A Fragrant Holiday Gift

Soapy all natural handmade soaps make the perfect, fragrant holiday gift idea for this Christmas season.

Here are 4 beautiful range of handmade natural Christmas presents for your family, friends and yourself:

Set A (unscented)

1 bar (100g) of Goat Milk Honey + 1 bar (130g) of Cocoa Butter Soap

Good for : sensitive, mature and baby skin; mild and nourishing.

Set B (with essential oil)

1 bar (100g) of Geranium Rice Soap + 1 bar (130g) of Lavender Soap

Good for : people (ladies especially) who love great scent; balancing and calming.

Set C (with essential oil)

1 bar (100g) of Pandan Mint Soap + 1 bar (130g) of Orange Mint Soap

Good for : people who love a real refreshing bath; very cooling.

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Set D (with essential oil)

1 bar (100g) of Charcoal Tea Tree Soap + 1 bar (130g) of T-tree Lemongrass Lime Soap

Good for : oily skin, removing impurities and sweaty smell; soothing.

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Original Price : RM24.00/ set

X'mas Promotion : RM21.50/ set (with wrapping as above)

• This promotion valid from 23/11/09 till 31/12/09.
• Please place your order at dehomemaker@gmail.com

Safe and Natural Soap (Part III) - Try it !

After a month of using Soapy Soap, my whole family is so happy with this natural soap as our skin texture had improved tremendously. I even recommend it to my two sisters; all came back with very good feedback. I really wish more people (mummies esp.) will get to know about Soapy Handmade Soap by sharing what i have learnt so far in 100% natural handmade soap where it's not only beneficial to our skin but also kind to the environment too (biodegradable).

I always wanted to start a small home-based business but not until i find a good product that i really like and trust. Here, my first product of my home-based business - SOAPY SOAP!

UNSCENTED RANGE

1. Fresh Goat Milk Soap (100g) mild & gentle

2. Goat Milk Honey Soap (100g) moisturise sensitive skin

3. Oat & Milk Soap (100g) sooth itchiness

4. Olive Wheatgerm Honey Soap (100g) soften & rejuvenate

5. Cocoa Butter Soap (130g) pamper dry skin


ESSENTIAL OIL SOAP

1. Geranium Rice Soap (100g) sensual

2. Pandan Mint Soap (100g) sweet refresh

3. Lavender Soap (130g) calm & relax

4. Floral Herbal Soap (100g) great for hair too

5. Tomato Citrus Soap (100g) lighten naturally

6. Charcoal Tea Tree Soap (100g) remove impurities

7. Cocoa Vanilla Soap (100g) pamper & indulge

8. Orange Mint Soap (130g) refresh & awaken

9. T-tree Lemongrass Lime Soap (130g) care for oily skin


If you can't decide or find a soap that suits your skin, click here to know more..



Selling Price : RM11 (100g)/ RM13 (130g)

Method of Payment : Bank-in or maybank2U

Delivery : COD could be arranged around OUG, Kuchai Lama, Sri Petaling or Bukit Jalil area/ Poslaju at buyer's cost (will be quoted accordingly before your purchase).

Safe and Natural Soap (Part II) - Soapy Soap

All Natural Handmade Soap - for delicate skin

The moment i got my first bar of fresh goat milk soap purchased from the soap maker of Soapy Soap, i just can't wait to discover the goodness of this soap (hoping that it's not going to be another disappointment again like the earth mama baby angle bath). Well, my first experience with this soap was GOOD (no irritation nor rashes) and then i started to use it on both my boys - they just LOVE IT!! My little boy HW will call this soap 'the soft soft soap' as he can feel the softness of his skin after using this soap (his skin a bit dry before this- using Johnson & Johnson). Kids are very straight forward, I believe if they dislike certain stuff (esp new things) they will turn away or just say no to it, right?

I'm so glad that i've found this simple yet natural soap; it does meet my basic needs as a 'back to basic' cleansing agent. My comment for this goat milk soap - safe, gentle and affordable. However, bar soap has become less popular now as compare with shower gel. Most people will find that bar soap is an outdated and old fashion stuff as it looks boring. I must admit that Soapy soap does not come with nice packaging for environmental reason. Why do we need to pay extra costs in packaging where it will end up in our trash bin and what we actually need is only a SAFE SOAP.

FACTS ABOUT SOAPY HANDMADE SOAP
Soapy Sdn. Bhd. is a GMP certified manufacturer. Soapy All Natural Handmade Soaps are manufactured to meet the high standard of quality and hygiene. These soaps are mild and gentle soaps made of natural ingredients, mostly extracted from plants. Do not use animal derives except for honey and fresh goat milk.

SOAP BASE
The soap base is made of food grade edible oil of sunflower oil, coconut oil, water, palm oil, sodium hydroxide, castor oil, rosemary oleoresin and vitamin. Overall, our soaps are good in moisturizing quality but not too soft that it will just melt away.

Sunflower Oil - Rich in linolenic and linoleic acids give the soap good moisturizing quality and promote creaminess in the soap.

Coconut Oil - Promotes hardness and cleansing quality of the soap.

Palm Oil - This semi-saturated oil has moderate moisturising quality, promotes creaminess and gives the soap a hard waxy touch.

Water - A medium to promote the chemical reaction between the alkali and fatty acids in the oil to produce glycerin and soap.

Glycerin - A humectant, which attracts water in the air to the skin to moisturize it. Handmade has between 5% to 8% glycerin compare to soap made with soap noodle, which normally contains a maximum of 1% glycerin. Most machine made soaps contain less that this level and only a very few may contain more. This is because as itself, glycerin can be sold to other industry especially pharmaceutical for good price.

Sodium Hydroxide - No sodium hydroxide means no soap. It is the alkali that is needed to bond with the fatty acid in the oil, resulting in soap and glycerin. Soapy Handmade Soaps do not have excess sodium hydroxide in it. We even reduce the amount to ensure there is and excess of 5% fat left to moisturize the skin.

Castor Oil - The only oil that contains ricinoleic acid that promotes a very good moisturizing quality to the soap. Ricinoleic acid is also an important component in the soap to exert anti-inflammatory effects.

Rosemary Oleoresin - This is the best natural antioxidant. It helps to prolong the freshness of the soaps. It also contains amino acid that nourishes the skin.


With further additives, each soap becomes unique and gives additional benefits to the user.

UNSCENTED SOAP

Our very mild range of soap, which is unscented, is suitable for hypersensitive and baby skin. Even though unscented, it still contains very light natural aroma from the ingredient used like honey, milk, etc..

ESSENTIAL OIL SOAP

Essential oil soaps are scented with oil distilled, cold press or CO2 extracted from different parts of plants. The aroma is light and natural. The aroma is more prevailing when the soap is used during bath. Essential oil contains benefits to care for skin, face or hair. These soaps can be used on most skin types, except those stated otherwise.

Safe and Natural Soap (Part I)

I am a mummy who's always concern about children safety and health. Before this, i was so anxious about the BPA issue with feeding bottles; and now the chemical used in our family's daily bath gel/ shampoo. It is very upsetting that the commercial cleansing items in the market now mostly are all FULL of chemicals - that includes our favourite Johnson & Johnson. When we talk about baby bath, it SHOULD be simple, safe yet natural for babies little delicate skin. However, when we take a look at the list of ingredients labelled at the back of the products, non of us here could even pronounce them.

I've did some research on how to find a good and natural cleansing products. Please don't waste your money on buying those so called anti-bacterial hand/ body soap with triclosan (a toxic chemical). There's studies shown that this anti-bacterial soaps may not only be ineffective, but harmful. The best way to get rid of germ and dirt is just only water and soap, that's it!

Without much delay, i went shopping, online just to look for a basic yet natural soap for the whole family. However, i could only found 1 baby bath and shampoo for my younger boy - it's called earth mama angel baby. It's a very gentle liquid castile soap in a foam pump and it cost rm55.00!! This bottle of soap can only last not more than 2 months on my little boy's hair and body! Besides the cost matter, this soap mustn't get into bb's eyes - it sting!! For my case, the soap never goes into my boy's eyes but each time when i wash his bottom using this soap; he will screamed and says "mummy, pain.. pain...".

AGAIN, i sat in front of my laptop and started to look for a 100% natural soap. It sounds crazy but i really can't go back to those chemical soap anymore... and Finally, i've found a all natural handmade soap called Soapy. to be continue.... (Part II)

Manuka Honey

I wanted to try some natural remedies to help Chi Wen and Hao Wen sinus problem and was told by a friend that Manuka Honey might help.

I bought this manuka honey with Active 5% from a organic shop somewhere near OUG market where i used to do my marketing every Sunday morning. The shop owner is very helpful and will only recommend something within your budget. I was given a choice of an organic manuka honey with active 5% (RM70 after discount) and a non-organic and non-active manuka honey (RM30). I took the organic one since it comes with active 5% and it sounds like more effective, i guess... ha ha!

At the begining, i let both the boys have the honey water and they don't really like it! OMG, what happened? Aren't honey sweet and children suppose to love it?? So, i give it another try by given them the honey straight from the spoon without mixing it with water. Surprisingly they like it because it is really sweeeeeet !!

It has been a month now and i still didn't notice any significant improvement on their sinus. However, it really helps on the digestive system- good bowel movement! And also very good for bringing down the heatiness inside our body.


Woodland's Organic Manuka Honey Active 5%, after discount- RM70.00 (500gm)



Notes:-
- Unpasteurised Active Manuka Honey
- Very thick texture, pure and dark brown in colour (the darker the better)
- Do not give honey to young children (below 2 years)
- Do not use metal spoon on honey
- Do not mix honey with hot water

My second baby (blog) !

It has been a while that i didn't not post anything on my blog (mother nature), ever since my gmail's account was hacked! I've still not recover from the "nightmare" where my blog, picasa web, my gmail with all the contacts, documents are just "disappeared" and unrecoverable...no matter how hard i try..!

It took me a long time to start off with another blog as the phobia still with me. Well, i think the "grieving moment" should end now and I told myself: let's start all over again!