Monday, March 2, 2009

self-sufficiency, soap, and a GIVEAWAY!

In my little fairy-tale world
we grow pretty much all of our food
and make
all of our medicines
cleaning supplies
shampoos
and bath & body soaps, scrubs & moisturizers.
~
In reality
we haven’t managed to grow much of anything
but we did finally find a source for manure.
*
Doing pretty good in the herbal remedy department.
Of course
I still have so much to learn!
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Cleaning supplies.
Well
doing okay, there, too
but I have lots of room to improve.
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I make my own moisturizer.
Just a blend of good -for your-skin oils
and
yummy smelling essential oils
(think orange chocolate)
I
made a batch of
Baby Bottom Grease
(which also happens to be an excellent lip balm!
I should probably rename it)

right before Lexi was born.
It works great.
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The closest I’ve come to soaps & shampoo, though
is buying a few books
and doing internet searches.
I’ve tried some of the soaps from one of the downtown shops
but I was less than impressed!
And ‘natural’ soaps from the store
turn out to not be quite as natural as I’d prefer….
Then
I got birthday money from my mom and gramma
(thanks!!)
and decided I’d use some of it
to order homemade soap from Cheri.
I couldn’t wait for it to come in the mail!
At first
I was a tad disappointed.
It cleaned just fine
but I was hoping to step out of the shower
smelling
as if I’d bathed in a bottle of Victoria’s Secret’s Lovespell lotion.
After using it for awhile
(and it lasts a long while, I still have a sliver of my shampoo bar left!)
I’ve come to really love it!
Soap scented naturally just isn’t going to be as strong-smelling
as artificially scented soap.
I am okay with that now.
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My gang prefers body wash to bar soap.
I felt kinda bad, being the only one to use good-for-me soap
while washing the rest of my family with soap
laden with cancer-causing ingredients
But just yesterday
I found a recipe to make liquid soap from homemade bar soap,
so I am excited to finally be able share the goodness!
~
I still want to make my own soaps someday
(Cheri is working on a soap-making book.
Needless to say, I’ll be ordering one
as soon as it’s available and I have some $$ to spare)
but until I do
we’ll be lathering up with
Sweet Hollow Farm’s
Citrus Sensation Shampoo
and
Tangerine Moisturizing soap.

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Since I already sound like a commercial….
How about I throw in a giveaway?!
Go visit Cheri’s store
and buy some of her good-for you soaps
(may I recommend trying the shampoo?
And, if you have any poison ivy on your property,
or think there may be a chance of your getting into any poison ivy
you really ought to buy a bar of ‘Sweet Relief’ )
Then
come back and tell me how many bars you bought
(you can tell me what kinds you bought, too if ya want to :-)
~
Up for grabs is 1 free bar of soap, your choice.
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You’ll get 1 chance for visiting her site
(leave me a comment & tell me what you wish you could buy)
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And 1 chance each, for every item that you purchase.
(again, leave a comment)
If you don’t know how to leave a comment
(you know who you are :-)
e-mail me.
I’ll choose a winner Sunday afternoon,
so hurry!
oh
and tell yer friends!

10 comments:

  1. I'm not sure if Canadians may enter, but all of her soap looks good - especially the Remy's Rosemary and Mint.

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  2. I want to win the soap! Thanks for the reminder!

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  3. If it were anything from the store.... I would probably buy the Lavender Salve - for relaxation and healing sunburns - sounds good to me!
    Out of the soaps, the peppermint tea tree soap sounds yummy, and the citrus shampoo bar soap might also be a good one to try some day.... how do you wash your hair with bar soap?

    Anyway, enter me in the drawing, iffen you want :)

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  4. My WONDERFUL WIFE is making me be here.
    Not really you know your mom and I support every thing you do.

    Lve all u guys
    Grandpa Bill


    tea tree soap or shampoo

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  5. Try #3 Very impressive site. I see why you like it. I went to the salves first. I would pick the sample pack. Get your echinacea planted now for root harvest in 5yrs. Enter me for your give away. I promise not to eat the soap, but they all sound like they would taste great. Your farm's on its way 'cause it's in your heart!
    Love you, Mom

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  6. Mrs. L,

    I would be delighted if you would enter me in your giveaway. I love natural stuff but it's just so expensive i don't get it very often. The rosemary & lavender gormuet shampoo bar sounds wonderful and since I have curly hair I try not to use too much shampoo anyways. Well, I've rambled enough, thanks to Lana for letting me know about this. You can find out more about me at www.homeschoolblogger.com/awindowintomyheart

    Because of Grace,
    Maiden Princess

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  7. Mrs. L,

    I would be delighted if you would enter me in your giveaway. I love natural stuff but it's just so expensive i don't get it very often. The rosemary & lavender gormuet shampoo bar sounds wonderful and since I have curly hair I try not to use too much shampoo anyways. Well, I've rambled enough, thanks to Lana for letting me know about this. You can find out more about me at www.homeschoolblogger.com/awindowintomyheart

    Because of Grace,
    Maiden Princess

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  8. Ooops....sorry i didn't mean to do that :D

    Maiden Princess

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  9. Here I am in the nick of time!

    I'd pick spring bouquet.

    I hope I win!!

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  10. Okay, I know I'm too late for this one, but The Chocolate Ice or Tangerine Moisturizer as we have dry skin. Glad you told us about this site!

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