www.thingsfromhomeinc.com Please enjoy this first of 5 videos that show you the process of "making soap" by hand in your kitchen out of the finest all natural and organic ingredients. The soap maker featured in this video is Mickey Dye-Ishikawa of Asheville "North Carolina". Mickey has been working in the "health food" industry for 12 years, and has been making artisan handmade soaps for the past 4 years or more! Her products are unique in a craft (soap making) where anyone can buy the basic raw material to make soap. While many of the well known "handmade soap" companies out there make good products, many of them also cut corners by using inferior ingredients in the name of cutting costs to mass produce their products. Mickey believes that everyone SHOULD be able to use soaps that are made only with the highest quality natural and organic ingredients available, so thats exactly what she uses to make her soaps! This video series about Mickey Dye-Ishikawa and her handmade soaps, and her company "Things From Home, inc" is a "joint venture" project between her and (Robert Bankston) of "The Method Reports, llc" where they are working together to "increase her sales" online using the techniques of the "Video Marketing" program written by Robert early this year, "The Youtube Marketing Course". Video Marketing is the fastest growing way for small and large businesses alike to increase their reach and boost sales and traffic to their websites for FREE. It takes alot more than ...

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A vid about my soaps and lotions that I make...

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Hello Lovelies )

These are some soaps I just made. They are very moisturizing and are all natural.

They Contain:
Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Canola Oil
Sweet Almond Oil
Castor Oil
Safflower Oil

They will be up for sale on my etsy shop within a couple days.

http://www.PureSimplicitySoap.etsy.com

Let me know what you think, how do they look?

Hugs,
Hilary

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All natural or Organic soaps have so many advantages over store bought soaps, with all natural or organic soap you're not putting all those chemicals into your skin, that can irritate your skin or clog pores which may do more damage than good.  With all natural or organic soaps you know that it's all natural or organic ingredients.

There are so many different scents to choose from and so many uses for all natural soaps or organic soaps.  You may like the avocado or maybe a mint scent, or you may want one for anti-wrinkle or one for acne, the choices are almost endless.  It would just be nice to have a chemical free clean, a refreshing clean.

If you have a growing teen or maybe even yourself that suffers from acne, wouldn't it be a relief to know the product you're putting on your face is free of harmful chemicals, that it's all natural or totally organic, who knows if the chemicals in all those over the counter products are not doing more harm than good.  And you sure don't want to risk having a reaction or worse yet scars on your face from a product containing harsh chemicals that you can't even pronounce.

Whichever need you have or choice you make you know you're making the right one, you truly can't go wrong with an organic or all natural soap.  In today's world there's too many preservatives, additives, and chemicals in everything, so why do you need it in your soap too when you have so many choices to choose from it totally makes sense.  You want to know what's going into or onto your skin.  And you know with all natural organic ingredients are going to be good for you.

Also with the high costs of all the chemical filled products, organic soaps or all natural soaps is the most inexpensive and sensible way to go.  I have been using them for years and I love them.  I also give them out as gifts all the time.  I do not give gifts that people cannot use anymore.  But a real woman loves her soap and they are always so happy to get it.

Do not for get the Kids. They like them also because may natural soaps are very good for you acne and we were all kids one time.  Natural soap is a lot cheaper than all those bad chemicals they put on their faces. Stay all natural as much as you can.

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Soap is a necessity for all as it is what we use to clean ourselves whenever we shower. It may come in several forms but whatever you choose to use, its basic function is to remove dirt and oil on our bodies. In recent times, liquid soap and body wash has become more and more popular compared to the regular bar soap. But with the many creative designs that can be made with bar soaps, they are becoming relevant again and even used as displays on bathrooms.

Now if you think that making those kinds of soaps are hard, think again. Soap making is a very easy process that almost anyone can do it. Even children can make this into a hobby as long as they wear protective equipment and work supervised by adults.

There are two methods of soap making, you can use either one depending on your own preference and ingredients. The first method is called the hot process, wherein you will need to heat your soap mixture during the entire process. The cold process on the other hand, uses the same ingredients but heating of your mixture is not needed. The first method is generally used if the lye that you are going to use is impure and there is no way for you to measure its exact amount.

The main ingredients that you will need to make soap are oils and lye. By mixing these two ingredients, you will already be able to make the most basic type of soap. The first thing that you need to do is dissolve the lye completely in water while heating in the hot process (heating is omitted in the cold process as stated earlier). Next, the oil will then be poured with continuous heating and mixing. The exact measurements are needed for the cold method or the soap may come out too oily or too caustic if these measurements were not followed.

Once the above mixture has become homogenous, you can now place the mixture into molds and wait for them to harden. You can choose different kinds of molds to suit the design that you want to make. Addition of dyes may also be done before or during pouring of the mixture into the molds to give your soap the color of your preference.

After a few hours, your soap should have hardened but you can still make alterations on the design using knives. Other modifications that you can do with your soap are adding fragrant oils or lotions after saponification is done so that your soap will have added properties. Adding herbal leaves is another option that you can do to add to your soap's appeal.

Different types of oil will also result to your soap having different properties. If you want soap that you will only use for display, you might want to use oil that will give your soap a hard quality. For soap that you are going to use for showering, you might want to use coconut oil mixed with olive oil so that it will have good lathering properties while being mild on the skin.

Regular soap may be losing its popularity but it is certainly not a thing of the past. With the many designs and creative ways that you can change and alter the properties of bar soap, you will definitely have fun creating and designing your own soaps.

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Plein Air Life

Hi hi friends! You probably already know this, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE homemade soaps! I am always on the lookout for amazing homemade soap companies. Two years ago I attended the Hermosa Fiesta, which is Southern California's largest Arts and Crafts Fair and remembered I purchased a strawberry lip balm from a vendor called Plein Air Life. I immediately googled to see if Plein Air Life had an online store and I was absolutely ecstatic to find out they do have a website and stores too!

If you love homemade soaps, candles, sugar scrubs, lotions, body sprays, lip balms, essential oils, fragrance oils, and body balms made with nature's finest ingredients you should definitely visit Plein Air Life!!!

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Plein Air Life Locations:

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Plein Air Life is a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild and a proud signer of The Compact for Safe Cosmetics.

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http://www.thingsfromhomeinc.com Natural and organic handmade soaps with goatsmilk and essential oil. This video describes the benefits of "Lavender Love" soap.

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