I've been keeping tract of a lot of soapmaking topics online, and one of the main false facts that I keep running across is about the topic of 'HANDMADE LIQUID SOAPS'.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
The TRUTH about Handmade Liquid Soaps
I've been keeping tract of a lot of soapmaking topics online, and one of the main false facts that I keep running across is about the topic of 'HANDMADE LIQUID SOAPS'.When you make pure true liquid soaps, any variety, (i.e. shower gels, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, and shampoos) you can still make them without harsh chemicals, detergens, surfactants, and SLS's.
This process is called the 'HOT PROCESS' method of soapmaking. I'm sure you have heard of it, their are some who hot process bar soaps, although being somewhat of the same process as making pure liquid soaps, there are slight differences. The main difference is the use of Potassium Hydroxide instead of the common Sodium Hydroxide (for use in bar soaps, because molecularely, it produces a 'HARD BAR' by crystalizing the oils). Potassium Hydroxide is what we use to make a true liquid soap, it produces a much softer type of soap ideal for melting down into liquid form. Potassium Hydroxide is the base for all liquid soaps. Potassium is much more soluble than sodium and less able to form crystals. Liquid soaps are clear because light passes unobstructed through liquid soap much as it does through a bar of transparent soap.
The truth is in the ingredients, please read ALL ingredients carefully, true liquid soapmakers are few and far between. The actual process can be quite lengthy, it is because of the amount of time it can and does take to create a batch of liquid soaps, from start to finish, they usually carry a slightly hefty price. A true handmade liquid soap, of any form, is a luxury.
True handmade liquid soaps have the same feel on your skin as a true handmade bar soap, they will leave you feeling fresh, clean, and moisturized.
Friday, August 15, 2008
New soaps on the cure rack!
I've got some awesome new soaps on the 'cure racks' that will be ready to go here in a few weeks! Here is a list of new fragrances you can start to look forward to seeing on etsy from Earth's Essence...
Pomegranate & Sandalwood - An incredibly exotic fragrance filled with sweet tangy pomegranates, followed by the lofty and sexy fragrance of Sandalwood. A very seductive blend of fragrances. This bar is not only sensual to smell, one look at it and you will notice its sensual to look at a fluid bar of pink and tan swirls, made up of kaolin clay and powdered Sandalwood. This bar screams SEXY!
Pink Grapefruit & Wintergreen - This one is incredibly invigorating. The crisp clean scent of Pink Grapefruit combines well with the sweet mentholated fragrance of cool wintergreen. These two scent together are remarkable, I would have never of known how well they do actually combine until I combined them> A very invigorating blend of scents, slightly intoxicating, but always fresh and clean! These are wonderfully blended and swirled with pretty pink kaolin clay to help soothe sensitive skin types!
Lemongrass, Basil & Rosemary - A wonderful medley of herbs. Slightly mentholated but always pure exilleration when you smell this bar it's sure to whisk you away to a land of fresh herbs. A 'green' fragrance at best, refreshing and invigorating, basil being a middle note that helps to 'ground' this scent. This bar is made up of pure essential oils, making this a completely 100% all natural bar! We added to this already herbal green bar 'fullers earth clay' to help make this bar an incredible 'cleaning bar' cutting through tough grease and dirt, leaving your skin feeling very soft. This would make an incredible kitchen bar, helping to eliminate offensive scents, and/or helping on those days when you get a little 'dirtier than normal' from the garden, garage, or kitchen catastrophes!
Carrot Seed & Palmarosa Facial Bar - This bar has been designed to help reduce the signs of aging from mature skin and sun damaged skin. We formulated a soap made up of the following oil: Hemp seed, rice bran and soy... We then added the essential oils of carrot seed and palmarosa known to help aged and problem skin types. As if this wasn't perfect already we also included the clays of kaolin and french green clay to help pull toxins from the skin while cleaning pores, removing dead skin and gently cleaning the skin mantle to produce a brighter and tighter complexion.
CASTILE SOAPS:
Violets & Lime - A medley of lofty and highly fragrant violets together with the tart fragrance of lime. In a very mellow bar that is great for sensitive skin types and purely made completely from Olive oil! A true keeper, Swirled with beautiful purple pigments to help make this bar such an eye appealing bar. This scent is truly a unique and incredibly sensual blend of fragrances.
Wake me UP! - I named this bar after blending the fragrances and then pouring them into the soap. A unique blend only known to Earth's Essence: Essential oils of Eucalyptus, Spearmint & Tea Tree, we also added poppy seeds to this bar. We thought it best to not only awaken your senses first thing in the morning, but also awaken your body with the gentle exfoliating action of poppy seed. This one is going to be a quick favorite!
Our Castile soaps are expected to be finished in 8-10 weeks. Because they are made up of Olive oils alone, they are a softer bar of soap, there for requiring more time to cure.
These bars are going fast, and wont last for long, reserve your bar(s) NOW! Please feel free to contact me for further questions and prices. i can be emailed at: hawk3104@yahoo.com
or you can come and visit my little shop on etsy at: earthsessencellc.etsy.com
Come by check out what other neat and wonderful skin soothing and soul stimulating products we have! Grab your cup of tea, sit back and feel free to shop!
Who is Earth's Essence?
Earth's Essence is a small little company started October of 2005, the brain-child of Michele Collins, a wife and mother who was on a mission to get rid of so many chemicals in her families lives.
"Having 7 children in my home, having chemicals in my house and using them leaving a chemical residue throughout my home, well I knew I had to make changes and create a more healthy and 'Natural' lifestyle for them, they're lives depended on it"
Ten years ago Michele Collins went to school to receive a degree in 'Naturology' little to her surprise, her dreams of over becoming an 'Alternative Dr.' or a 'Dr. of Naturology' was crushed when she discovered all the limitations of living her dream. Michele went on to continue to study herbalism, Aromatherapy, and finish her Naturology degree. A mother of 7 and a wife, she took on a whole new role within home, on a mission to create a more livable environment for her children, her husband, and herself, Michele found a medium that she could utilize, one that every person across America and the World used, one that she could still further her education and put it to good use. Michele started to study Soap, every book that was published on the subject Michele bought and read, studying it like there was a test on Monday!
"it was torture to wash my face, not knowing if tomorrow my eyes were going to be swelled shut, or if I would be covered in hives the following day after trying a new product."
It was then 7 years ago Michele started to make her own soaps, her first batch a simple batch of Melt and Pour soaps, she added ground oats, dried milk, and soothing Chamomile. After that Michele wanted something a little more in depth, she wanted more control over what she was making, more control over the ingredients and a little more 'natural' of a product. Well, one trial after another, and 4 years later Earth's Essence was born, on October 15th of 2005.
"Why deal with all the hassles of hives, and skin irritations when an easier alternative was as simple as a few hours in the kitchen, relief was simple and very inexpensive."
Earth's Essence has come a long way since October of 2005, added products, new ventures, and better soaps! Michele still sits down with every batch of soap, and formulates each ingredient with her calculator, writing every step down and keeping perfect tract of each ingredient that goes into her products. Every new product goes through a rigorous trial and test period, by her and her family. Michele has very sensitive skin, and there for was tired of the normal problems with todays conventional 'Beauty Products' on the market.
Earth's Essence is not your 'normal' line of bath and body care products, they are a whole new way of life, a personal 'SPA in a bag so to speak'. Once you've tried natural you won't want to go back to those other kinds of products.
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