Bug-Off! Sunscreen Lotion Bars

I finally got a free minute or two to make some Bug-Off! Sunscreen Lotion Bars!  It was fun working with my daughters to make this product for our customers!  She also told me that when she grows up she is going to help make most of the soap for the website and sit at the craft fairs with me!

So there are two sizes, 5 oz rounds in tins and 2 oz ovals without tins.  I received the tins the other day from www.brambleberry.com and they are prefect for this product!  I then printed labels for the top and bottom of the tins!  Then made the lotion bar recipe and added Basil, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, and Lavender to repel the bugs and zinc oxide for the sunscreen! Tomorrow they will be unmolded and added to the store! 

Lotion Bars and Recipe!

Today I am working on Lotion Bars!  Lots and lots of lotion bars!  I am not sure how these will ship!  Hopefully all of them come in whole!  I will be adding a bit more beeswax than usual just to keep it in the shape it is suppose to be! I am also making regular lotion!  I am going to make some that is unscented, Bug-Off! Sunblock, Unscented Sunblock, Citrus, Lavender and Patchouli!  I can't wait to have this all up on  in the store for everyone to try out!  I am so excited for camping, swimming, gardening, and just summer in general!  What is your favorite summer activity?

Here is the Lotion Bar Recipe I use for those of you who like to make your own!

1 part Beeswax*
1 part Shea Butter
2 parts Coconut Oil
Melt beeswax & coconut oil over low heat. Turn off the heat, cool a bit.  After mixture has cooled slightly, add the shea butter until it melts. Add essential oils, if desired!  Pour into silicone mold and allow to cool completely!
*You can add beeswax to your desired consistency.

Oatmeal Soap

I made some oatmeal soap yesterday afternoon!  It turned out awesome!  It is a great soap for sensitive skin so if you or someone you love is needing a good soap that won't dry out or make skin problems worse, give us a try! It is an all vegetable soap, it has Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, and a mixed vegetable oil and of course oatmeal.  There are no fragrances or colors added! 

More Soap, Lotion and Craft Fairs!

We have more soap this week!  Thanks Josh!  He made us some Bacon Soap!  Yes, you heard me right, Bacon!  And it really smells like bacon!  It even looks like bacon!  See the picture above!  He also made some of The Duke soap!  I love The Duke, it smells like leather and sage!  Fantastic!  Below is a picture of it cooking!  We do most of our soaps Hot Process!  That way we can have a lot of it done in a short amount of time.  I don't like it hanging out for a few weeks not being able to be used!  I am an instant gratification type of girl!  We have a Cowgirl Soap too!  It smells like Leather and Lavender!  Even better!  This means I will be wrapping a billion little soaps again!  Okay, maybe not a billion but it sure feels like it!

I have been working on lotion bars!  I made some super yummy ones with coconut oil, olive oil, unrefined Shea butter, doTERRA Citrus Bliss Essential Oil Blend and of course some beeswax from our local beekeepers!  We love our local bee farm!  We buy all our honey and wax from them! Plus, we like to buy as much local stuff as we can!  I will be making more lotion bars this week for the craft fair!  I think I will do some that are unscented, I love the sweet smell of the beeswax and Shea butter!  When I figure this out a little better, I will put up a super easy recipe for our friends that would rather make their own!  I have also tried some regular lotion but it doesn't seem to go as well as the bars!

We have a lot of new soaps in the store be sure to check them out!  They are: Hemmingway, Working Man Soap (not just for the auto shop, great for after garden work), Calendula (great for sensitive skin, even a baby), Garden Mint (need I say more), Charcoal (smells so good, you have to smell it to believe it), Lemongrass (who doesn't love the smell of lemongrass?), and then we have remade so of our favorites!  Cowgirl, The Duke, and of course, Bacon!

This craft fair, our sister will be in town, she will be helping me out! Our husbands will take care of the kids!  Thank you husbands!  Should be fun, for us!  We will be at the Worland Community Center from 9 to 3!  If you are in town come by and say hi!  I hear there will be a Kid's Carnival and lots of vendors!  If you are not in Worland, stop by the website!

The Day After A Craft Fair!

We had a craft fair yesterday!  Very exhausting!  We sold a few bars of soap, made some new friends and got some new customers!  Not to mention, we bought a few things, I love RADA knives!  I felt a lot more prepared for this event.  I got the change the day before, I had a lot of product, bags, cash register, business cards, water, and a lot of helpers!  The lots of helpers is the part I felt I could have done without.  As much as I love my children, it is so hard to work while you have kids with you.  We are working hard to get ready for the next craft fair, on the 27th and filling requests for more products!  We will be having a couple of main scents and then have some seasonal scents.  This week I will be working on lotion bars (these will be permanent), hand crème and some bath bombs (these are also a permanent item)!  My brother and business partner will be working on some soaps.  They will be on the website, as soon as they are done!   I just added the new soaps from this weekend onto the website and of course the pictures won't load, so forgive me and go shop!

 We have also recently changed our  soap packaging and labels!  I thought wrapping each soap with a brown packaging paper, but after wrapping a couple hundred bars of soap, I decided to go with cigar band type wrapping!  Above is one of the fully wrapped bars!  At right, are the cigar band type!  They both look great!  Both are some of our wonderful new scents! Lets do a give away!  Leave a comment & on April 13, 2013, we will randomly choose one person to receive two of our new scents!