First Ever Soap Giveaway!!! -- CLOSED

Giveaway time!  My first one ever.... I'm so excited for one of my readers to win some soaps!  I am going to be adding a lot more scents here in the near future and wanted to show off some of my summer ones for the last time before bringing in the new stuff.  Don't worry, I'll be doing another giveaway around Christmas for the new scents!  I picked out five of my favorites!

 Passionfruit Rose

 Beach Breezes

 Sweet Pea

 Yuzu

Spearmint Eucalyptus

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Bamboo - Behind the Soap

I sat down this morning to write up a blog post and felt a little stumped.  I stared at my computer screen for probably a good ten minutes before giving up and making a pot of coffee.  I sat outside with Yama and finished up the last of Harry Potter 7 and thought a bit more.  Still nothing.  Came inside... showered, dressed... did my hair.  Mike came home from work an hour earlier than usual (WOOO!) and I watched him and one of his fellow Coasties stack up some wood.  Ran to the store for a few things and came back.  

Lunch.  

Still nothing.

Snapped a few silly pictures of the animals and thought about posting them until I realized this is not an animal blog.  :P  Though I LOVE showing them off to you.... if just didn't feel right for today.

And then it dawned on me - share some soap!  I put a new bar of Bamboo soap in the bathroom this morning, of course *after* my shower.  I can't wait to use it!  I of course test out all of my soaps but I haven't used a full size bar of this yet.  It is a fresh and clean scented soap made with real 100% Aloe Vera. The colorant is an AWESOME shimmer mica.... I just love how it looks when I'm mixing the colors before pouring.

This isn't a single-noted "bamboo" scent.  It has a rainforest feel... jasmine and aloe with a wood-type scent mixed in.  It's fresh and clean and really light -- not overpowering.  It's also pretty gender neutral.  Mike took some to work and all the guys loved it!

Check it out in the shop!

I promise in the next few weeks I will have more soap to share with you.  It has been a quiet summer on the business front and I really haven't minded.  It was nice having a laid back summer.  I am so excited to get busy again though.  I might even brainstorm with you all a bit on color combinations and designs!

What are some of your favorite fall and winter scents?  Let me know!  :)

xoxo

P.S. -- If you'd like to see the last "Behind the Soap" post you can find it here! It was awhile ago. :)

Ocean Rain - Behind the Soap

Ocean Rain is one of my favorite soaps right now!  As soon as the fragrance oil got here and I cracked it open... oh man!  The scent is a mix of salty rain, light basil and that wonderful smell right after a storm, ozone.  It's almost indescribable how good it smells.  Also, I got to use my new shimmer mica colorants and they were a blast!  They are the same type of shimmer used in eyeshadow and they really made the soap pop!  Here are a few behind the scene shots.

Aren't those sparkles amazing?  After making this soap I couldn't wait to do a few more with the shimmer micas.  Some of the others are black cherry, lavender and herbs and bamboo.