Who doesn't love summer! Well, we have a sizzlin' giveaway for you! We teamed up with @pineappleboutiqueco and Caroline Winterton, Independent Norwex Sales Consultant for this fabulous giveaway! The giveaway includes a "Good times & Coastlines" T-shirt from @pineappleboutiqueco (size large only), a Norwex Enviro Cloth and Natural Sunscreen Everyday SPF 30 from Caroline Winterton, Independent Norwex Sales Consultant and our Sand & Sea bar, Waikiki Beach bath bomb and Soap Net (not pictured) from Desert blossom Soap. 
All you have to do to enter is 1. Like this post on our Facebook page or leave your name and a comment on this blog post  or on Instagram go to @desert_blossom_soap or @pineappleboutiqueco like the photo and share with two friends. 2. Share the Facebook post or this blog post with two friends you know like summer as much as you do. And, remember your entry must be in by June 21st at midnight. We will be drawing the winners name on June 22nd 2019. It's that easy! So, good luck everyone!!!!!!

     We finally have our Lavender & Lemongrass back in stock! We changed this bar like our other bars. The ingredients will be the same, but the shape will match the changes to all our other bars, the square shape. We omitted the lavender buds on top, they were pretty but we noticed that as the bar hardened the buds became dry and brittle. They would fall off and create a mess that served no purpose. Instead we dusted the top with mica to give it a lite shimmer. Below is an updated photo of this classic scented bar.
     Next we did a total revision of our Pink Grapefruit. We changed the oil blend and added coconut milk. This bar has a very creamy lather and a light citrus scent created by the essential oils of pink grapefruit, bergamot and litsea cubeba. Then we added my new favorite essential oil Copaiba. Look up this wonderful oil and just see how special it is! It adds a slightly sweet yet earthy scent to this lovely soap. It will be ready for purchase July 1st 2019!
     Our next date for the Pinewood Farmer's Market will be June 22nd, this coming Saturday. We will have our new batch of Fresh & Clean along with the Lavender & Lemongrass. We will also have a few bath bombs in assorted scents for $5.00 each. Come check it out! It runs from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
     Tomorrow we will be launching another giveaway. Our last one was on our Instagram page @desert_blossom_soap. This time we will also include this blog and the Facebook page as a way to enter. So, be on the lookout Monday June 16th for your chance to win our giveaway!
    Well, we hope your weekend was a great one, and hope all those fathers out there were able to enjoy their special day! 

     After almost a year we finally changed our Luv Your Pup bar to something we like. We omitted some essential oils, changed the shape and made it larger. This bar is a very nice dog shampoo bar (and you can use it on yourself also!) that also works well on horses. It contains neem oil, which has been known to repel mosquitos, flies and midges. And, it contains the essential oils of eucalyptus lemon, citronella, lemongrass and cedarwood, also known for keeping pests at bay. Other ingredients are aloe vera, vitamin E and jojoba oil. We omitted the lavender and rosemary after figuring out they were attracting bees. All in all we think this bar will make you and your dog very happy!
     We also recently added more bars of our Lavender & Rose to the website. So if these two beautiful floral scents are your favorite we now have them available. And coming the end of June are the Lavender & Lemongrass, Fresh & Clean and another revised bar, the Pink Grapefruit bar. And don't forget, we will be at the Pinewood Farmers Market June 22nd. Hope to see you there!

Summer is coming and that means a lot of us will be seeking out cooler places! So, if you are looking to escape the valley's heat, come on up and join us at the Pinewood Farmers Markets from Memorial Day until Labor Day. Just 15 minutes from Flagstaff makes this market a perfect place to stop off and stroll around. We will be there this Saturday May 25th so stop by and check out these new batches of our customer favorites! Shown below is our newly revised Sand & Sea, our Old Fashioned Oatmeal, another revised bar Cheers To Your Skin (beer soap), our two minty scented faves Fresh & Clean and the Just For Me, the unscented Goat's Milk & Oatmeal and our ever popular Honeysuckle & Calendula. We also will have available the Soap Nets, some ceramic soap dishes by Squirrelprint and our new fused glass soap dishes. The next Pinewood Market we will be attending will be June 8th and we will have available our new Luv Your Pup and a new batch of Lavender & Rose. We would love to see you all! Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.

Spring is officially here and the warm weather has begun! Time for yard work and barbecues, our gorgeous Arizona sunsets and evenings spent with family and friends! We have our next market coming up April 6th and we are so excited. The Campbell's Restaurant Farmers Market has grown and has been adding so many unique and wonderful vendors, we are so happy to be apart of this growing market! It will be from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Saturday April 6th. The location is 9098 W Pinnacle Peak Road in Peoria, corner of 91st Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Rd. We will have our new batch of Eucalyptus & Spearmint available (shown below), some free samples of soap and a new offering of these beautiful fused glass soap dishes. Come check them out! The are very unique! So come down and see us and pick up a free sample of soap!

We are so ready for our beautiful Arizona spring! Warmer weather and gorgeous sunny days are here. This is what we love about this wonderful state! This weekends market starts our March with one of our favorite places to be, Peoria! We will be at the Campbell's Restaurant Farmers Market this Saturday March 2nd from 8 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. We will have lot's to offer, so come on out and see us! Our next two markets will be in Pinal County at the Avocado Creative Market Saturday March 9th and the Casa Grande Elks Club Craft Fair put on by the Waves on Saturday March 23rd. These two little markets are a wonderful way to spend a Saturday for you local Pinal County people that isn't a long drive. So get out and soak up some warm Arizona sunshine!
We will also have our new batch of Cheers To Your Skin, our beer soap at these markets. We changed our  recipe to include some unique ingredients and make this bar a little more rustic. We replaced the shea butter with coffee butter and omitted the milk. We added buttermilk powder, brewed coffee, coffee grounds and a little bit of nutmeg essential oil ( for a nutty, earthy smell ). We left the olive, coconut and cocoa butter in the mix for a less drying clean. This is a perfect kitchen or gardening soap. And, for all of you that prefer a light or unscented bar, this is your kind of soap. Plus the beer has a skin softening effect! What a pleasant bar of soap. We will also have some bath bombs and our Confetti soap balls for the kids ( or the young at heart :) We are looking forward to seeing you all!

     It is now two and a half years since we launched this business and we are always trying to move forward. The packaging has been a constant search to fit our bars as we make our own molds. We finally think we have a winner! Pictured below is our bars in the new boxes. We would love to hear what your thoughts are, please comment and let us know.
     Next, we made changes to one of our most popular bars. We changed our Goat's Milk and Oatmeal look. It has the same ingredients with the addition of white kaolin clay. We decided to remove the loose oatmeal on top and do a swirl throughout. We are very happy with the way it turned out and we think this just might be a keeper! We will have these bars available at the Avocado Nursery's Creative Market this weekend, come check them out!
     Now we would like to talk about ingredients, specifically oils. We do not make soap from what they call a "melt and pour" base. A "melt and pour" base is just as it sounds, you buy a block of soap to your liking (goat's milk, shea butter, olive oil, etc......) and you melt it, add color and scent, make a design and pour it. You have soap!
     The soap we produce on the other hand is called "cold process", we blend our oils, mix our liquid and lye solution and carefully, emphasis on carefully, mix clays, micas, pigments, essential oils, fragrances and other additives to make a soap with ingredients we meticulously record for each batch. Our soaps are never made with soy or corn. Soy is not chosen because of the high estrogen levels in it, corn oil is not used in our products because 80% of the corn grown in the United States has been genetically modified. Our goat's milk bars have an oil base of 70% olive oil. Almost all our blends have olive oil in them. Then we add coconut oil for hardness and castor oil for bubbles. Our other soap bases include palm, sunflower, meadowfoam and butters of shea, mango, cocoa and avocado. Other important oils used in less amounts are jojoba oil and apricot kernel oil. If you ever have a question regarding any of our ingredients please feel free to contact us.

Above, our new packaging. Below the new Goat's Milk and Oatmeal.

This coming Saturday we will be at the Avocado Nursery for their monthly Creative Market! Come on out to this outstanding local market. It is located on Overfield Road near Central Arizona College in Casa Grande. They have a beautiful setting and some wonderful local vendors. We will have our new bars of all your Valentines favorites, the Country Rose Garden, Lavender & Rose, Lavender & Spearmint, our new Coconut & Lemongrass just to name a few. Also available will be some $12.00 and $15.00 baskets with soap bars and bath bombs, what a treat for the special ones on your list! We will also have available the newly redesigned Just For Me (peppermint & tea tree oil) and our new bars of our best selling Fresh & Clean. So come on out and enjoy your morning at the Creative Market!!!! See you there!

Fast approaching is that fabulous day that we all can show our significant other how much we appreciate them! What better way to do that than to get them a special gift of soap! We have some very wonderful blends curing right now that would be the perfect gift. Below are some examples for everyone, no matter your scent preference. At our up and coming market we will have some bath bombs available to partner with these luxurious soaps. Just check out these bars, some we have changed and one blend we brought back. Hope to see you in February!!!! 

Clockwise from top left: Coconut & Lemongrass with Silk, Country Rose Garden, Fresh & Clean, Lavender & Spearmint, Sweet Lavender and Just For Me (peppermint & tea tree oil). Center is Honeysuckle & Calendula.