Just a reminder for those of you who find yourselves doing Christmas 'last minute' every year (like me!) that there is still plenty of time to get the jump on everything right now, if you get to it (already).
I shocked and amazed everyone by requesting that we do our name draw now, because if my husband or I picked any of the girls in the family, I wanted lots of time to make some nice gifts this year… go on a soap making binge, get out my Make It Special eGuide and to round it out nicely with some herbal pillows and other goodies from Robin (don't forget, if you place an order with her, let me know and I'll send you the guide for free). BTW, we got both of the girls so I'm really looking forward to having some fun!
I'm going to add an essential oil assortment to the package, I was amazed to find out that my mother in law had no idea where to get them (besides the fact that she could have gotten them from me, she had no idea where to shop for them.) We all have a cold air vaporizer that they have out now, you can add essential oils to the water and make a room moist if it's dry AND smell good, maybe even kill some air born germs.
I'm going to put together a 5ml essential oil gift pack, let me know if you have any suggestions on scents you'd like to see in it.
Hope you are having visions of sugar plums dancing in your head as we head into the Christmas season!
Don't forget to get a good start now and enjoy yourself with plenty of time for crafty Christmas creations!
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Below, is an example of some of the great soap that you can make when you know how! It is a lot of fun, environmentally friendly and skin healthy. Sounds good to me!
ORGANIC CASTILE SOAP
I'm happy to say that I've got my Castile Soap made with unfiltered virgin olive oil back in stock.
This is one of my favourite soaps. Not only is it extremely gentle, as gentle as any high end pricey cleanser that you can buy on the market, but there is something about the purity of it… the remaining scent of the olive oil that comes through… the feel of it… the colour… the green glow of it… the froggy stamp :0)… everything about this otherwise unassuming bar of soap just makes me feel good :0)
I add a touch of unrefined organic coconut oil to give it a barely there touch of lather. I keep it to a minimum because the silky "non lather" of a true castile soap is what gives it's gentleness and benefits of using it to the skin – especially sensitive, young or aging skin.
It is available for sale at my handmadesoap.ca soap making and skin care supplies site at this page – Organic Castile Soap made with unfiltered organic olive oil. (note, I do not presently have the sandalwood soap that is on that page in stock)
CASTILE COCONUT SOAP RECIPE
At this time, I cannot stock the unfiltered organic olive oil but I can give you the recipe.
You can use any other olive oil, I would advise that you not use pomice. It is used often by soap makers but be aware that it can have solvent remnants in it.
INGREDIENTS
15 oz organic olive oil
1 oz unrefined organic coconut oil
2.16 oz lye
5.6 oz water (you can round that up to 6oz, I am breaking down a 5lb batch)
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