new soaps for April!

RB Soap Co. is proud to announce the creation and arrival of 2 very lovely new soaps:

Lemon Poppy-seed
(This soap smells and looks exactly like those lemon poppy-seed muffins that Mama used to make! With lemon essential oil, pure vanilla, and organic poppy-seeds, it is uplifting, relaxing, and exfoliating all at the same time. It smells good enough to eat, but works wonders on skin! So far, one of our home-town customers said that she loves to use it as a face wash in the morning because the poppy-seeds get rid of dead/flaky skin, and the lemony fragrance wakes her up!)

AND

White Tea and Ginger!!!
(Many years ago, a big-name body product company came out with a White Tea and Ginger fragrance that was discontinued after several months. Our White Tea and Ginger is totally different, but smells beautiful just the same. We have used White Tea Leaf Extract and Ginger Essential Oil to make sure this soap is done the all-natural way. However, it has a very clean, grassy/floral smell that doesn't compare to the other types of WT&G bath and body items on the market! You're going to love this one if you like anything like smells like freshly-cut grass after a rain and daffodils waving in the wind!)


We think that these soaps are fantastic, so head on over to our Etsy store (click on the module to your left to get there directly) and order 1 of each today. You won't be dissappointed!

Also, here is our FAQ of the week:

How do you make your soap???

Although there are several different methods of soap making, our method, which is referred to as cold process soap making, is one of the oldest and most tried and true methods in use. This is the type of soap that Grandma used to make on her kitchen stove; yet we have "modernized and moisterized" our version of soap, so that it doesn't compare to regular soaps found in drug-stores.

To understand the cold process soap making method, you must first understand what soap actually is. Chemically speaking, soap is a salt. An acid and a base react with one another and are neutralized to form a salt or soap. A more basic explanation is: oils or fats combine with Sodium Hydroxide or “Lye” in a process called saponification to produce soap. LYE you say? Doesn't that burn your skin? Well, in its purest form, yes (which is why we have to be extra careful and gentle when making our soaps); however, lye changes the chemical make-up of oil, so that oil and water can blend together and become soap. You can't have soap without the chemical reaction that lye produces. But don't worry! The lye is transformed in the soapmaking process. There is absolutely no chemical lye left over in any of our handmade soaps.

Our soap making process begins with purified mineral water and lye combined in one container and set aside to cool, as the mixture will get quite hot. In another container, various plant oils are combined and heated gently until they are melted. When both combinations reach the predetermined/matching temperature they are combined into one container. The new mixture is stirred until it is thoroughly blended together.

A thickening or ‘tracing’ will occur and this is when it is ready to pour into a large rectangular mold. Other oils are added, as well as special ingredients (like flowers, nuts, berries, etc...), and the soap sits for several days to weeks in order to cure (harden). Finally, we are left with beautiful bars of soap after hand-cutting that you are sure to love!