Chemicals

An interesting issue, so I offer soaps with no chemicals then I offer soaps with chemicals but the safer ones and not SLS.  A lady yesterday wanted one of my products because it smelt lovely but she would not use fragrance because rightly it is a chemical, however she hit on the the ingredients.  Getting home I thought I would check out that they were the ones less harmful,  they are used in an awful lot of food we eat and in the basis of soya meat, that one surprised me.  It would be great to live in a perfect world but some people are really really anti chemicals and then I see an awful lot that don't care what they put on their bodies.  Anyway if I do my bit to eliminate as much of the chemicals as possible then I feel I can slowly educate people.  I always say about which is artificial/fragrance and which are essential oils.  I read a web site the other day and the person went on very very strongly about never using any chemicals, everything was natural etc., however if someone could find me wild fig and cassis as an essential oil it would be great, as far as I am aware it is a man made fragrance.

Autumn

Well if feels as if Autumn is here already, the Village and markets are empty so everyone has gone into early hibernation.  Possibly it is because I am making so many bath bombs which are normally associated with Christmas.  Roll on summer if your listening. 

Soaps

Whilst this may sound funny, looking at my bath bombs, which have just been iced with lovely colours,  makes me proud and sad.  To think they are off across the waters to another land, it is like saying goodbye to a child you have raised.  Silly I know but when you are proud of your work that is how you feel.  They look gorgeous in pink, blue, mauve and yellow for the fizzy lemon ones, wow they sound edible.

Nettles

When you steep nettles in hot water it has this lovely earthy smell and it comes through in the plain nettle soap.  Picked some more last night for my third batch this year and noticed that the elderflowers were starting to come into flower so need to pick some of those and make elderflower soap.  Had a lovely day on Sat at a Primary School, I wish my head teacher had been as nice when I was at school.  Off to do some gardening before getting down to more soaping.  I have a large order which has come and I need to make up however a parcel company has kindly misplaced 25kg of Bicarbonate of Soda for my bath bombs and I need it.  If you see a stray 25kg let me know.

Milkshakes

Busy making milkshake soaps vanilla cream.  Tomorrow at Rudgwick School.  Look forward to lie in on Sunday however have quite a few orders to fill by Monday. 

Keeping company drying.

CRUMBLE MELTS

ICED BATH BOMBS

CUP CAKES

Wow

Wow I cannot believe where the last month has gone, not only has it gone but the nettle soap has been going as fast as the days.  I am about to pick for my fourth batch, people realise that it does help with ezcema and psoriasis.  Made my first batch of whipped soap, which was great, except that it seemed to take ages to thicken unlike my last dog soap which was setting in the pan before going into the molds, what fun that was.  I made my first batch of bubble bars yesterday and they are great, topped off with small amounts of whipped soap for a lovely bubbly cleaning bar.  Did my first mag interview, selling well in wholesale and have now got soaps into shops, so excuse me for not being around for a month but wow it is has been all go.  Made honey soap, now that is interesting, followed the receipe, cannot understand why people put beeswax into soaps when all it does is give it a funny smell and make the bar harder, next batch will have less wax and more honey much better.

Where I pick my nettles.

This picture was taken at 7am this morning where I picked my nettles for nettle soap.

Beautiful Day

Just come back from walking the dog through the fields, it is so lovely out there. Collected more fresh nettles with the dew on them to make nettle soap this morning. Not only do they have the dew but they capture the sunshine in them.

Penguins

my intrepid penguins who drive me mad when made as bath bombs because they do not always come out of the molds. Yesterday had some left over cold press soap so put it into the penguin mold, the dolphin mold and just taken them out and they are really great. Proper little soaps for little hands or just to look great in the bathroom.
yeah!

Weekend

Another busy weekend over, met some lovely new people over the two days.
Interesting how different each fair is. Saturday in our village I thought I would run out of soap as sold so much, Sunday in the main town centre of local town hardly sold anything, never understand fairs! However my wicked sense of humour is loving the number of times people run up to buy the cup cakes only to realise they are made of soap - mind you I think I would twig that you would not have a soap stall selling food.!!!

Storm Troopers

What a busy few days, the fair on Saturday was very good and all the kids loved the star wars characters. Very real, especially having them breathing down your neck.
Had lots of really good feedback about the cup cakes and other soaps for Mothers day. If I had one I know she would have loved them. Fathers day seems a long way off but off to the drawing board to make beer soap for them.

Warm weather

What a lovely day, sat in the sun getting sun burnt wrapping all of the lovely iced bath bombs I made yesterday.  They all look so lovely.  Off to Worthing to a fair tomorrow so hopefully they will find new homes.

Drain pipes

Well the dog soap went into the drain pipe to try and get a round soap, then my neighbour knocked with four pringle tins that I would normally use, but too late.  Now I am hoping that the soap is going to come out of the drain pipe.  Any ideas!!!! Will just have to wait until it is dry then it should have shrunk sufficient to come out.  Hopefully!!!!!!!

Fairs

We are at Redhill on 2nd April so if you are around that area come and meet us.  Helen has done a marvellous job with the advert take a look - http://tinyurl.com/62xb3ou.  


Come and support her and her colleagues.