Homemade Soapy Goodness
Posted by terrepruitt on August 7, 2014
One time I had my husband buy me some of those yummy soaps from an art and wine festival. They were really nice. I think they were glycerine soap or something. I really liked them. The had nice names that led you to believe they had ingredients that might be beneficial — as in STRESS LESS, MUSCLE RELAXER, MOISTURE MAGIC. But, according to the creator, they didn’t actually contain any essential oils or ingredients that would actually do those things. So that had me thinking I wanted to find some soap that did have some essential oils in them. Some soap that might actually BE able to reduce stress or relax muscles or moisturize. So I looked online, of course. I found an Etsy store for Bubbly Seahorse Soap Company. Always a bit of a risk buying something you have never tried before, but I took it and I am glad I did. I love it. I actually ask for this soap as a gift. My husband thinks it’s an odd gift to be giving, but he is a guy and doesn’t understand that good quality soap is a great gift! I like it and it is what I want. I am not saying it actually has properties that can reduce YOUR stress or relax your muscles or magically moisturize you, but it makes ME happy. I love it.
The Etsy site says her soaps are made of: saponified oils, coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, essential oils, herbs, exfoliates, vitamin e oil, grapefruit seed extract, shea butter, jojoba oil, distilled water, goats milk
My first order consisted of:
1 – Vanilla Latte
1 – Love Spell
1 – White Honeysuckle and Patchouli
1 – Buttercream
1 – Birthday cake
1 – Cucumber Melon
Then in my second order, I had:
—LOVE SPELL (now the Bath and Body Works version! – When I bought it was was the Victoria Secrets version) – top notes of cherry blossom, grapefruit, clementines and strawberries. Middle notes are Georgia peach, black currant, and rose petals.And sweet, white musky base note.
—HONEYDEW MELON – . . . . refreshing and invigorating fragrance and blend of floral notes. (I don’t see this on the site currently)
—FLORAL BOUQUET – mixture with highlights of freesia, lilac, and lillies, with low notes of vanilla and berries.
—HONEY ALMOND – Blend of fresh honey and crushed almonds.
I chose these scents to be a part of a small little package of four. Sadly, the last time I ordered I did not see the variety pack as an option. I am not certain if she actually offers it any longer. I really liked it because it was a variety and I learned I didn’t care for Love Spell and the Floral Bouquet. But I really LOVED the Honey Almond and Honey Melon. I THINK. I was hoping she would have pictures of each scent so I could view it online and tell her which colors I liked and then she could confirm what I was thinking. But she didn’t. So this very last order I just ordered ones I know I like.
Funny because as I looked at my very first order so that I can tell you what I liked and didn’t like and I had already ordered the Love Spell in my very first order. I forgot about it with my second order and order it again. Or I might have thought I would give it to my niece, who I think likes that scent. Hmmm . . .
Also in my second order (and third order):
—BUTTERCREAM – So rich you’ll want to eat it (but please, don’t), . . . with heavy whipping cream, peaks of sugar, and enough butter to completely and irreversibly clog every artery you own. . . . . plus a hint of vanilla.
—CUCUMBER MELON – Watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, and fresh green cucumbers combined . . .
As you can see, I’ve ordered these two twice, well, three times if you count the order I just put in. I love these two. I don’t actually feel I want to eat the buttercream, but it does smell yummy and it FEELS rich. Also in this very last order I just put in I ordered the Birthday cake. It smells really sweet and edible. It has little beads in it that go away rather quickly.
That is what I found I didn’t like in some of her other scents, like Honeysuckle and White Patchouli and I THINK the Vanilla Latte, the things IN the soap were to rough for me. They are on one side so I tried to remember to use that side to scrub my feet, but they still escape and I didn’t care for the scratchiness on my skin. So I am sticking with the soaps that don’t have rough stuff in them.
But other than that the ones I have gotten were all nice, I just like some more than others.
I like to share things I like in case other people might be interested. I know a lot of people who are interested in soaps with these types of ingredients instead of chemicals. Also, as I stated good quality soap makes for a great gift. In fact, I was thinking of giving some of these this year as gifts.
Do you like hand-made soaps? What scents grab your interest?
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