New website launched!

It's a great day for me today as I have finally launched my website, which I have been planning and building for months now!

I started making soap, for myself, about a year ago, just as a hobby.  Then I started making soap to give as gifts and they proved to be very popular over Christmas 2009.  Around that time, I was subject so an amazing random act of kindness, which helped me obtain the necessary certification I needed to comply with EU regulations and enable me to start selling my soaps to the public.  From then on, things got better and bigger and now...I have my own website!

It really is an amazing feeling, and I still can't believe I achieved all of this after becoming a parent!  When I was pregnant, everyone was telling me how I would never have any time for myself after the baby arrived.  There is some truth in that statement, but I think parenthood also taught me how to use my time more constructively.  Plus having a baby gave me a new-found motivation and creativeness that I think had been squeezed out of me while I was working in a mundane office job!  So I would fully recommend to anyone considering starting their own business to give it a try as it's so rewarding.

So, from now on, my soaps will be available to buy from www.melusinesoap.co.uk as well as my Folksy shop.  However, from time to time I will run discounts and exclusives from my website only.

Speaking of exclusives, now is a good time to show you my latest soap!

 

Dragonsblood Glycerine Soap with Avocado Oil: Luxury, SLS-free, dark and mysterious soap scented with a blend of patchouli and vanilla with notes of rose absolute, orange and jasmine.  Also contains super-moisturising Avocado oil to give your skin an extra treat.

Available only here.

Father's Day Gift Ideas

Here are some my soaps that would make great gifts for Father's Day (June 20th!!!)  These are all available in my Folksy shop (click on images to view listing!)

Shaving soap made with SLS-free vegetable glycerine and with added vitamin E packed Meadowfoam seed oil and Fuller's Earth.  Available in various fragrances!

Beer Soap!  Luxury SLS-free vegetable glycerine soap, with added Shea Butter. Scented with a freshly-poured light beer aroma with tangy hops and sweet malty barley.

Peppercorn - Luxury black and white SLS-free glycerine soap, with added Shea butter and scented with 'Peppercorn' fragrance oil - a sumptuous woody, herbal fragrance where notes of cool peppermint, clary sage and crisp black peppercorn rest upon a rich lavender heart and a woody base.

Dragon's Dance - A luxury purple SLS-free vegetable glycerine soap, laden with shimmering blue and green chunks AND with added super-moisturising Avocado oil. Scented with a mystical blend of Sandalwood, Jasmine and Patchouli.

Cool Cucumber Mint - A luxury SLS-free glycerine soap, scented with a subtly sweet cucumber and cooling peppermint fragrance oil AND with added super-moisturising avocado oil. Perfect to use in the shower after a workout at the gym!

Circulus, soap and dragons

I have been listening to 'Clocks are like People' by folkadelic band Circulus (http://www.myspace.com/circulus) on constant rotation lately and their song 'Dragon's Dance' is the inspiration behind my latest soap. Funny how a song can get ones creative juices flowing!

Here it is:








It's a smoky purple glycerine soap, with shimmering, mica-laden green and blue chunks (or dragon scales!) and it's scented with a heady blend of patchouli, jasmine and sandalwood. Probably one of my favourite frangrances yet.

Thank you Circulus, for your inspiration!

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