Happy Holidays

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued patronage and support of Angelic Soap.

May each and every one of you have a happy, safe and healthy holiday season.

I just finished some custom orders, a few batches of Vata Ayurvedic Organic Shea Butter Cleanser, Black Patchouly Organic Shea Butter and Black Temple Incense Organic Shea Butter Bars.

These will appear in stock on or before February 1, of - wait for it - 2018!

Love and Gratitude,

Angelic Soap

Black Patchouly Organic Shea Butter Handcrafted Soap

Angelic Soap

Why do we handcraft artisanal soap?

Our primary goal is to create real soap that is kind to your skin and to the environment. 

The skin is the largest organ of the body, so sensitivities, irritants and emotions can be literally “written all over your face”. The skin absorbs – and displays -everything! To that end, Angelic Soap is pure real soap, created for discriminating human beings, their companion animals and all of their heavenly bodies. 

Angelic Soap is made in the time-honored traditional methods of both cold process and hot process, to bring you a product that even sensitive skin will find beneficial. If this is your first time using our soap, be prepared for the surprising luxury that comes at no detriment to your precious skin or the environment.

What makes Angelic Soap outstanding is the uncompromised quality of the ingredients. Our soap is created from the finest, food grade vegetable oils and raw, unrefined, organic butters that are sourced from Fair Trade and ethical vendors. 

We also care about visual appeal, so Angelic Soap uses delicious colorings from nature, particularly natural clays, spices and herbs.

If you are choosing a scented soap, you can be certain that much consideration went into the aromatherapeutic fragrance formula. Angelic Soap will always choose precious essential oils first. Superior quality fragrance oils may be used for more specific or complex blends. 

Here is what you will not find in Angelic Soap: 

Sodium Laureth Sulphate, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Propylene Glycol and parabens. No animal products or by-products except an odd organic milk or honey batch. Each bar of Angelic Soap lathers because of the choice and proportion of oils used – NOT chemicals!

For more details, be sure to visit us at www.angelicsoap.com

2017 Update

It is hard to believe that 2017 is nearly over! 

The year has been busy and this is a very belated post.

I know a few excellent soap makers that have closed their businesses this year. The craft is time-consuming, not very profitable and shipping costs to receive supplies and to ship orders is high.

And - I am still surprised that so many people do not know the difference between REAL soap and detergent.

Many consumers purchase soap on fragrance alone. There is a better approach to getting a beautiful product and being kind to your skin.

Allow me to briefly explain - 

DETERGENT is what is found in most commercial soap bars. This is a bar of sudsy, drying, detergent-based, industrial *soap* that has had all of the natural glycerin extracted from it, then sold as a by product. 

The oils are typically inferior and are a singular ingredient in the finished product. 

The bars are cured by industrial fans. 

All of these steps combine to add up to profits for the company and a horror for your skin.

DETERGENT is not kind to your skin. 

Detergent is the 'soap' that dermatologists and skin gurus warn you not to use.

Angelic Soap's REAL soap is created by mixing a myriad of hand-selected, vegan, organic oils to cleanse, condition and moisturize the skin. The oils are heated, mixed with lye water, poured into wooden molds, cut within 48 hours and allowed to air dry for 4-6 weeks. This is costly and time consuming for Angelic Soap - but worth it according to our devoted clients!

Angelic Soap makes REAL soap with genuine food grade oils and butters. 

We devise our own recipes. 

We hand make each small, artisanal batch. 

It pays to read the ingredients in each of our bars, as we never offer just one basic recipe 'with flavorings'.

A general tip - never use a heavily fragranced product on your facial skin - save that for an aromatherapeutic bath or shower. 

For facial cleansing, Angelic Soap offers a selection of Ayurvedic-based cleansers, conceived in conjunction with an Ayurvedic dermatologist many, many years ago. These bars are noted as "cleansers" in the shop.

I hope this very short synopsis helps clear up some misconceptions about detergent versus soap.

Angelic Soap NEVER compromises on ingredient integrity.

And, that, is true luxury!

Mermaid Organic Shea Butter Soap

Southern Belle

Southern Magnolia & Gardenia Organic Shea Butter Soap

Happy Spring!!

Love,

Angelic Soap

Mermaid is back!

Mermaid is back in stock with a new formula and look. 

Mermaid Organic Shea recipe soap is now created with our superbly moisturizing organic vegetable oil recipe. Loads of raw, organic shea give it a creaminess that is so kind to skin.

The fragrance is the same, 'Aveda-like' aroma. Bright, yet relaxing herbals like bergamot and lavender are aromatherapeutic.

The soap itself is in a more rustic version than before, colored with very bright micas and ultramarines, topped with a silvery coating.

Suitable for both men and women.

Now available for a limited time.

Mermaid Organic Shea

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Happy Spring!

Can't Wait for Spring?

Black Currant Rose Organic Shea Butter Soap is back for a limited time! 

A very Parisian scent, I cannot stop smelling this scrumptious soap every time I walk by it!

Not your Grandma's rose, this is a supremely sophisticated sweetness.

Grab a bar and experience an early Spring!

Black Currant Rose Organic Shea

What Makes Angelic Soap Different?

Angelic Soap is made via the cold process method. 

"Cold Process" is a very misunderstood term. 

Cold Process involves combining oils, fats and lye water at approximately the same temperature, hand mixing until "trace" is obtained (when the soap maker can see 'traces' of the stirring utensil in the thickening batter). When the materials combine and become thick, the result is known as 'saponification'. 

Once trace is obtained, scent and add ins are dissolved into the mixture. The mix then gets poured into carefully prepared molds. After 24 - 48 hours, the soap logs are cut into bars. The bars then sit in a dedicated space which allows air to flow around each soap bar to 'cure'.  Curing involves aging the soap until the correct Ph is obtained, all of the water has evaporated, and the soap bars are hard.

Curing time for handcrafted cold process soap is typically anywhere from 4 weeks to 3 months (the latter is my personal ideal). A genuine castile can take 1 - 2 years.

Now, industrial, mass-produced soap uses high powered fans to 'cure' the soap, after the beneficial glycerin is stripped away and sold separately. Both of these steps speeds up the curing process, but ultimately results in a far inferior product.

Proper aging will make soap harder, yield a creamier, more bubbly lather, but prolonged shelf life may result in a compromised, weaker scent. In other words, the soap gets better and the scent gets weaker.

The cold process method is time consuming and a labor of love (and a little alchemy), but the results are like no other.

Why choose handcrafted, cold process soap over other types of soap?

Many reasons!

       1). Handcrafted, cold process soap allows the lovely vegetable glycerin to stay in your soap bar. Industrial soap siphons off the glycerin and sells it as a by product. 

          2). Many people are advised to never use soap on their face. Why? Because industrial soap is DETERGENT - lacking the humectant, conditioning and all important glycerin. 

Good, handcrafted, cold process soap, with carefully chosen oils, fats and additions is as mild as any luxury facial cleanser (or moreso) and extremely good for your skin (provided that there is little to no scent - preferably from essential oils, not fragrance). Personally, I do not use scent on my face.

       3).The cold process soap maker has complete control over the oils and fats that go into the recipe. Angelic Soap has a preference for food grade, organic, seed and plant oils. This is true luxury for your skin! A good example is our "Vata Ayurvedic Organic Cleansing Bar". The recipe features organic avocado, jojoba, palm, coconut, sweet almond and raw sesame oils, organic raw shea butter, French mild clay, organic turmeric and goldenseal. Angelic Soap never uses a pinch and claims that this is an ingredient. Copious amounts of luxury oils are our distinction.

Angelic Soap uses different recipes for different skin types and seasons. It is never a one recipe fits all soap with different scents. 

It is with good reason that many, many clients write to me that 'Angelic Soap' is the best after they try other brands. "Vata Ayurvedic" is our #1 best seller!

Those are just three very basic reasons to always purchase handcrafted, cold process soap.

We will explore more in future blog posts, such as the different types and attribute of soap - triple milled, melt and pour, hot process, superheated, etc.

I hope that you have found this post informative.

You can always email me at www.angelicsoap.com or post a question here.

Yours in Beauty, Truth and Gratitude,

Angelic Soap

Mermaid Organic Shea Butter Soap

Finally!

I am finally back with new listings in the shop and this blog post. So much has happened - we moved (twice) and every one in the household suffered some serious health challenge.

Thank you for being so patient with me!

Some old favorites have been listed in the shop today - Temple Incense Organic Shea, Black Temple Incense Organic Shea, Black Patchouly Organic Shea, Vata Ayurvedic Organic Shea, Rose Pitta Ayurvedic and my current favorite: Bohemian Organic Shea.

Bohemian Organic Shea Butter

Bohemian Organic Shea Butter handcrafted soap is a delightful blend of sweet vanilla, precious Mysore sandalwood and earthy black patchouly essential oil ... just enough to keep the scent from being 'too sweet'. A little naughty. A little nice. And very sensual!

Please check the website for more soaps listing soon, as well as links for the Etsy store!

www.angelicsoap.com

Much Gratitude!

Angelic Soap