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Beautiful swirly soaps

Click here to see the results of the Saponifier's  "best swirl" soap contest.  I'm pleased to say that the soap I voted for won!  Isn't it simply gorgeous?
These are all cold process soaps, which are different from the soaps that we make at Soapourri, in that they are made "from scratch" by using lye, oils and water.  The glycerin, or melt and pour soaps that we make, have that process done in a factory and the soap is "done" by the time we get it.  Glycerin soaps can't be swirled as beautifully as this because of the difference in thickness of the soaps when they are liquid.  But, of course, we can do lots of other beautiful things!

Congrats to Nicole Benitez at www.balsam.etsy.com.


 

The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet

...unless you're old or a loser or something.  Well, I guess I'm both, because I have only seen a few of these!

Youshouldhaveseenthis.com is Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet. 

Can any of us forget the dancing baby?

Note:  I hated #1 - don't watch it.  You've been warned.

See you on Facebook!

Would you like to become a fan of Soapourri on Facebook?

Consider this your invitation!  Hey, it's where all the cool kids hang out, right? ;)

Making sense of natural bath-and-beauty products

Here is an interesting article from Slate.com about making sense of natural bath and beauty products. 

When I go to the drugstore these days, it seems like every other bottle of shampoo and tube of lipstick is being marketed as "natural" and "organic." Do any of those labels actually mean anything?

The Green Lantern feels your pain—she often finds herself standing glassy-eyed in the soap aisle, seduced and confused by the pretty pictures of exotic fruits. We can all be forgiven for being hypnotized by the hype: After all, beauty firms spend, on average, a whopping 20 percent to 25 percent of their revenue on advertising and promotion, compared with just 2 percent or 3 percent on research and development.

And it goes on from there.  There are two things that I'd like for you to take away from the article.  One, is that natural can mean anything or nothing.  It is a word that isn't regulated.
Two, see the sentence above - beauty firms spend 20-25% of their revenue on advertising.  Small handcrafted companies like Soapourri don't do that - so you are getting a much better value by buying our products!