Magic Moon SoapBlog

August 2009 Vol V : Issue 3

August 2009 Edition of the Magick Moon SoapWurks Newsletter Hello and welcome! We've had a lot of new people join the Magick Moon SoapWurks Newsletter lately. So... I thought I would share an article with you about the great benefits of goat's milk and how we only use all-natural components in our lovingly handcrafted creations! I know it's a repeat for some of you, but you'll find that and more in this edition of our monthly installment! Check out all our ways to save in 2009! We have every type of customer incentive you could imagine! Click on Save huge in 2009! Hey there- if you have 5 friends sign up for the newsletter- you get a Gift certificate for $10 + Free Shipping! Email their names to: Dana@magickmoon.net, once they've signed up- you will receive your Gift Certificate in your email! Why Goat's Milk? It's not just for babies anymore! Check out why bathing with Goat's Milk is an awesome treat for your Skin!!! The benefits of goats milk are legendary and has been used for centuries as a luxurious beauty aid. Goats milk is naturally ultra-moisturizing. Goats milk soap contains capric, caprylic and capronic acids and natural occurring triglycerides. Otherwise known as good fats. The result is a pH level that is good for healthy human hair and skin, while commercial soap can dry out the skin to the point at which it feels taut and itchy. The oil glands are forced to counteract, overproducing oils in an attempt to rebalance the pH of the skin. The result can be oily skin, clogged pores, blackheads and yuck - pimples. Alpha-hydroxyl acids restorative and rejuvenating qualities. Hydrating properties promote moisture and prevent dryness. Essential proteins, Amino acids, & Vitamin A nourish the skin. Beta-hydroxyl acids exfoliate old skin, soothe and soften, producing smooth, glowing skin. Lactic acid gently cleans and softens skin - stimulates skin cell renewal. also: *reduces skin darkening brought about by the wear and tear of aging *cleanses the skin down to its deepest layers. *maintains correct skin PH *gentle cleanser - even on very sensitive skin. Now that you have a better understanding of what Goat's Milk does for your skin- you now know why we've chosen to use it in all of our soaps as well as other of our products. I've had alot of our customers tell me that before using our products, that they barely had time to dry off before having to slather on lotion or creams to rehydrate their dry, flaking, or leathery skin. Since using soaps from Magick Moon SoapWurks, they report that after bath lotion routines are a thing of the past. How we got started and how it changed things for us! I began making the soaps as an all-natural alternative to the harsh, overdrying products for the acne prone skin of my sons, then 13 and 9. Kaleb and Aaron are now 21 & 17 respectfully,and even though they have the occasional hormonal breakout, their skin is much softer and clearer than when using the harsh anti-acne products. Hubby who suffered from flaky skin, rough and cracked elbows and patches of psoriasis on his legs and chin. Since bathing and shaving with our soaps- those issues have been a thing of the past for 6 years now. I had always had oily skin and breakouts even as an adult for many years. Once using our Goat's Milk soaps, the pH level of my skin was apparently equalized and I'm now in my mid-40's and not a wrinkle one. Hmmmm! nice! Soap of the Month ~*~ We are introducing a new soap every month starting... NOW! This month our newest creation is TRANQUILITY! A beautiful and rejuvinating blend of Orange, Grapefruit and LemonGrass. Our newest relaxing and calming Goat's Milk soap blend. Ingredients in our Handmilled Goat's Milk Soaps We make our soap completely from scratch, using raw ingredients and recipes we created. The ingredients we use to make our handmade soaps vary, depending on the type of soap made. All of our soaps are made with vegetable based fats, oils, and butters; Goat's Milk, botanical teas or herbal infusions, and of course sodium hydroxide or 'lye'. Most of us have heard our whole lives that oil and water don't mix. And they don't - Unless you change their chemical composition. And sodium hydroxide does exactly that. It changes the oil and milk and water based herbal infusions, so that they can blend and become soap. Please make a mental note that although lye is one of the ingredients used to create our soaps, there is no lye left in our good-for-your-skin soaps once they are processed! Lye is transformed in the soapmaking process. Each individual soap listed on our website will include the ingredients used to make that soap along with a general description of the soap. We also include all of this information on our labeling, whether it be our signature sops or our private labeling that we provide for merchants that carry our products in their shops. Scent as An Ingredient And lastly, let's talk briefly about scent. There are two ways to scent a soap - one way is completely natural and the other is not. The 100% Natural process that extracts scent from the flower, leaf or stem of a plant results in an Essential Oil. Some scents cannot be collected naturally or may be too expensive to extract for soapmaking purposes. In that case, a Fragrance Oil is created in a Perfumer's Laboratory to simulate a scent. Any fragrances we use that are not essential oils are fragrance oils that have been directly derived from essential oils andThese fragrance oils are FDA approved, very high quality duplications, that will be appreciated by both your skin and your nose. Many customers with skin sensitivities will be looking for either Unscented Soap or soap made with natural Essential Oils. If we scent a soap with a 100% Natural Essential Oil, we specify that clearly in the soap's description. NO YUCK in our Products! These are "dirty" words (yucky chemicals and perservatives) that you'll never find in our products. We avoid them at all cost. Animal Tallow (not synthetic and is moisturizing-but can be comediogenic, so we choose to use vegetable and nut based carrier oils in our soap creations) BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) ceteareth cocamidopropyl betaine dimethicone dea (diethanolamine) ingredients imidazalidol urea laureth family (sodium lauryl sulfate, any ingredient with laureth or lauryl in the name) mineral oil parabens-petro-chemicals (methyl, propyl, etc. paraben family) paraffin wax PEG ingredients petroleum Phenoxyethanol propylene glycol talc triethanolamine ingredients Follow your dreams...shoot for the Moon! If you fall... you are still amongst the stars!!! ~ Thanks, Dana