What can I say about the Irish?

Two limited edition Celtic knot soaps in the Etsy store now.

The Celtic Knot below is scented with nearly every herb in the garden. Uplifted, spirited and sparkling thanks to the emerald mica. The emerald tops a castile base infused with a light touch of gold mica. Lovely. Better than green beer - hands down!

The Celtic Knot (round) is a subtle, bronze mica top resting on a creamy castile base. This sophisticated soap is scented with the eternally beautiful oil of Rosewood.

These soaps are so much better than a celebration with green beer!!

Find them here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/angelicsoap

Free Shipping - ONE DAY ONLY!

Help me celebrate! 

This Friday, March 12, 2010, ALL ITEMS in my Etsy shop SHIP FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

No limit!

The offer is good from 12 EST to 12 EST - 24 hours!!! 

And then, at the stroke of Midnight + 1 - poof! 

Gone! 

Like Cinderella!

Sorry, offer not valid for International shipping.  :(

Please shop early for best selection.

Thank you!!

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New Soap for Spring Forward!

I have listed a few new soaps in anticipation of "Spring Forward"! You can find them by clicking on the link below:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/angelicsoap

Shipping is crazy expensive these days.  To help give our customers a reprieve from the winter blues, a few soaps feature FREE shipping!

Today, I completed the last log for a custom order, but I could not stop there, so I whipped up a new soap for Mother's Day. The new soap is a coconut milk and cocoa butter base, colored with pale pink mica and fragranced with Peony (swoon). I amended the batter with Rice Bran Oil (soooo good for your skin) and silk! 

I am more than a little excited about this Peony Silk Soap. Cannot wait to try it!

Tomorrow, I will be able to cut both logs ... fingers crossed - wish me luck.

I have an idea about another soap, dedicated to my own Mother, who was always so stylish. My Mom's signature fragrance was Sortilege, a floral aldehydic, first created in 1937.  My Mom used to stash boxes of this gorgeous fragrance in her dresser drawer. I remember that the boxes were white, embossed with gold. The scent was heavy on jasmine and roses.

 

Above is a photo of a newly released version of Sortilege. The notes are quite sophisticated and complex - so much for jasmine and roses!

Cannot wait to make the soap in memory of my beloved Mom.  I miss her every single day.

In Truth, Love and Beauty....

Busy week - Honey, Beeswax, Coconut and a Mermaid!

This week has been very busy!
So....I wanted to post a short message to show you a few soap logs.
Here is a Honey-Beeswax soap fresh out of the mold. This log weighs approximately 2 pounds.
This particular recipe takes a relatively long time to cure. The entire batch is for a custom order. It smells and looks good - so far! (fingers crossed)

Next up is another custom order....Two Coconut Butter Creams (my current personal favorite).

On the left is a batch that has coconut sprinkled on the top. Photograph on the right is a nice shot of the bottom of the soap log.

Last, but not least is the much-beloved "Mermaid" soap log - stunning! Bling! Sparkle! All the colors of an abalone shell!

  

  

Ready the first day of Spring!

In Love, Truth and Beauty...

We are all connected...

I am watching the evening news. 

The footage of the Chilean earthquake is terrifying. The stats are literally giving me chills.

The earthquake was x times stronger than the bombing of Hiroshima. 

The quake shook the planet, moving the earth over 3 inches off its axis.

The Chilean earthquake, quite literally, altered time - forever. There is no going back...

I am posting this cast glycerin soap - a sparkly Guardian Angel - colored with chlorophyll - to watch over Chile....and all of us.

I ask that every one of us take a moment of silence to send healing to Chile. A prayer, a thought, whatever you can do - because we really are ... 

... all connected.

In Peace, Light and Healing....

Happy Birthday, Pisces!

I wanted to do a short message here to encourage all of my dear, dear Pisces friends to have a happy birthday! 

Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac, interpreted as incorporating attributes and lessons of the prior 11 astrological signs.

Translation? 

Pisces are old, weary souls who understand everyone else, but rarely find the reciprocal understanding (and acknowledgment) they so compassionately dole out to the masses. They get used more often than not ... and they suffer silently. 

I created a beautiful soap for my Pisces friends. It is loaded with coconut milk and cocoa butter, decorated with shades of blue and scented just this side of heaven.

What better way to celebrate Pisces than the gift of immersion in water? Oh - right - a nice vino, (preferably a bubbly vintage),  music and fragranced candles to accompany that soak.....

What do Pisces really want for their birthday? Universal peace, love, beauty and understanding....and a friend to listen to their troubles just once in a little while.

Consider this - Pisces (Fish) is the only astrological sign that cannot breathe and live on land for long periods of time....they need water. How can the Fish  live on terra firma?

They live on this land by doing for others....and they are very humble about their acts.

Theirs can be a lonely life - especially when their nature is compromised as is so often the case in the current world which devalues sensitivity and emotion. If you ask me, this battle-scarred planet could use many more Pisces and their immeasurable gifts!

In Love and Beauty ....

PS  This soap is only available for a very short time and is in very short supply. Pisces! Fan me on Facebook for a chance to get your soapy gift.

Lady Gardener's Soap (for Phyllis)

I have been thinking about New Harmony, Indiana a lot over the past few months. I have been pondering, in particular, the many wonderful and accomplished people that I had the privilege to meet there. 

New Harmony is never far from my mind, as I grew up around the area. 

I was fortunate to work at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art just after I completed my graduate studies. It so happened that during the particular time frame I happened to "land there", New Harmony was enjoying a Renaissance of sorts...and it was flourishing with many talented and creative people.

One of my fondest memories is of my friend, Phyllis, planting scented geraniums at the perimeter of Jerry Wade's patio. 

I have never forgotten the fragrance of those cherished plants.

With the memory of those wonderfully-scented geraniums, I created a soap for my friend, Phyllis. Phyllis was the "Botanist in Residence" at New Harmony during my all-too-brief tenure.

Here we go ....using the new pine mold again ....

 

I created a batch of basic soap with rice bran oil (good stuff!). I scented the whole lot with lemon, geranium and rose geranium essential oils. I threw in some cornmeal for scrubbing and exfoliation.

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I tried to make the soap as lovely as possible, so I split the batch and only added green oxide to one part. I layered the soap in the mold and textured the top like a meringue.

 

I think this soap is lovely, but not as lovely as the Lady Gardener, the scented geraniums, or New Harmony.

These will be cured on the first day of Spring!

In Beauty....