Growing up in rural South Georgia was an adventure unto itself! I was fortunate to grow up in "the sticks," on family land, surrounded by nature. It was a child's dream. My family has lived here for several generations on my father's side. My paternal Granny, Ms. Mary, was a lay-herbalist and midwife. I've met numerous people who she delivered! Since she was a farming woman, she was extremely self-sufficient -- could sew, quilt, make brooms, and feather beds, and of course she made old-fashioned, handmade "lye" soap.

Now, shhhhh, don't tell Granny this -- but my soaps are better than hers! All of my soaps are made from the Heart. I work only in small batches to control the quality, using a hot-process method. I use quality ingredients such as cold pressed oils, pure aromatherapy grade essential oils, quality grade fragrance oils and herbs. I use natural pigments, micas, clays, herbs, and seeds to achieve varying coloring and swirling effects. All of my soaps have been lovingly tested for years on my family! I use these soaps daily, and truly believe in the benefits they offer because we have witnessed them firsthand. Now I'd like to share those same benefits with you.

Most of the soap that you buy in grocery and department stores is not soap but detergent. Detergents are similar to soap, but are made using synthetic oils derived from crude oil. These detergents are designed to strip away the oil from your skin, often times leaving you dry, itchy and flaky. Yuck. These commercial soap makers take out the naturally occurring glycerin during the manufacturing process. Then, and here's the kicker, the natural glycerin they removed from the soap is used in moisturizers and other cosmetics where it commands a higher price. Ironic that you then have to turn around and buy a moisturizer from that same company made with the glycerin they took out making their "detergent bars!"

My handmade soaps retain glycerin, which occurs naturally in the soap making process. Glycerin is a humectant, which means that it helps attract moisture to the skin. Unlike commercial products, ours retain all of the moisturizing glycerin, so your skin feels soft, silky and healthy. I have a base recipe that contains: 50% olive oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, canola oil, and cocoa butter. I superfat my soaps with a variety of specialty oils, depending on what mood I'm in, or what the recipe calls for -- from sweet almond oil, shea butter, hempseed oil, castor oil, to grapeseed oil, and many more. Superfatting is the process of adding extra fats (oils or butters) which are unsaponified and "sitting" in the bars, just waiting to moisturize your skin. This addition of “fats” gives your soap superior moisturizing and emollient qualities.

People are often confused about "lye soap." The truth of the matter is that you cannot have REAL SOAP without using lye. When making handmade soap, a lye-and-water solution is added to natural oils, and a chemical reaction called saponification takes place. The end result is a substance that is five parts soap and one part glycerin. There is no lye left in the soap when it's done! I always feel like a mad scientist when I'm making soap -- I get really jazzed up and excited -- it's so much fun!

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