It occurred to me recently that I've never done a blog post on our wonderful travel soap, or soap-to-go. Weighing about 3.3 ounces, it comes in a clamshell package for easy packing. The first time you use it, you just carefully pull the sides away and pop it out. When you are done, just pop it back in and snap the lid back on. You can also take it to the gym as well as on vacation. One of the advantages to this is that it doesn't take up as much room as many travel soap containers do. Nice and sleek, and this way you never have to be without Soapourri soap! We offer it in Stress Relief (pictured), Ocean and Honey Spa Ginger.
We are not like the department stores that drag their Christmas decorations out in August. In fact, we drag our feet switching our seasonal stuff from "out of season" to "seasonal".
But, the people have spoken. I've been noticing an uptick in hits looking for "halloween soap" and just yesterday I got two different orders for eyeball soaps. So, I'm listening, folks, and I just put the Halloween soaps on the seasonal page!
These lovely rose petals are made of silk and come in many different colors. We hand-dip them in rose-scented clear glycerin soap (but we add a pinch of shimmer as well).
Each petal makes a terrific one-use soap. You can put them in a bowl at your sink - they look good, smell good and are very classy to boot.
We package 30 of them in a clear plastic box with a gold or silver stretch bow like you see below.
What a great hostess gift! Here's why I think it's better than a bottle of wine -
What a stunning picture of some Soapourri loaf soap taken by Courtney Townsend, a photography student at Grand View University. I'm in awe.
Thought I'd share some pictures of the last time I processed some African Black Soap, (ABS). I get the soap from a guy in upstate New York that gets it from Ghana. It looks like this when I get it -
I think this is about a 10 pound chunk. I unwrap the paper, cut it into smaller pieces,
then put in a bowl with a little water and microwave it to soften it. It looks a lot like chocolate chip cookie dough when I cut it. This particular batch was much harder than usual, but usually it is about the consistency of, well, chocolate chip cookie dough!
I do this in batches and stuff it into a PVC pipe -
it is pretty time consuming and difficult to work with, but what I end up with is a foot long log of soap. I cut it into 1 inch round slices and let it dry for a long time. The worst part is getting it out of the pipe.
The reason that I go to this effort is so that the soap will be in bars that are hard and so will last longer.
I've been using the ABS on my face for a very long time, and it has been the best thing I've found to keep occasional breakouts under control. My skin finds my glycerin soap a little too moisturizing.
Twice a day I use the soap in this manner - I wet my face and my hands, and simply swipe my hand across the soap - this gives me enough soap to wash my face with. There is really no need to do more. I do this for a couple of reasons: one, the soap tends to stick to the soap dish so it is easier to leave it there. Two, it helps keep the soap drier - this soap just loves water like a sponge. If you were to take in the shower, I would recommend cutting it and only taking a small piece in. One bar of soap lasts me for probably 6 months at least.
The soap is made from the leaves and shells of the Shea Butter Tree, along with Palm Oil, Palm kernel oil, Water, and Oatmeal. It is a very benign, natural soap with no fragrance. The leaves and shells are first burned, then water is added to the ashes and filtered. The oil is then added to the mixture to create the soap. The women in Ghana that make the soap stir the soap by hand and then it cures for two weeks.
You can use this soap on your body, face, and hair. There are many claims on the benefits of using African Black Soap, that it helps relieve rashes, scalp irritations, softens rough skin, oily skin, and other skin problems. We do not make these claims, however, as that would make our soap a drug and subject to many other regulations.
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