INDOCHINE NATURAL SOAP

THE SEVEN SINS OF GREEN WASHING

2011-08-20T17:56:00.000+08:00

I found these reading materials is very interesting useful and informative. it help you to have a smatter look at the products and even beyond. It tell you that even a product with third party certification(s) still need a careful look of it. Further information can be obtain from this website http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/social-media/ SIN OF THE HIDDEN TRADE - OFF A claim suggesting that a

Soap making class

2011-08-03T14:19:00.000+08:00

I have finished the handout contents for my Soap making class now. It should happen very soon. I'm a bit worry because i have never done any teaching or show people how to do things before. I need to practise a lot more to master my teaching method. Hope it could happen by end of this month. Will update the schedule to share with everyone soon. Any one wanted to join me in Penang, please drop

Mangosteen soap with Eucalyptus essential oil

2011-07-15T16:13:00.001+08:00

After a lot of research about how to make Mangosteen soap in various web site. I could not learn any thing much apart from their very nice soap picture. It's a light Purple colour or swirls soap. Mangosteen have a lot of benefits in health and skin. It's been used to treat skin disorders, fight infection, ... and a very powerful antioxidant.http://www.natural-plus-healthy.com/

EucaMatcha

2011-07-08T16:04:00.000+08:00

It's almost that i'm obsessed with Matcha green tea and hasn't get over it yet. I have done yet another Matcha green tea recipe with Eucalyptus essential oil. I hope after curing time, the green tea colour will become a bit brighter. Love it already.

My Matcha Green tea and Tea tree EO soap

2011-07-04T14:22:00.000+08:00

I always love Green tea and fascinating about all the benefits of Green tea could bring to the user. There are various benefits of green tea soap. Some of them are:About 30-35% of a single green tea leaf is made up of polyphenol cells. It is a powerful antioxidant which protects our skin from UV rays and act as a great sunscreen. Green tea soap also has anti-inflammatory properties which reduces

New soaps

2011-06-28T15:17:00.002+08:00

It has been a long time since i made the last soaps. I have been playing around for new soaps and preparing for a Soap making course. I must say, if you are not practising every day, you can not make a good looking product when you are restart. Here after are all my soaps from the 1st batch of restart to the 4th batch. Palm oil, Rice Bran oil, Coconut oil, Lavender EO, Basil EO, Blue, Red,

Commercial soaps story

2011-01-14T16:20:00.000+08:00

Here is another studying material of mine about SOAP.I hope you will find some interest in this reading material like i do.Soap basic understandingSoap requires two major raw materials: fat and alkali. The alkali most commonly used today is sodium hydroxide. Potassium hydroxide can also be used. Potassium-based soap creates a more water-soluble product than sodium-based

pH, Soaps and Skin

2010-09-22T23:54:00.000+08:00

pH An acid is a chemical, which releases hydrogen ions when it’s dissolved in water.The pH value is the value of hydrogen ions concentration in solution.An alkali is the opposite if an acid. It removes hydrogen ions from the solution. When an alkali is added in the correct proportion to an acid, it neutralizes the acid. Alkalis have very low hydrogen ion concentrations.

Lavender's species and varieties

2010-08-17T16:32:00.000+08:00

There is a big difference between the two. It is worth taking a moment to clarify the distinction - especially for anyone interested in using lavender in aromatherpy. The lavenders (Lavandula) are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. An Old World genus, distributed from Macaronesia (Cape Verde and Canary Islands and Madeira) across

Rice Flover

2010-08-14T12:23:00.000+08:00

Everyone all known, that rice is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population; also know about how nutritious the rice is. But recently I just find out that the rice flower is also very beautiful.Here is presenting what I found on Internet about rice flower.It's so beautiful, love it.

Essential oils - essential information

2010-06-21T20:58:00.001+08:00

What are Pure Essential Oils ? I may provide some main criteria for your consideration:+ Growing and soil quality :  Materials from pesticide-free soil are the best quality! I know some  distillers working in these conditions. Skeptics could add that, this is wishful thinking, pollution is spreading. I agree, but I believed there are  still a lot of (relatively) unpolluted places in the world.

Gingergrass soap

2010-06-15T15:34:00.000+08:00

Hi Everyone, We are really excited with the release this week our new Gingergrass soap. This is a particularly nice morning soap that has an earthy, spicy aroma that can be emotionally uplifting and at the same time calming. A great way to start the day!!!! As usual with all of our soaps, we superfat to 7%, which provides a particularly mild and moisturizing soap suitable for all skin types,

Comments on Indochine products

2010-05-20T15:27:00.001+08:00

Reading the comments from people to our products is a pleasure. It's a lesson to learn for improvement. We would like to share with you all this comment artical. We will try to improve our products always. http://www.mywomenstuff.com/2010/05/20/indochine-natural-geranium-body-wash-handmade-and-natural/

Triclosan Use in Hand Soap

2010-04-15T10:13:00.001+08:00

I have this news letter from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics this morning and i would like to share it with you all.People migh not realise the dangers until notice.Can Walmart Help Us Stop Triclosan Use in Hand Soap? Ask Walmart to wash its hands of triclosan! Perhaps you've seen (or yourself own) an antibacterial product - a facewash, deodorant or even a keychain? Have you ever wondered about the

Caramel cake

2010-03-28T18:10:00.003+08:00

One of my favourite sweet for desert is caramel cake. You know how creamy, cheese and milky it is right? I love it, yummy. But, i'm not making cake here, i'm making CARAMEL CAKE SOAP. Using caramel as the colouring for soap plus putting some swirls techniques, these soaps of mine look just like a nice cake ( i thought ). Here it is, please enjoy. Thank you very much.

Tumeric - Green Tea Feather swirls

2010-03-14T17:46:00.001+08:00

Another experiment of mine on how to use "All Natural Colouring" in soaps. The difficulty of using natural colours is it's a very difficult material to manage. For example, my Green tea swirls, when the soap are still in "trace stage" the colour is "light green". But when the soap set in the mold, the colour change to "dark green" as you see on pic. But now, after sometime of curing, the colour

MY SWIRLS SOAPS

2010-03-04T21:44:00.000+08:00

I have been practising the technique of making swirls soaps for sometime but hasn't got many luck. This morning i made my swirls soaps again and this is the result. I use tumeric oil for the colour. It come out quite nicely, i think.Still need to improve though.But for now, i'm happy with it,

My green tea ( Matcha ) powder soap

2010-03-02T17:50:00.000+08:00

I love green tea. To drink its good for your body detoxify, to use on skin its good as calm and cool agent plus remove toxic substances on skin. Green tea is anti-bacterial and has been found to posses antioxidants that are good for cellular health. Soap products that utilize green tea as an ingredient will have the benefit of not only cleaning but protecting your skin. So i'm introduce to you

IT'S THE TIGER YEAR, YEAH!!!

2010-02-21T11:28:00.000+08:00

I have never experience a "Lion dance" ceremony before, but this year. In out office — workshop at Tanjung Bungah we have the Lion dance to bring the luck, prosperous, happiness, longevity...... to Indochine Natural. I have had a "unforgettable time" on the Lunar New Year Day, so hope I will have an unbelievable good Lunar New Year ahead. Wish me luck.Wishes you guy, friends — my followers, any

My new products recently

2010-02-12T22:20:00.004+08:00

My pizza My SageParsley cake and a sprinkle of Basil seeds. My Bay leaves.

Love is rock

2010-02-09T21:38:00.000+08:00

I plan to make "cup cake soap" recipe to day. Had been prepare all the mould, the oils, the herbs and everything else.......from yesterday, plus study the technique. But my cake still look like this, this morning. Too bad, I cannot allow my product to look like that. Have to do some "quick fix " immediately, as you have known already that soaps turned jelly just in a minute. This is my "

Love is in the air

2010-02-08T23:05:00.005+08:00

I try to be a bit creative to day by making a new recipe with a heart shape in it. Preparing the oils then i have mix some sesame seed in it. The sesame seed will give you a very soft, gentle exfoliation yet effective cleansing. To completed my creative mood this morning, i have sprinkle some poppy seed on top of the soap batch Some one said to me that poppy seed could

2010-02-06T23:28:00.006+08:00

My disaster?! As I mention yesterday, to day I have made another recipe in the morning.Start at 9.00am, mixed the lye, weigh the oils, weigh the Eos, weigh the organics …To day I used turmeric and lemongrass essential oil.While I was in ‘actions’, boss came back after when out for some business and keep required me to do this and that… It have had made me lose all my concentrate. My soap when I

My first swirl soap ever

2010-02-05T20:38:00.002+08:00

To day I make my very first swirl soap ever.I have been prepared the ingredients for 2 days; study the ways of how to do the swirl….9.15 am start mixing the oil with lie, stirred it up for trace and then try to mix…. I expect to have a nice swirl soap, but thing does not turn out as expect. It turns out like “chocolate & vanilla ice-cream” which we ( me and my partner )love to

2010-01-31T18:53:00.004+08:00

Indochine Natural Products Use 100% Pure Essential Oils Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that carry a distinctive scent, or essence. At Indochine Natural Sdn. Bhd, we use these 100% pure plant extracts in our products to provide fragrances and other beneficial effects. Our essential oils are of the highest quality, and we purchase from the best suppliers around the world.

WHAT IS IT IN THE FRAGRANCE THAT MAKE ME SO ALLERGIC?

2010-01-28T16:36:00.001+08:00

In one of my daily research activities, I found this artical and it has really caught my eyes. Most people, in my opinion, do not concern much about “ fragrance “ inside the products they used as long as the fragrance suits them. But as a person that allergic with fragrance, I keep wondering myself about WHAT IS IT IN THE FRAGRANCE THAT MAKE ME SO ALLERGIC? Would love to share with you, as

Dish Wash Soap made from Recycled Cooking Oil

2010-01-06T09:56:00.001+08:00

Indochine Natural Sdn. Bhd. in cooperation with the Asia Community Service's Stepping Stone Centre is very excited to launch in January 2010 our 100% biodegradable dish wash paste made from recycled cooking oil. Pure Kaffir Lime essential oil is used to provide a fresh fragrance for this very eco-friendly kitchen product, and we are packaging this together with a biodegradable kitchen loofah.

Frankincense oil story

2009-12-02T22:07:00.000+08:00

Somalian Frankincense OilSereolipi – this means dry river. The land is very arid and bare at this time of year and very little grows.One of the few plants that survives these conditions is the Boswellia (frankincense) bush.These are the women who collect the Frankincense Gum to produce the oil.IMO send an inspector to check the storage facilities and production methods used.A very trained eye is

BIG BAD L'Oreal USA

2009-07-10T14:54:00.000+08:00

NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- A former L'Oreal USA employee filed a lawsuit against the cosmetics giant, claiming the company sold products to foreign countries containing banned chemicals.Former L'Oreal USA regulatory affairs director Jerome Chevallier says he was terminated from his job after going to his superiors to discuss alleged illegal activities at the company, ABC News reported Thursday.He

Fragrance

2009-07-07T11:49:00.000+08:00

What's that smell? Unfortunately, there's no way to know. Fragrance is considered a trade secret, so companies don't have to tell us what's in it – often dozens or even hundreds of synthetic chemical compounds. Almost half the products in Skin Deep contain the generic term "fragrance," from shampoos and deodorants to lotions and shaving creams. Even "unscented" products may contain masking

WHY NATURAL HANDMADE SOAP ???

2009-07-05T15:40:00.000+08:00

Most soap contain chemical additives, and many are made with tallow produced from animal fat. Take a look at the ingredients listed on the soaps you regularly purchase. How many are natural, and what ingredients do you recognize? Can you find out what they do?Indochine Natural handmade soaps are very different from these chemical soaps. Being handmade from natural vegetable

opening

2009-07-03T23:55:00.000+08:00

my journey i love to share.