As I made my daily green tea with honey and lemon drink this morning I
began to think about the inevitable fact that winter is just around the
corner. Winter is a time for hot tea, coffee beverages, hot chocolate
and the occasional hot toddy. I’ve found that honey blends perfectly
with all of these drinks. But I also began to think about all the other
things I use this golden delight for. Not only do I put it to my
favorite drinks, soap recipes and food recipes but I put it on my body
quite often. I never really thought about how much I use it or why I
seem to always have it stocked in my pantry until today.
Posted by BBN on 8/15/2012
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Soap scum is a white or gray filmy
layer that covers the surfaces around our showers, bathtubs, and sinks.
Soap scum is actually formed thanks to minerals in your water
that combine with the wonderful oil and moisturizing elements in your
soaps. Get rid of those minerals and you get rid of the scum. Soap is
getting a bad wrap. It shouldn’t be called soap scum at all should it?
Maybe water scum is a better name. Let’s just call it what it is.
Posted by BBN on 1/16/2011
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There is a long history of using milk in soaps and other skin care
products. In fact milk has been used in bath products since ancient
times. Cleopatra, rumored to have had beautiful skin, was said
to have taken daily milk baths. But what, if any, benefit does your
skin get from these popular products?

I spent my days on the beach reading or in the water. Although I
used my sun block religiously I still got a little burned. I have to
admit the one day I didn’t use it is the day I went wave running and
ended up with tingling skin. So that night I decided I had better treat
myself to a little “skin healing” before I headed back into the sun.
After dinner I took a cool shower then headed into the kitchen to
find something to mix up as mask for my face, neck and shoulders. I
loved it so much I have to share the recipe.
Posted by BBN on 6/4/2010
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The FDA regulates cosmetics and drugs. What determines how a product
is classified is the intended used for the product. The way in which
firms market a cosmetic can make it a drug, or how a firm markets a drug
can make it a cosmetic. So what is soap?
In March if this year the results of a study commissioned by the Organic
Consumers Association (OCA), a watchdog group, was released. This
study assessed levels of a carcinogen in leading “natural”, “organic”
and conventional brands of personal care and household cleaning
products. The full press release and a copy of the follow-up testing
results can be found and downloaded at:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/index.cfm along with a fact
sheet on petrochemical carcinogen 1,4-dioxane.
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Soap
Do It Yourself Recipes
Essential Oils
Skin Health
Baths
Natural Ingredients
Natural Cleansers
Natural Home Cleansers
Miscellaneous
Some Honey, Honey?
What is Soap Scum?
Ahhhh…..The aroma of Lavender!
One Soap, Two Uses
Bath Salts they’re supposed to be for RELAXATION, right?
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