All Handmade Soaps are created Equal

All Handmade soaps are not created equal! The bar in the picture, I took at a local store. I did not stop to read what was used in making this soap.(It is just a picture of "Handmade Soap" being sold at stores.) ** Picture removed because it might cause me some legal issues!
 I love trying out Handmade soaps. I pick up a couple of bars at the farmer's market or store every month.
One thing that I noticed about most of these bars, is the lack of ingredients. I try not to read what was used in making the soaps, until after I showered with them a few times. I am getting good at guessing what is in the bars, by smell, and how my skin feels after showering.
Most, if not all of the Handmade Soaps I have bought over the last couple of years have really been a let down. 
I think most make soap for only one reason. The reason is to make $$$!
Call me a romantic, but I make soap because I care about what I put on my skin, because I care about how it makes my skin feel. Most of all because I take pride in making a bar of Soap, that people will tell others about.
A few years ago, when making soaps I would always think about the day, my bars would be sold in the chain stores, or selling hundreds of bars a week over the internet. Those days are gone.
I am happy making 30, 50, or 100 bars a week if I have the time. 
On some of the "soap making forums" people are always asking about using a cheaper oil, or "instead of using so much olive oil, can they replace some of it with canola oil." It all comes down to cutting cost.
On one of the forums a lady said she stop using jojoba oil, because the price went up. When I decide on making soap, I use a software program, that adds up the cost of making a 5 ounce bar. On average a bar using several luxury oils and butters, cost between $1.50-$2.00 per bar. If I were to make soap like the "Handmade Soaps" being sold in the chain stores I could cut down the price to about $.50-$1.20 per bar. I am sure most of the companies that make a 1,000 bars of Handmade Soap a week (small batches), can make them cheaper since they buy their oils in 50 gal. drums.
So let me say that All Handmade Soaps are not created Equal!
I have not seen a bar of handmade soap in a store that uses Silk proteins. (Which I use in every bar.) They might have one, maybe two luxury oils or butters in them, but use just enough so they can put it on the labels.
I might be funny when it comes to Handmade Soaps, but I like how they make my skin soft! 
Now some tips on buying Handmade Soaps.
Look for soaps, that contain some nice oils and butters, such as olive, almond, coconut, shea, coco, mango, and jojoba. These oils and butters contain properties that benefit the skin.
Don't fall for the "heals so and so" If it heals, it is a drug! A good soap will help clear up the skin, because it cleans the pores, helping Prevent acne. There is a science in making a good bar of soap. Each oil and  butter contributes to an over all cleansing process.
I am not saying that all Handmade Soaps sold in the big box or chain stores are bad, I am just saying READ the label.
Come the New Year, I will get back to making some more soaps, using mango, coco, and shea butters. A couple of shaving bars, and a skin balm. If time permits, I will make some lip balm.
For me it is not about making 1,000 of bars each month. It is about making bars that are the best.
If you have any questions about the benefits of certain oils or butters, drop me a line. If you have any request about a certain fragrance or balm let me know. 
An artist creates a painting with passion, I guess I am a artist when it comes to making Handmade Soaps!
Paul
 

A Male Addiction

I have a addiction. Some might call it a sickness.
A lot of men have it. Most keep it hidden from their friends and families.
When I am out at the mall, I wonder if that man walking with his wife is like me.
I am glad I am not alone with this addiction.
The internet feeds my cravings, I can spend hours looking at all the pictures. Lusting for a touch. I guess by now you are thinking it is Porn. Well you are correct. Not the Porn you are thinking about, but never the less it is an addiction. Those of us who have it, call it SOAP Porn. 
People who spend hours looking at beautiful naked soap bars.
Maybe it might be hard to understand how one could have such an addiction, unless you have made soap from scratch you may never know. I spend hours on end formulating a batch of soap. Making what I would call the prefect soap. All of us who make soap strive for perfection. The perfect soap for dry, or oily skin. A bar that will leave your skin soft and smooth. A bar that will make you look forward to taking a nice long bath. It is a sickness. Something that gives you pleasure.
I dare you to google "soap porn" and click on "Images". I warn you once you start, there is no turning back. You will find yourself glancing over your back, making sure no one is in the room as you view all the pictures. Go ahead, it will be our little secrect!

 Eros Soaps

Granny's Soap

We are not your granny's soap!
Every time I get ready to soap, I think of the first time I was introduced to soap making.
My great grandmother Eula Caldwell had moved in with us. She was one of those old time Pentelcostal ladies, that never cut her hair, only wore dresses, and never owned any makeup.
She would always sit in her rocking chair. Rocking away while listening to some preacher on the radio and reading the bible.
One day she decided to make some soap.
I remember gathering wood for a fire, so she could make some lye.
You hear people longing about the old days, how much more simple life was. Well It is a lot simpler going to the hardware and buying lye, then it is to make it! I think the whole process of making lye took about a week. Well for an 9 year old boy it seemed forever.
One thing I do remember was my mother telling me not to use any of the soap because it was lye strong and would eat me up.
I would always sneak out and wash my hands with it. I really don't remember the effects it had being "lye strong" I just remember It was soap my great grandmother and I made!
Over the last 40 years since my first soap making experience, soap making has come along ways. Now we use exotic ingredients that benefits and helps protect your skin.
It is hard for me to believe that people still buy soap at the store.
Next time you buy a bar of soap look at the label. Do you see shea butter, sweet almond, grape seed or olive oil in the ingredients? Do your body a favor and try a bar of handmade soap.
I think granny Eula would want you to!

Love your Body

Making this all natural soap took me just over an hour to make. I made just about 6 pounds.
Which got me about 25 bars of soap, weighing between 4.5 - 5.5 ounces each.
Why do I do it? Well it is a great way for me to relax, most important I like the way it make my skin feel. Yes we men like to take a relaxing bath/shower too!
Our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon all natural soap feeds your skin! It is moisturizing without all the hard to pronounced chemicals that you get from soaps you pick up at the local store. In just 3 days of using our soaps you will noticed a difference your skin feels. Throw out those chemical filled soaps and lotions!
Those who suffer from skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, as well as people that have sensitive skin and are hypoallergenic often find immediate relief by switching to handmade soap
So you want to know what makes our natural soaps so good for your skin?
Oatmeal moisturizes and nourishes the skin, making it soft. (Try it for 3 days and see!)
Honey has the ability to attract water and aids in the process of tissue regeneration.
Cinnamon has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce joint pain, muscle pain, and other discomforts due to arthritis.
Now does our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon soap reduce join pain and muscle pain?
Just take a nice relaxing bath and caress your body with our soap, it may not reduce those pains, but it sure will make you forget about them!
Our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon soap is made from

saponified olive, coconut, rapeseed, almond, grape seed, and castor oils, shea butter, fresh honey, cinnamon and organic oats with tussah silk.
"Love your body, enjoy the pleasures of Eros Soaps"

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