Repost: drflower
These are posts from another blog that are being repost for a simple reason of not reinventing the wheel, have them all in one place, and the ability to link back to the post.
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Did you know?? We have Consumer Power!
I’ve found facebook and registered…in my surfing through it, I also found neat groups like the big green purse and the green parent. One of the articles on the green parent: (http://thegreenparent.blogspot.com/2008/03/grab-cup-of-eco-savvy-java.html) Coffee is the second largest agricultural crop in the world, after cotton. It is also the third most heavily sprayed crop in the world; cotton and tobacco are first and second. If you drink conventional, non-organic coffee, you are likely consuming a slew of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. And these chemicals are not only terrible for your health, but they are also harmful to the fields, streams, animals, birds and people who live where the coffee is grown.…
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I just bought some at the grocery store…rhubarb
I’m afraid it won’t grow in the new hot hot no water environment we have here in hotlanta. 🙁 Goodnews is that they do sell it at the grocery store!! I know I should be looking for produce that is local! Somethings are just on the exception list. *skips off to hunt down the Ohioan cousin that has the cool kind rhubarb pie recipe* Here’s some reading about rhubarb! Did you know that rhubarb helps the ozone? But in 1995, two Yale scientists discovered that oxalic acid, found in rhubarb, helped neutralize CFC’s. Rhubarb to the rescue!
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Yayy! Moo.com Mini-cards arrived today!
I’m an avid blog and group reader… A supplier of mine mentioned on her blog that she’d order Moo Mini-cards when it was time to get new business cards. *ding* I need business cards! I have original soap images that would help sell my product! So off I went to moo.com to place my custom print order! They just arrived today in prestine order and exactly as I requested. I’m thrilled, can ya tell? ~
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Turmeric in Citrus Blend handmade Soap
My original reasoning for adding turmeric to Dr. Flower’s Essentials Citrus Blend handmade soap bar was initially due to natural color. It seems that tumeric has many other good properties for skin care as well as culinary. See the quotes below… Pulled directly from: Turmeric for Cosmetic Use Since time immemorial, turmeric is very popular in cosmetic use especially for woman. In the East, Turmeric is precious as the therapeutic goldmine inhabits significant position in the psyche of Hindu. It forms an important part of various sanctified Hindu rituals focus its importance for mankind. In the late 1970s a scientific study on turmeric was taken up and in the beginning…
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scientific method and the fish catching you…
I just watched a video here on the internet. (I’ll post the link, promise.) I’ve just “put to bed” another batch of soap. I’ve been listening to all of the wisdom and input from many experienced soap makers. Some of their lessons are coming home to roost. Back to basics…experiment and explore…but do it in microbatches…change only one thing and then see how it does…document document and did I say document? I have to laugh at how many of those rules got broken on today’s experimental batch of soap. Nothing like doing it wrong to drive home the lesson! 😀 (for those worried, that soap batch won’t see the light of…
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Mommy's lil Soap helper
If she’s 5 now and remains of the same excitement about soapmaking, this could get really interesting! If you are wondering what she is doing…we have traced the soap and added most of the botanicals and essential oils here at the end of hot process. My lil helper felt like additional rosemary would make this rosemary rich batch that much richer. 😀 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESVAuVjhLY&w=425&h=350]
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Sodium Lauryl Sulfate…
I found this really neat link to a database on cosmetic ingredients. I’m looking forward to offering such new products as liquid soap, shampoo, conditioners, etc. The trick is understanding what ingredients are what. My goal is to find ingredients that work well together AND are naturally healthy for you. Not all plants are good…Poison ivy for example REALLY does a number on me. So to go back to the original title of this blog, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate doesn’t seem to be good for you. It is used in many products because: It’s cheap It foams really well In the old days (WWII), glycerin was stripped from soap for ammunitions…
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Litsea…know what it is?
Also called May Chang Origin: China, Indonesia Aromatic Description: Sharp, with a complex lemony aroma. It has been compared to lemon grass and lemon verbena. It is considered sweeter and softer than lemon grass and a possible fragrance alternative to the costly lemon verbena, though it should be used as an alternative in terms of therapeutic potential. Litsea is a deciduous shrub growing to 7m. The flowers, leaves and fruit walls are used for extracting an essential oil rich in citral which is used as a perfume and in medicine. The fruit core contains 61.8% of oil which is used for industry. The wood is used for general furniture and…
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lil artist is at it again…
Today, we also have a self portrait of the artist… Article Coming Soon…what exactly IS litsea?
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Now Taking Internet Orders!
Hey there! Just a little note that internet orders can now be accepted through our site! We hope you’ll drop by and see what you can see! If you’ve received our soap recently, don’t forget to drop in and add feedback. Another quick note: We plan on adding a “pick up” selection within shipping options for those in Ga only. We have decided that bundling the soap in bars of three takes advantage of the shipping costs in the best manner. Take care and happy washing! ~Regina