The Benefits of Essential Oils

Having worked with essential oils over many years it is very apparent that these are gradually being replaced by synthetics, and this is a pity because people do not realise the benefits of natural essential oils.

The fine, delicate and natural complexity of essential oils cannot be duplicated synthetically with inorganic chemicals. This is the very simple reason that essential oils can effect our moods and emotions and synthetic fragrances do not.

Essential oils work on two levels. Firstly, an essential oil fragrance that you find pleasant and attractive will soothe or stimulate the mind. At the same time, as you inhale the essential oil it, will have a physiological action in your body (anything you inhale will go into your bloodstream).

Certain fragrances will have specific effects.....for example to calm stress and tension, one of the most soothing essential oils is Frankincense (this essential oil has a history going back 5,000 years), and others include Bergamot, Clary Sage, and Lavender.

Our tip then is to switch onto essential oils for mood, romance, uplifting/stimulating, and calming.....but be warned, it is difficult to find the genuine article these days.

Check out our range of essential oils HERE .....all are provided with a Certificate of Analysis on request. 

 

Mangosteen soap with Eucalyptus essential oil

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/benefits-of-mangosteen.html

http://www.health-report.co.uk/mangosteen.htm#Mangosteen%20Information

Excited enough, today I decided to make my very first own Mangosteen soap.

All right, let's do it.
Start with peel off the skin and then take the soft Purple meat to use in soap.

I'm using sieve to milled the fibres.
One thing you may noticed is the colour of the Mangosteen fibres, it's not Purple isn't it ?
I don't understand too.

Infact, it's a brown colour and i'm using fresh fibres. I added the fibres in to the light traced soap then keep mixed thoroughly. I stirred to trace for 10 minutes then poured into mold for set.

I'm abit disappointed with the colour, I thought it will be at least light Purple or Pink.
Turn out, it's more like a green colour with some dark spots.

These pictures are all before curing time. Will se how it will be after curing time. The pH changes may changes the colour, i hope.

Have anyone have any experiences with this soap ? Please leaves your comment.
I'm eager to learn some info from you all. BIG BIG THANKS.
Await to hear from you.

EucaMatcha

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.

New soaps

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, Green food colouring.

Palm oil, Rice Bran oil, Coconut oil, Sweet Orange EO, Basil EO,
Green food colouring.

Palm oil, Rice Bran oil, Coconut oil, Lemongrass EO, Clove EO,
Blue food colouring.
My Blue food colouring turn out to be like Purple.

Obviously, you can see the 4th batch look much better swirls than all the batches before.

Well, as people says: PRACTISING MAKE PERFECT.
Will keep practising.

Palm oil, Rice Bran oil, Coconut oil, Lemongrass EO, Blue food colouring.

Gingergrass soap

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, and especially those with dry skin. 

We have some limited numbers in stock now (first in best dressed), and are now taking new orders for this new soap.