Join the Giveaway: 3 Bars of Handcrafted Soap from Soap Sense

It doesn't get any better than this!  To launch my new soap packaging, I'm giving away 3 bars of luscious, handcrafted soap:  Seaside Spa, Lemonade, & Gardenia Goat's Milk.  Seaside Spa and Gardenia Goat's Milk are two of my best sellers...Lemonade is a BRAND NEW bar in my Etsy Shop, Soap Sense.

This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only, and ends on Monday, July 7th.  Be sure to check back daily for the most chances to win!  Just enter through Rafflecopter below. 

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And the Winner is . . . .

Thanks for all of the great participation in my soap butt giveaway! Drumroll......and the winner is: Shari D.

I will be emailing Shari shortly so she can receive her soap!

Thanks again! Watch for another giveaway, coming soon.

Dana @ Soap Sense
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Soap is on My Mind...

Soap must be on the minds of Etsy treasury creators today.  Two of my Texas Blooms Series soaps, Bluebonnet and Gardenia Goat's Milk, made it into two different treasuries:





Enjoy!

~Dana

Lavender Soap, Straight-up...or Not!

Lavender is a love me or hate me scent. Nothing is better than straight-up, lavender soap if you love the scent. If you don't, lavender is a great mixer for other essential oils, and gets tamed down just a bit when blended. I have both in my soap shop, Soap Sense on Etsy. A straight-up lavender soap bar, and another blended scent that is an orange-lavender soap. Neither of these are what grandma used to use!


Aromatherapists recommend lavender essential oil to calm anxiety, minimize depression, relieve headaches, ease the itch of insect bites, soothe muscle pain, and more! Orange essential oil has many of the same aromatherapy qualities. And while I don't tout any of these remedies, I do know that these scents calm my mind and soul at the end of a long day.

Try one...you'll never go back to store bought soap!

Jasmine Soap - A Hit!

My Jasmine Tea Soap has been one of my bestsellers lately. I had been wanting to make a tea soap for quite awhile and a few months back created this soap recipe trying to also capture the scent of the spring-blooming jasmine vine in my own yard. In my mind, this soap needed to be an uplifting but not over-powering floral, with a soothing texture...just like a warm cup of sugared, jasmine tea!

I was extremely pleased with how the very first batch turned out! And it seems others are more and more pleased with the soap as well. Karen, one of my treasured soap buyers from Etsy, featured it on her handmade inspired website, Straight Talk on Natural Living.


She has written numerous reviews on various handmade soaps, focusing on their characteristics as shampoo bars. And even though my Jasmine Tea Soap was not originally intended for the scalp and hair, it has found a niche for those needing a soap with hair conditioning qualities, "especially in the dry winter months, it is perfect!"

Happy bubbles and conditioning for all those handmade soap addicts out there!