The definition of grounded is to be well balanced and sensible. I would like to think this latest creation is both of those things. I wanted to share with you the process and the journey I have been on in creating my newest member to my soap collection.
"Grounded" has been over two years in the making and perfecting. It has just been launched this July 2023 live, via my online shop. Ive had several customers on my "testing panel" that have been using this for several months. The reviews and feedback have been amazing! I wanted to make a soap bar that had all the skin beneficial ingredients in as all my soap bars do. Ingredients such as coconut oil, shea butter and olive oil. Alongside natural additives that would work on those hard working gardeners hands. Hands that need hydration, deep cleansing and odour eliminators. It was important for me to have this bar look very raw and natural in appearance with all the wonderful exfoliation ingredients giving it its fine beauty.
Growing up, I was often dragged out into the garden with my Mum and expected to help with the general maintainence of keeping it tidy. Of course for me as a teen, that was the last thing I wanted to do and I made this very clear in every way possible to my Mum. Skip forward years on, and my garden has been and always will be my little haven. A space I can sit and enjoy a coffee in the calm and peace of the morning. I often sit and have a chat to my Mum Angel and ask her thoughts and opinions. I know many of us do the same and find great comfort in being able to just sit and allow the thoughts to come in the moment of still. In recent years, during the Pandemic it was such an invaluable space for me for many reasons. Those fortunate enough to have garden space I know, benefited in much the same way. It was a safe and comfortable space. So after sharing my idea to create a gardeners soap. I had many people say how they would love this as part of my soap collection.
Reasearch: I knew I wanted natural additives to make this bar an exfoliating and cleansing one. There are so many wonderful ingredients to choose from out there. But the ones that stuck with me are coffee and natural pumice.
The feel of these ingredients as you cleanse the skin is wonderful. It should feel like its doing something but without stripping your hands and skin of everything. It needs to work its magic on the ground in dirt, plus eliminate any unwanted odours.
Lets start with coffee, and not any coffee I might add. This exfoliant is made from grounding Arabica and Robusta coffee beans, they are meticulously dried and milled to a range of fine tolerances designed to deliver maximum exfoliation. Plus coffee stimulates the blood flow and promotes collagen production, leaving your skin feeling smooth and looking fresh. In fact the coffee gives this bar its beautiful earthy tones too. No extra colourants or pigments have been added.
Its a non-toxic exfoliant and is 100% biodegradable so is great for the environment and your skin too!
Now lets talk about Pumice. Most are possibly more familiar with it as a solid stone we use on our feet and hard skin. Its an extremely light and powdery exfoliant.
Produced by volcanoes, pumice stone is a naturally occurring stone composed of balsamic minerals such as silicon, oxygen, magnesium and iron, all essential minerals for soft and radiant skin. Its particularily good on callused skin. Which makes it another perfect addition to our soap and hardworking hands.
I chose to go with pure essential oils to fragrance the soap for all their therapuetic values and plantbased aromas. The two that blended well together as a great deodoriser were Clary Sage and Bergamot. Bergamot: Bergamot has been used for eons as a natural deodorant because of its strong citrus-y smell, but it turns out its scent is just the tip of the iceberg: this oil is also antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and is a powerful disinfectant. Clary Sage: Clary Sage Essential Oil contains an ester called linalyl acetate. Essentially, this powerful compound works to reduce skin inflammation, heal the epidermis and soothe skin. Cistus Oil and Petitgrain Oil are also highly soothing, helping to calm an irritated complexion. What a combination of benefits hey? As well as their benefits to the skin they smell divine!
Finally...lets talk about where the name came from. The link between wellbeing and selfcare is always crucial in all my makes. I make products that help you look and feel amazing. Thats my goal alongside using key ingredients that perform to the max. We live in a world thats extremely fast paced and with that comes huge pressures and expectations. Gardening is a love that many share as a way of escapisum and stress relief. As a huge advocate for mental health awareness this is an important part of my creative journey. "Grounded" soap slice is made using grounded coffee and pumice stone. Its benefits include being a wonderful gardeners and mechanics soap, and anyone using their hands physically. It contributes to many to help keep them "Grounded" and well balanced.
I hope you have found this blog post of interest? As always please leave your comments and feedback. It all helps to spread the love of my work far and wide. If you would like to order your bar of "Grounded" today. Hit the link below.
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