Orange Spice and Pink Grapefruit

Assorted soaps

Sometimes I wonder why it takes me so long to download pictures from the camera.   It's not that complicated of a process, yet it takes me forever!

Pictures

I should work a little harder on ths Blog.   Stuff Christians like motivated me to add some pictures today.  Let me know what you think.

Bergamot

Until I started making soap I had no idea what Bergamot is.   It's in quite a few fragrances.   It is
 An oily substance extracted from the rind of the fruit of a dwarf variety of the Seville orange tree, used in cosmetics and as flavoring in tea.  In fact, it's one of the main flavors of Earl Gray Tea.  A Bergamot orange is yellow and has a pleasant fragrance.    The juice is not used.     They are mainly grown for their essential oils.

Mango Butter!

Butter is one of my favorite words.   I think Paula Deen likes it too.   Watch her cook, she adds butter to or on or in everything.    Mango Butter is pressed from the seed kernel of the Mangifera Indica, a tropical evergreen tree indigenous to India and Malaysia. This soap making oil is especially good for dry and mature skin.  It is supposed to help mature and senstitive skin, reduce fine lines and help dry skin. 

I've ordered some Mango Butter to try in soap.   Can't wait to try it.  Hope I don't eat it.

Why use store bought soap?

I don't know!  I can't figure out why I used it for so long.   I thought it was fine until I started making soap and using it.   Now, I see the difference.   I don't have dry itchy skin.   If anybody has sensitive skin, it's me.  

I was a Bath and Body fan at one time.   And, there are some scents they carry that I still like.   They are such good marketers that I wanted to try everything.   But, the shower gels dried out my skin.  Still like some of their lotions though.

About all of the store bought soaps are made from detergents.   Synthetic soap is the answer to mass producing a product.   Detergents contain petroleum distillates rather than oil. On the other hand, true soap is made from natural oils (such as olive, coconut and palm) and is a gentle cleansing product more appropriate for use on skin than detergent and much more mild than detergents.

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This link does a good job of explaining how soap is created

http://www.canis-art.com/soaping.htm