seifenbanderolen zum Download. Also, if you haven't checked out her blog, do so. I love to see the things she shares. She co-writes www.thatsoapsite.com which is about soapmaking, soap packaging, recipes, tutorials and more AND she has her own website that shows off her beautiful soaps here.

Moonlit Snow Meets Sandy Beaches - True Love!

It's like I went to match.com to meet my soap. I have many favorites, but it has been a while since I had the heart thumping, stick my nose into, lather so lovingly experience in the shower.

Savonara wooed me with the Natural Deodorant I tried a couple of months ago, which, folks, is truly effective and safe. I have permanently thrown out my store bought stick deodorant. Yes, in the trash. I am currently trying to conserve my itty bitty serving of Rosewood Natural Deoderant because there is some shea butter in there and I am waiting until the weather cools before I order more.

Moonlit Snow is downright sexy looking. Look at the white and grey swirling together and topped with the "cherry" on top (circles embedded). It is described on Sher's Etsy shop like this: This gorgeous cool blue soap has misty white swirled through the blue field, with a cloudy grey moon above... so cool and refreshing in a clean fragrance of fresh linen.

click on red photo for a real close detail shot.

Touching Moonlit is an experience. It is smoother than smooth. No air bubbles, no cut scuffs, it's almost like Sher cut it with her mind. ;)

This is a lather crazed monster, I tell ya. I took this suds photo from Sher's blog, but this is what happened in the shower. I touched it and it began lathering. And shaving my poor, scraped up, sore legs? A cake walk. You know my legs have a fierce sense of evil spitefulness. If I miss a day shaving, havoc reeks. I get itchy and red, and when I scratch the uncontrollable itch, I rub myself raw. So stupid, but true. So I now have a weapon.

So please, if you want to have a yummy, lathery, smell-so-good experience, please go buy Sher's soap. Moonlit Snow (Sher) meets Sandy Beaches (me). Love.

Upcoming Review ::Savonara:: Moonlit Snow

Upcoming review: A magnificent grey beauty....Moonlit Snow you can buy them here.
Review of soap to follow in the next day or two.

My Salt Bars On Etsy

Salt Bars in Sexy Laundry Day. Ohhhh. There are only 6 or 7 of them.

It it hard to keep up with posting items on Etsy, writing 2 blogs and running a business, not to mention all of my household mommy things and household laundry and food shopping things. Oh! But now I can have sexy laundry day everyday, because that is how much I wash.

Yeh, every day.

So I better get moving.

Naked Lady Sea Sprite

Naked Lady was the first company that sent me soaps to review on this blog. Yes, my first review here. I reviewed their Fuzzy Navel (mmm) - loved it!

Today, I am reviewing their Sea Sprite Deep Cleansing ~ Dead Sea Soap.


The mother-daughter team has shared again with me. Well. All along, this was the bar I wanted to try because of the salt. Since my initial introduction to the handmade soap world, I have learned quite a bit about salt soap. Recently, I posted the salt soap tutorial and pictures of my Sexy Laundry Day Salt Soap. It all flows naturally into a review for Sea Sprite.

Again, with salt and mud, I feel very wholesome and natural bathing with it. The color is a muddy olive green which I like very much and the lather is delightful. The bubbles grew rapidly and gave me a nice leg shave.

I have used so many all natural soaps, that essential oils are starting to smell somewhat similar... antiseptic and planty. I can't put my finger on the scent in this bar, but I think it has tea tree perhaps and a touch of rosemary? I looked on their site and on the box, but there is no description of the essential oils used. I think Naked Lady Soaps are superior , well thought out and well made.

Thank you Naked Ladies!

Salt Bars In SEXY Laundry Day

These are my salt bars. I have been wanting to make them for months and months and I finally did it! Thank you to Sarah of Ladybug Soapworks, her salt bar tutorial was fabulous. I changed up the oil from avocado (had none) to a blend of castor and soybean oil. I also used a combination of fine Morton table salt ans fine sea salt - I used no large crystals. I noticed that Sarah's bars have wuite a texture to them. Mine are smooth.

The best part of the bars? The absolute heavenly new scent we have introduced at Product Body called SEXY Laundry Day. A super clean, fresh scent with notes of ylang ylang, jasmine and Downy fabric softener. My favorite so far....oooh!

These photographs were taken right after I cut them. They look even better now. I shall take pictures of the cured version and see how much they differ. I have been using the bars as my facial soap and I am loving it so far!

Muddy Waters + White Lyes

Muddy detail (Char's pic)

My last post was about one of the soaps that Char of White Lye Handmade Soaps sent me: Whipped Pomegranate. Today the bar up for review is Dead Sea Mud Soap (aka "Muddy"). Unscented and uncolored, I really enjoyed my mud bar. A fat boy! Look at my hand and how nice that fatso is.

I have tried mud bars before, and barely felt the slip under my razor. I've read all the claims about mud and how great it is for your skin, but mud or clay in a soap never really delivered the goods in my opinion. Very pretty to look at but I didn't FEEL the difference that much. Almost lost it along the way.

Oh Muddy, Mud... how I love you! How have I been washing all these years and not found you, 'ole Mud Mud? I have showered with it and used it to wash my hands. There is a real sense of clean. I feel like it tightens the skin, but not in a drying way. More of a firming feeling. If this bar actually tightens my buns, I will give Char my car.

Poolside with Muddy

There are great benefits that Dead Sea Mud possesses according to several sources. Ask anybody!

On White Lye's website, they are listed: - Improving blood circulation. - Assist in natural skin generation. - Fine grains remove impurities, toxins, dead skin, dirt. - Treat skin disorders such as eczema, psoriasis, acne, itchy skin. - Moisturize your skin and promotes natural hydration. - Aid arthritis, muscle stiffness and aches, and rheumatism.

So not only is it great for our skin, but it feels great while your sudsing and feels great once you've dried off and slipped into jammies.

White Lye's packaging

White Lye Soap

Charlene, of White Lye was kind enough to send me a couple of her hardy bars to test. They were wrapped beautifully!! The bars were wrapped in heat sealed plastic and then wrapped with a band. High quality paper with gorgeous designs.

White Lye Whipped Pomegranate

It had a sweet pomegranate scent, with notes of berries and sugar. Definately not overpowering in scent. I have noticed that no matter where I go, pomegranate scented items, soap, bath powder, candles, etc, all are overpowering and makes my eyes sting. I love candles and I love the scent throw to be full bodied, but when a musky pomegranate starts taking over the living room, the candle meets my closet in unlit form, for life. OK. Back to soap. The Whipped soap wasn't quite as I expected. It wasn't whipped like Gudonya, which was fluffy looking- almost like solid mousse, but Char's bar has a lovely smoothness (as you can see) that I quite like along with the calming color.

Char's bar came into the shower with me and lathered up instantly. No need to rub anymore than one-two-three - shazaaaaam! Bubbles galore! That is a nice treat because sometimes a first timer in the shower can take four-five or six rubs before the bubbles lather nicely. Then of course, it continued. I put the soap down and continued to rub my leg with the lather and the lather practically doubled. This worked great for my shaving with über bubbles for super glide on the razor.

I am glad this wasn't a very whipped bar of soap. The last whipped soap I had didn't last very long. Five or six showers. This puppy is going and going! Five showers had, way more than five left. Way more.

Whipped Pomegranate-wrapped

Tomorrow:

Char's Bar #2: Dead Sea Mud - Detoxing Scrub Soap (sneak peek)

MMmmm, mud-dy....

ps: She not only has the Etsy Shop, she has her own beautiful website!