Thursday, February 12, 2009

FREE SHIPPING NOW until 2/28/09




Get free shipping on any order now at My Skin Soap Studio until 2-28-09!
This includes international and domestic orders. We ship USPS our method of choice depending on package weight.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

More new soaps for winter and holidays!

Please visit My Skin Soap Studio for more information on our new winter limited edition soaps, sugar scrubs and perfume! Take advantage of our 12 days of Christmas sale and get free shipping until December 16th on any domestic order. NO MINIMUM purchase required.
International ordesr will get a 5.00 credit refunded to them via Paypal.


Indian Tobacco Leaf - a blend of sandalwoods and tobacco fragrance.





Harvest Spice - a blend of spices and lavender provence essential oil.




Vanilla Cardamon a blend of fragrances and cardamom essential oil.



Cranberry Fig and Blood Orange naturally colored with alkanet root

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Free shipping and our new Eden natural perfume

Celebrate with us at My Skin Soap Studio and take advantage of free shipping now on any domestic order until December 16th 2008. (midnightPST). International orders will be get $5.00 off shipping fees to be refunded via Paypal once your order is processed.

You don't need to do anything special to get this offer except go shopping and your shipping fees will be on us!




We have just released our new natural hand-blended Eden perfume and we are very excited to share it with you.



Eden perfume oil focuses around 4 primary essential oils: Jasmine sambac absolute, sandalwood, fresh ginger and guaiacwood. It begins with rich, slightly fruity jasmine sambac absolute backed with fresh ginger root and madagascan vanilla absolute all grounded warmly with plenty of sandalwood, myrrh and smoky guaiacwood. Supporting notes are Spanish saffron, folded Italian lemon, Albanian orris root co2 select, french cepes absolute, and a tiny touch of french cocoa absolute.

Ingredients: Fractionated coconut oil, jojoba oil, essential oils of sandalwood, jasmine sambac absolute, Paraguay guaiacwood, Indonesian fresh ginger, Spanish myrrh, Madagascar vanilla absolute, Spanish saffron, folded Italian lemon, french cocoa absolute, Albanian orris root co2 select, french cepes absolute, tocopherols (vitamin e).

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Eden Natural perfume is days away from debuting!


We're very excited about our latest perfume, Eden, which is days away from hitting the website!

Ingredients: Fractionated coconut oil, jojoba oil, essential oils of sandalwood, jasmine sambac absolute, Paraguay guaiacwood, Indonesian fresh ginger, Spanish myrrh, Madagascar vanilla absolute, Spanish saffron, folded Italian lemon, french cocoa absolute, Albanian orris root co2 select, french cepes absolute, tocopherols (vitamin e).

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Evil Crack er Candy

So good. Made this last holiday season and forgot to share the pic.

Thanks Tenn, for the recipe!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Orange, Cardamom and Fresh ginger essential oils and other artisan soap


I truly enjoy making soaps --- something special for the holidays that I wouldn't normally make all year long due to costs and expense.

Here is an absolute favorite!

Brazilian 5 fold orange meets fresh ginger root and cardamom essential oils for a wonderful trio. Organic mango juice is used to create the natural color of this soap. Mouth watering indeed.
Highlight oils include hazelnut, olive oil, babassu oil and rich mango butter.

Ingredients: Oils of palm kernel, coconut, organic mango juice, olive oil, babassu oil, canola oil, mango butter, hazelnut oil, castor oil, essential oils of 5X orange, fresh ginger and cardamom.


Sandalwood Monoi Tiare Tahiti Soap with Calendula CO2 Select


Highlight oils include hazelnut, olive oil, babassu oil and rich mango butter, Monoi, Calendula CO2 total.

Ingredients: Oils of palm kernel, organic virgin coconut, distilled water, Monoi Tiare Tahiti oil, olive oil, babassu oil, canola oil, mango butter, hazelnut oil, castor oil, essential oils of pure sandalwood, amyris, Calendula CO2 total, mica.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Titania Perfume is back!

More to follow shortly but check our store under Limited Editions for more info!

Monday, October 27, 2008

Cardamom Vanilla Luxury Soap


I love to make Cardamom Vanilla soap for the holidays. Cardamom is a very lovely expensive essential oil so I don't make this all year but it's warm and spicy and rich and delicious!

Here is a freshly cut log. Notice the light inner color when cut? This will eventually all fill in to be the same shade as the dark vanilla shade on the outside. Cool, huh.




Sunday, October 26, 2008

Ohh Alkanet root you are a wonderous natural soap colorant


So, you may or may not know that I don't use synthetic lab created colorants in my handmade soap. There are wonderful colors which run the full color spectrum to be had with synth colorants, oxides and ultramarines but I like to be difficult sometimes and so I don't use them. What I do use are natural sources colorants which can be obtained from various cosmetic clays, herbs, spices, infusions, teas and the like. Alkanet root is a putrid stinky herb which can give natural colors which range from black and grey to blues and purples. The trick is finding the amount that works for you and that my friends, is not as easy as you might think, because soap has a naturally high Ph level which alters your colorants. Alkanet is an oil soluble root which means it will release it's color in oils such as coconut, olive, jojoba and so on.

For the last 3 years or so I have been trying to achieve a lovely muted lavender. While I have gotten some nice rich color, I haven't gotten what I wanted, until yesterday.
Here is a pic of a soap I will have ready for the holiday season. It is a lively festivus blend of kadota fig, blood orange essential oil and tart cranberries. I have not named it yet. Right now my biggest hope is that the color will not "grey" too much.
















Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Free Shipping on orders over $50!

www.myskinsoapstudio has free shipping! Read below.





The economy is tanking and times are getting rougher.
Keep some money in your pocket, save the gas in your tank, let us come to you this year by shopping with us online and save the shipping fees too!

Come visit us at My Skin Soap Studio now and receive FREE SHIPPING on orders of $50 or more! Shop for natural essential oil hand-blended perfumes, oils, luxury balms and signature luxury handcrafted custom soap! International orders will be refunded a discount $7.00 on all orders of $50 or more!






Thursday, October 02, 2008

Cocoawood Spice Perfume has returned!



Cocoawood Spice natural perfume is now back in stock!

Ingredients: Essential oils of French Cocoa absolute, Australian Sandalwood Haitian Vetiver, Indian patchouli, Vanilla absolute, Myrrh, Himalayan Cedarwood, Wild Frankincense co2 select, Coffee co2, Cardamom, Clove bud co2, Black pepper co2, Nutmeg co2, Sea Buckthorn co2, Cinnamon bark co2, Fractionated coconut oil, Jojoba oil, tocopherol (vitamin e). 10 grams

Friday, September 26, 2008

Maggie the laundry girldog turns one!

Maggie our newest rescue baby just had her first birthday!

She loves to jump onto the warm laundry pile fresh from the dryer. She comes running when she hears the dryer door open and chases me to the spot where I drop the fresh warm clothes and jumps in for a snuggle or some good burrowing! Whee!!!

See how happy she is with her little devilish smile ...