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Yes, we are way too excited to introduce our new Lilac Breeze bar! If you are like my family and just absolutely love the fragrance of blooming lilacs you will really enjoy our lilac fragrance oil scented bar. I have been using this lovely bar for a couple of weeks now and just can't get enough of it! This will be the only batch this year, so when they are gone you will not be able to get them again until February of 2020. These will be a limited edition bar for 2019, our next one will be a jasmine scented bar with Ylang-Ylang and Bergamot essential oils in a coconut milk base. These two bars will not be available on our website, but will only be available at the local markets. We also would like to introduce our new Goat's Milk & Honey bar. We did some major changes to this bar. First we removed the olive oil and replaced it with organic grass fed tallow, then removed the sweet almond oil and replaced it with avocado oil. We have heard that olive oil may be a trigger in some individuals with skin problems like eczema and psoriasis. We decided to make these changes after reading a blog on ECZEMALIFE.COM. We were compelled to offer something a little different from our other goat's milk bars which contain olive oil. Again, we have been using this bar and really like the silky lather it creates. We will have this bar at the next Pinewood Farmers Market in Munds Park Arizona on August 3rd along with the Lilac Breeze, Frosted Evergreen, Three Kings and a new batch of Sweet Lavender. So, come on up and cool off in Northern Arizona! We also will have a new batch of Honeysuckle and Calendula available soon, just love making this gorgeous bar! Everyone have a fabulous weekend and stay cool and hydrated!!!!!
 From top clockwise: Lilac Breeze, Goat's Milk and Honey, Three Kings, Honeysuckle and Calendula, Frosted Evergreen.
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We are so excited to introduce our newly reformulated Pink Grapefruit bar! We now are doing this bar with a coconut milk base that includes the oils of coconut, olive, RSPO palm, sunflower and castor. This makes for a very creamy lather in this bar. The fragrance in it is strictly an essential oil blend of pink grapefruit, bergamot, litsea cubeba and copaiba. It is colored with a blend of rose and white kaolin clays and a touch of pink mica for a beautifully soft look. We have been enjoying testing this bar and absolutely love it! We will have this bar along with our favorites Fresh & Clean, Just For Me, our oatmeal & goat's milk bars, Cheers To Your Skin, two of our lavender bars, Lavender & Rose and Lavender & Lemongrass, our Luv Your Pup (dog shampoo bar) and a few other blends. We will be offering a soap bar and bath bomb deal, one bar of soap and a bath bomb for $10.00 (you get a bag so it is all ready for giving if you are giving as a gift!) We will also have our regular special, so come on up to beautiful Munds Park for the July 6th market and cool off! It starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m. We would love to see you there!  We have our winner! We want to thank everyone for participating in our giveaway, and a congratulations to Tiffiny Lilley our winner! We will be contacting our winner tomorrow and get this fabulous giveaway to Tiffiny as soon as we can🙂
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!  We are going to discuss the five best reasons to choose handcrafted cold process soap to clean your skin. There are more reasons to use handcrafted soap but these are the top of the list so we will focus on them. If you are new to this blog and want an explanation of "cold process" go to the previous blog to learn about this traditional way of soap making. It also discusses the use of oils and why we use or don't use particular oils in our soap. So lets begin! #1 Ingredients: The very best reason to use handcrafted soap is the ingredients. Typically handcrafted soap is made of vegetable oils (there are some soap makers that utilize lard and tallow which make some very amazing soap!) and butters that are rich in antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients that are vital to healthy skin. I can't count how many times individuals have told me that handcrafted soap has not only improved their skin, but changed their lives by relieving them of itchiness, dryness, and even skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. Everyone wants healthy skin and switching to daily use of handcrafted soap is the best place to start! If you need help finding the right soap for your needs, don't hesitate to ask your favorite soap maker questions. We all take take pride in our ingredients and are excited to share our knowledge with you. #2 Real soap: It is commonly called soap, but that mass produced commercial stuff that you get at the grocery store is anything but! You have a large amount of products to choose from that are labeled as deodorant soap, body bars, body washes and the ever popular beauty bar. These are just chemical cocktails made of detergents and downright disturbing synthetic ingredients that dehydrate and age the skin, cause allergic reactions and have been linked to various forms of cancer. Handcrafted soap is just soap, nothing more nothing less. And one of the most appealing aspects is all those harmful and unnecessary ingredients are not added to make handcrafted soap. #3 Glycerin: Glycerin isn't added to a handcrafted soap recipe-it's created during the soap making process! Glycerin is a precious emollient that softens the skin. It is proven to be so beneficial to your skin that it is extracted from commercially made "soap" and reserved for higher priced body care products, hygiene and pharmaceutical products. Handcrafted soap retains all of its natural glycerin and is the reason handcrafted soap produces such a rich and luxurious lather. #4 No harm: When you purchase handcrafted soap from your local soap maker you can be pretty certain that no communities or natural habitats were laid to waste by run off from a large chemical factory and we don't test on animals, we actually use the products we make! I think most soap makers would agree that we all have the utmost respect for the earth and all of its creatures, reverence to a kinder way of living is a big part of why the community of handcrafted soap makers do what they do! #5 Variety: If you like variety this is definitely a product for you! You won't be disappointed with all the different scents and blends available. Not all handcrafted soap is alike and there are so many to choose from. So, have fun and up your bathing experience! Make it spa like or choose something more simple. What ever your pleasure is, we are positive you will find it! So, keep calm and soap on!!!!!!  |
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