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Hello, everyone. So many people had trouble signing in with this blog, that I started a Facebook fan page. If you go to my page and hit Like, you will receive updates when I add something. If you don't do facebook, please let me know so I can work something else out for you. with love, Roberta Oh, for some reason, this blog won't let me paste my Facebook address in here! I am so sorry. But you can easily find me if you do a search for Roberta's Specialty Soaps.

These draagonfly bars are also bath sized. The bottom one is made with orange peel and oil and smells just wonderful!! The top picture is colored with turmeric and is simply lovely.

These These leaf bars are a nice shower size. The first one has blueberry seeds for exfoliant and the second has turmeric as a natural color.

Here on my back deck, I am infusing colors and scents in the sun.

A bowl full of hearts for Valentine's Day

Heart Embed Soap

I loved making these goats milk and shea butter hearts embedded in olive oil soap.

I know Winter is over, but I had to put these snow flakes in for you to see.

Sea Shells

Roses! Any color, any scent you would like!

I like the scent of Rose Hips in my roses.

Pigs

The Three Little Pigs.

Baby girl shoes.

Baby Shoes

Sheep, what a perfect Baby Shower gift! I love these sheep! They each weigh about 3 1/2 oz. and of course, will be any color and scent you like.

Shaving Soap

Lemongrass soap

Lemongrass and Burdock Soap

Lemon Grass and Burdock Leaf Soap.  Burdock Leaf has long been known for it's healing properties, and is used externally for skin breakouts. John Lust in “The Herb Book” says that Burdock leaves may be helpful as a skin wash for acne, poison ivy, and poison oak.  Please let me know how it works for your skin problem!

Order

Many of you have asked me, "What are your prices?  How can I order?"

I have tried and tried to add Pay Pal buttons without success.  I just have too many optoins for scents, colors, etc.   Therefore, I am starting a website for my soaps that will be more comprehensive.

Meanwhile, please e-mail me at robertamansell@gmail.com with your desires and we can work it out.

I do request that you pay with PayPal, and therefore will work something out so you can do this.

Thank You!!

Roberta

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Calendula Soap

Calendula Oil is made from the dried petals of the Calendula flower and I make the oil here at home. Calendula is great for healing rashes, scratches, chapped skin, insect bites, burns and damaged skin. Calendula is anti-inflammatory and is both antibacterial and antiviral. I did not have to add any color to this soap, as it's color comes from the flowers the oil is made from. Depending on weight, these bars are between $5 and $6.

Shaving Soaps

These are my first shaving soaps. They can be whatever color and scent you would like. I have added coconut oil to make a nice, rich, lather.

Celtic Knots Soaps.

In looking for something masculine, I have created these Celtic Knot Soaps. Check out our list of masculine scents!

Cows!

Don't you love the look on the cow's faces?

Each 3 1/2 oz. cow can be colored and scented any way you like for $4.00

Piney Soap

This piney soap gets off the worst grime, even after working on your car or in your garden!

This one is a 3 1/2 ounce bar. By special request from a mechanic, the next batch will be in bar form, as he did not like the pine cones.

Contour Soap Bar. This is a 5 ounce soap that fits very comfortably in your hand. I can make your favorite soap, color and scent!

Contour soap

Yesterday the excitement of my day when the UPS truck delivered 2 new soap molds.  I used one, but not the other, so I'll show you the first one.

Contour mold!  Fits nicely into my hand.  I made this bar with goats milk and rosemary and thyme for a nice herbal scent.  In the upper picture, you will see that I put some whole thyme into the bar with the oil.  Very pretty!

New, natural colors

I know I say this a LOT, but Fed Ex delivered to me today some all new natural colorants, and I am EXCITED!

So, I've been playing and have a few to show you.  More later or tomorrow.

I took a close up of this leaf hoping that you could see the tiny specks in the soap.  It's made with Madder Leaf powder, and I put a teaspoon into the Shea Butter to get this color.  Very rich looking, isn't it?

With this Madder Root for color, I can make anything from the pink sailboat to the dark leaf.  Here also i've made a two tone rocket ship and a 3 tone car.  All made with different amounts of madder root.

And just look at that dome bar!  I mixed some dandelion leaf in it for color and scented it with lemongrass.  I just love it!

Boy, do I ever need a better photographer than myself!  This picture is so dark!

Going to run to town with a friend and will be back with you later today.

Shea Butter

·       Shea Butter is a great dry skin moisturizer.  It will soften your tough skin (I’m going to try it on my problem area, my ankles!) and restore elasticity to your skin. Shea Butter is used to heal minor burns and help that irritating sun burn!

·       When used as a shaving cream, it will reduce that razor irritation, blemishes, scarring and wrinkles and even prevent those after shaving bumps!

·       Washing your hair with Shea Butter works to eliminate dry scalp, irritation from chemical processing, and makes your hair lustrous and beautiful.

·       Shea Butter is said to have healing qualities for baby eczema and skin and diaper rashes.

·       For hundreds of years, Shea Butter has been used during pregnancy to reduce stretch marks!

Soaps and additives

I use three soap bases (for now)
Olive Oil
Shea Butter
Goats Milk

For Scent, I have Rose, Citrus, Lavender, Herbal, Jasmine, Vanilla, Patchouli, Eucalyptus and Cinnamon Essential Oils.

As far as Exfoliates, I can add blueberry seeds, strawberry seeds, apricot or almond.

I can make any color you desire.  But every batch wll be different!

New Beginnings Soap

I've decided to name my soap business New Beginnings.  Long story, but I believe it is what I need to do.  This will add the hiccup of adding my name to the labels after the name of New Beginnings, but that's a small problem to fix.

Hey, guys, you're not commenting!  Let me ask a question, of the three soap bases that I want to carry, which do you prefer?  Goat's Milk, Shea Butter, or Olive oil?
I will send a sample of each (unscented and uncolored) to anyone willing to be a test subject.  Just e-mai to me your mailing address.

Many thanks,

Roberta

Goats Milk Soap

Goats Milk • The benefits of goat’s milk soap can be felt by people suffering from various skin conditions or those just wanting to maintain youthful, rejuvenated skin. • The moisturizing benefits of goats milk soap surpass that of commercial soap because of the natural creams in goats milk. • Goat’s milk proteins kill acne-causing bacteria.

Olive Oil Soap

First, I want to tell ou about Olive Oil soap. It is wonderful for your skin, and I have a bar in the shower because my skin is sooo dry! Here is the beginning of my soap base descriptions:

Soap Bases and Why You Want to Use Them Olive oil • Softens and soothes dry and sensitive skin. • Relieves skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis. • Is non-greasy and excellent for acne sufferers. • Olive oil has anti-inflammatory properties which help to heal skin abrasions, rashes and sunburn.