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I recently added this soap to my Current Range of Soaps album on my Facebook page and thought I would share it here with you as well.
This is a lovely cleansing & balancing soap full of antioxidants, especially created for troubled teen skin. Scented with a fresh and fruity scent combining mango, passionfruit, papaya, apple, citrus and sweetpea; teamed with fresh pureed mango and strawberries, herbal tea and a blend of oils and butters that contain anti-infammatory and calming properties. For normal to oily skin ~
Have a wonderful day *smile*
While I am on the subject of Aussie Soapers, I also have been drooling over Kathy's soaps over at Beguile. Kathy's soaps have a distinctive textured top ~ very tactile and flowing ~ that I love. I ordered Infuse, Potion and Delish soaps and the smell when I opened my parcel was amazing! Beguile soaps have a wonderful silky lather that lasts and lasts ~
I have also just heard that Beguile Soaps won gold in the Hunter Valley Olive Show this year. Congratulations Kathy!
Have a wonderful day *smile*
Earlier this year I succumbed to my longing to try Sharon's wonderful soaps from Platypus Dreams. Sharon makes soap in a wide range of scents and styles and many of her soaps are works of art!
Sharon's packaging and presentation is elegant and her soaps are even more beautiful in the hand than on the computer screen. They smell wonderful and their lather is thick and velvety and lasts the whole shower long. I ordered Velvet Rose and Citrus Blossom as well as the Soap Sampler ~
Thank you for a wonderful soapy experience Sharon!
Have a wonderful day *smile*
It is a delightful Spring day here and I have been out and about in my car ferrying children to and from their various workplaces....although I did take the time to photograph some lovely blooms surrounding my driveway!
My jasmine vine (needs a good trim however I will wait until it has finished blooming) ~
Gorgeous, sweet-smelling freesias. I have always adored these flowers and remember them growing in grassy banks near the lake when I was a little girl ~
Can't you just smell them? Now to find me a true-to-scent freesia fragrance oil and I will create probably my most favourite soap *smile*
Have a wonderful day!
I want to share some photos of a new version of my Gondwana Dreaming soap with you. I make this soap with 'Australiany' ingredients and decided to give it a face lift......oh, all right, I got lazy and did an in the pot swirl instead of fiddling with nice even layers *grin*
Gondwana Dreaming is made with 60% Australian extra virgin olive oil along with coconut and avocado oils and luscious mango butter for a moisturising boost. Australian pink, yellow and green clays colour the swirls and the fragrance blend includes Australian bush essential oils of lemon myrtle, eucalyptus blue gum and rosalina.
Just for contrast, here is a picture of Gondwana Dreaming's previous incarnation.........
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Earlier this year I participated in a product swap with a wonderful soapmaker from the USA - Kris of PRAIRIE CREATIONS. Kris spoiled me with a wonderful goodie box and her products are divine! Each of Kris's soaps lather amazingly with just about the silkiest lather I have ever known and her Body Polish and creams are beautifully made and very well packaged. She also sent me a huge bubble bar and just a small piece of it, crumbled into a running bath, results in bubble utopia!
I have been enjoying some other wonderful soaps from my fellow artisan soapmakers recently and will be sharing their lovely products with you soon *smile*
Have a wonderful day!
............You may find Teddies playing amoung the trees!
My Gentle Teddy unscented goatsmilk soap shapes are formulated especially for children and those with sensitive skin. Here they are now ~
I have been creating some friends for them recently too. With pretty pastel colours and fun fragrances to delight the young (and young at heart). Here are the first special new ones - Loopy Teddies!
Loopy Teddy soaps smell just like the fruity cereal rings many children love....yum! I will also be introducing Juicy Teddies, Snuggly Teddies and Berry Teddies very soon. Gentle Teddy soaps are made with over 70% olive oil and include jojoba for it's skin loving properies as well as goats milk, so they will gently cleanse skin without irritating.
Have a wonderful day!
I promised to post pictures of this crazy tester soap once I had cut them....and then found my batch was taking a loooooong time to harden enough to cut as I was testing a new recipe - as well as scent and a four colour swirl! Gotta stop testing so many things in one batch *wink*
Anyway, I am happy with my swirlies for a first attempt at four colours (plus base soap colour) and I now know to save this particular oil recipe for my divider slab mould....as I don't need to cut those!
Here are some pics for you *smile*
Have a wonderful day!
Here are a couple of quick and dirty pics of my newest tester soap log. My small tester mould was made by my youngest son and I can get 6 bars from this. I used a sweet vanilla berry fragrance oil (a dupe of a L*sh fragrance) which smells sweet, vanillary and fruity all at once - lol - and it is gorgeous! If this fragrance sticks well it will definitely become part of my range.
I will post cut pics when I get them too. I thought an explosion of colour best suited this soap - what do you think? :)
Have a wonderful day!
My daughter entered a competition to win a designer dress on facebook and needed to write a love story to qualify. Here is the story she wrote - about her grandparents:
This is not my love story, but that of my grandparents...
It's Sydney, 1940 and they are both 13, childhood sweethearts, completely inseparable. He's a larrikin, always wearing a grin from ear to ear and she's a stubborn, proper, young lady.
Fast forward a few years to when they're 16, they have a falling out, neither could recall over what, but he hurt her feelings and so she snubbed him.
A few years she finds herself completely swept off her feet by a tall, dark and handsome stranger, it's only a matter of months before they are wed and she begins her 'perfect life'...
Alas, this man is not all he appeared to be, he cheats, he's callous and his love leaves her wanting. It's the 1950's and divorce is a long, painful and shameful process, but that'd never stop someone as determined as her. And he's waited all this time, her childhood sweet heart, has never stopped loving her.
The 28th December 1958, they are married. They begin their life together and the doctors say that due to a medical condition it will be impossible for her to conceive. They are content with each other and can get through this together. Just a year later it comes as a surprise and shock when they discover she is pregnant and it takes a while to come to terms with the news and it's impact on the plans they'd made. But in 1960 they are blessed with a son and a few years later a daughter...
Their life is far from perfect, they argue and stir each other up almost constantly. They have their ups and downs, journeys, challenges and adventures. They struggle and stumble, there are health issues, fights, and many memories created. Through everything they are always there for each other. They watch their children grow, they welcome grand children into the world, she has a lot of health issues and her leg has to be amputated, he is always there for her, through everything.
In late 2004 he is diagnosed with cancer, it's in it's final stages and has spread to his bones... It's terminal.
She's there for him, she doesn't cope, they fight, they're in denial, they love, they enjoy the moments they have, they continue to make more memories. He's cheeky until the end, always pushing her buttons, always getting a reaction.
Christmas 2006, and he's fading fast, we can all see it, yet all try to deny it. On New Years Eve we get the call, he's been rushed to hospital, and she's by his side. They say he probably won't make it to morning, won't see 2007... She can't let him go yet and makes that point well known. He stays, for her, he waits.
It's late January 2007 and he's a shadow, his body is failing him, he's losing conciousness, but whenever she holds his hand, he changes and he grips her hand right back. On February 2 she realises she has to let him go, as hard as it is to say goodbye. She has her children there with her.
"You can go now". Within half an hour of her uttering those words, their son in law gets a phone call and leaves the room, their daughter in law leaves to make a call. By the time they return, he's passed away. He waited for her to let him go, and for a moment to be with his little family, alone.
On Valentines Day this year, my grandma had been in hospital for a little while when they took her into emergency surgery, her chances of survival were extremely low, but she made it. How ever she never made a full recovery and she passed away a few months ago. I know that whatever there is next, he would have been waiting for her, he was always waiting for her.
I love you grandma and grandpa, your love inspires me every day, because it was real, it was hard and it was so very worth it all.
One day I want a love story like this. I want a, crazy, unforgettable, challenging, rewarding, enduring, everlasting love like you had...
The competition finished a short while ago and casey WON!!! Of course, I am not surprised as I believe Casey write's beautifully.
Oh, and the dress is called Love Story - you can see it here on the Lucy in the Sky facebook page.
Have a wonderful week! *smile*
