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So Fresh, So Clean

9/19/2015

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Ain't nobody dope as me; I'm just so fresh, so clean (so fresh and so clean clean) 
- So Fresh, So Clean, OutKast
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I absolutely love soap-making, specifically cold-process soap and I am determined to find the perfect recipe.  I've been researching this for over a year and I must say that it takes a certain amount of discipline, patience, chemistry knowledge and ingenuity to be a successful soap-maker.  But the final results are very rewarding and intoxicating to me.  

So why does soap-making require so much?  I'm glad you asked.  To start, it is a dangerous process, working with lye requires taking precautionary measures like safety goggles, gloves, a mask and common sense.  Secondly, you have to determine what you want from your soap.  Do you want a thick lather, for it to be super moisturizing or for it to be long lasting?  Once you determine this you can decide what combination of oils and butters will give you that result.  Then you must determine if you want to add scents/fragrances or colorants and experiment to see how they will react to your recipe.  Some scents don't last in the curing process and some colorants won't come out the way you want depending on the oils and butters you use.  All in all, I love the experimentation, learning and creative process.  

Below are my two latest recipes.  They have the same ingredients, the difference is in the percentages of the oils and butters.  I can't wait until they are done curing so I can determine which recipe is superior.  Then I will finally be able to make this new product available.  Currently, I only have a sandalwood scent, as you can tell by now, I absolutely love sandalwood.  What soap scents do you like?  Have you ever thought about or tried making soap?  What challenges have you faced?  Or what successes have you had?  I'm curious to know.


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Itching For A Scratch

6/12/2015

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I woke up this morning, itching bad, I wanted to scratch, I was going mad.  Went to the doctor, said help me please, he just shook his head, and he said to me... - Itching For A Scratch, Force MD's
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Recently I was reminded how much whipped shea butter moisturizes and loves our skin.  I was in a hotel with very hard water and rushing to check-out on time and forgot to put on my whipped shea butter.  Well about an hour later my back was so dry and itchy I couldn't take it anymore.  This whipped shea butter relieved my skin, I haven't itched like that since the winter.  I have fairly soft water at home so I took it for granted that the water would be the same while I was out of town.  This is my own testimony that whipped shea butter helps with dry cracked skin, eczema, and to nourish the skin of those with hard water.    

To give you a little background, I started making whipped shea butter out of pure necessity.  To put it frankly, I was broke.  I found myself faced with no other choice but to be innovative with my budget as I tenaciously searched for a new higher paying job.  During that time I bought a block of shea butter.  You know, the square hard block that you find at any given health focused store or bodega.  Well I was tired of melting the shea butter in my hands by rubbing them together vigorously to get it to spread easily on my hair and skin.  That's when I pulled out my mixer and started breaking up the hard block then whipping it up with other skin and hair nourishing oils to come up with the best formula for whipped shea butter.  To my surprise not only was I able to stretch my block of shea butter, whipping it gave me five times the amount I originally had, but I also loved my concoction.  In fact, I loved it so much that I started researching the best balance for the perfect formula and most complementary essential oils that will aid in healing and helping to nourish your skin and hair.  This was the beginning of Madison Lauren.  

Fast forward one year, I began giving out my experiments to friends and family to test.  As you know, when people receive something for free, they don't value it as much.  So most times they forgot I even gave them the samples.  It wasn't until another year passed that people started coming back to me saying how much they loved the shea butter and how it helped their dry, cracked skin especially in the winter.  The greatest blessing to me was hearing how mothers with babies who had extremely dry skin and/or eczema were able to give their babies relief through the whipped shea butter.  That warmed my heart.  My nieces have dry skin and suffer from eczema so I always shipped them whipped shea butter to help them but I never thought about it helping other children.  This journey has been a series of blessings in so many surprising ways.  I hope your skin loves it as much as my skin and my family's skin does.
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    Hello, I am Lani, welcome to my blog.  I'm an observer of life on a mission to impress God.   The purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts and views and mix in some interviews with people that I find simply fascinating.  You may notice that my posts usually include verses from songs.  That's a little clue that I am in love with music.  Music was my first love, math was my second.  I hope you enjoy this little glimpse into my life.  If you don't mind, please take a moment and comment, I would love to hear from you.

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