Here are some links to friends of mine…

 

Beanskully

Made By Jacqueline

The Gnarled Branch

 

Sometimes the name of a fragrance doesn’t always fully explain what you will smell. Here is a quick guide to hopefully help you understand each frangrance by the essences it contains.

 

Fragrance Oils:

 

Banana Tutti Frutti: Top notes of fresh bananas and juicy grapefruit, middle notes of kiwi, juicy bubblegum, and strawberries; and a hint of vanilla as a base note.

 

Coconut Bay: Tropical sweet coconut.

 

Coconut Lime: Sweet and tart at the same time. A customer favourite.

 

Coconut Vanilla: Tropical coconut, warm vanilla and a breezy summer beach.

 

English Lavendar: Crisp Lavendar like the Yardley your Grandmother used to wear.

 

French Vanilla: Classic, smooth and creamy.

 

Lick Me All Over: Pretty spring flower bouquet.

 

Lilac: Snapped fresh from the tree in the backyard.

 

Love Spell: Fresh orchard citrus with musky undertones. **BESTSELLER**

 

Midnight Pomegranate: Bite into sweet fruit by moonlight. Dense, yet bright.

 

Orange Dreamsicle: Crisp, cool orange and smooth, creamy vanilla. Just like a creamsicle.

 

Rice Flower & Shea: Light, delicate and fresh. **BESTSELLER**

 

Saffron & Cedar: Warm and woody, great for men and women.

 

Sex on the Beach: Sweet peach, juicy orange and tart cranberry.

 

Sun Ripened Raspberry: Tart, juicy and mouth watering, plucked right from the bush.

 

Pink Sugar: Warm cotton candy. delicious!

 

Passionate Kisses (tealights only)

 

Sweet Pea: Sweet delicate floral.  **BESTSELLER**

 

Vanilla Sandalwood: Strong and woody, mellowed with a smooth vanilla. Great for men & women.

 

 

Essential Oils & Essential Oil Blends:

 

Anise Star: Ask me.

 

Bergamot: Light orange, like earl grey tea.

 

Citrus: A sharp blend of lemon, sweet orange & lime.

 

Eucalyptus: Strong, fragrant and soothing.

 

Karma: A blend of sweet orange, patchouli and French lavendar.

 

French Lavender: Like countryside lavendar, freshly picked and dried.

 

Lavender & Bergamot: Like lavender tea.

 

Lemon

 

Lime

 

Patchouli

 

Peppermint Supreme

 

Pink Grapefruit

 

Pink Grapefruit & Tangerine blend

 

Rejuvenating: A delightful blend of spearmint and eucalyptus.

 

Rosemary ( French )

 

Sensual: Patchouli, Coriander, Natural Musk, Ylang Ylang, Orange, Rose

 

Serenity: Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Orange, Rose

 

Spa: A zesty blend of Rosemary and Pink Grapefruit.

 

Spearmint

 

Sweet Orange

 

Tangerine

 

Tea Tree

 

Vanilla 10:Fold

 

Ylang Ylang

 

 

 

Lip Balm Flavours:

 

Cherry Kiss

 

Mint Kiss

 

Vanilla Banilla

Early History

 

The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon. A formula for soap consisting of water, alkali and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC.

 

The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) indicates that ancient Egyptians bathed regularly and combined animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to create a soap-like substance. Egyptian documents mention that a soap-like substance was used in the preparation of wool for weaving.

 

Read More…

 

The most common soap making process today is the cold process method, where fats such as rendered lard react with lye. Some soapers also practice other processes, such as the historical hot process, and make special soaps such as clear or transparent soap, which must be made with ethanol or isopropyl alcohol.

 

Soap makers sometimes use the melt and pour process, where a premade soap base is melted and poured in individual molds. While some people think that this is not really soap making, the Hand Crafted Soap Makers Guild does recognize this as a legitimate form of soap crafting.

 

Handmade soap differs from industrial soap in that whole oils containing intact triglycerides are used and glycerin is a desireable byproduct. Industrial detergent manufacturers commonly use fatty acids, which are detached from the gylcerol heads found in triglycerides. Without the glycerol heads, the detached fatty acids do not yield glycerin as a byproduct.

 

Read More…