Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Lather Project: Soap Updates

I wanted to do an update on a few of The Lather Project Soaps, since they’ve had some time to ‘sit’ now for a few weeks.

If you recall, there were a few soaps that used fragrance oils that I knew would ‘morph’ a bit - change the color of the soap. Many fragrance oils with a vanilla scent base will do this - and I used several of them during The Project. There are color stabilizers and non-discoloring fragrance oils, but I prefer to use some ingenuity in combating this issue. I used layering, blind swirls and a few other techniques to actually take advantage of the discoloring and try to create a pretty bar of soap.

Amber Vanilla Shampoo Bar (Soap #15) is one that I knew would discolor over time, and I tried some layering that wouldn’t be visible for a week or so, so I didn’t post photos then - but here they are now! This is one of the prettiest bars - although not the best layering job - with the cream and browns. And I love that the coloring is all completely natural!


Another one was Soap #10 - Lemon Poppyseed. With this one, I had split the raw soap into two batches, coloring one with a little yellow oxide and adding the poppy seeds - but no fragrance oil - therefore no discoloring. I then added the fragrance oil only to the second half of the soap base, after removing about 2 tablespoons of raw soap. Then I swirled in the leftover 2 tablespoons - since this soap has no fragrance oil either and won’t darken. I had hoped I’d get a beautiful brown & cream swirled bottom half with a yellow-poppy seed top half - but it didn‘t quite darken as ‘brown‘ as I‘d expected.

And the last one with a big change is my Botanical-Infused Lavender Vanilla (Soap #6)! The Vanilla half turned a beautiful deep brown and created a really interesting-looking bar! And it smells soooo delicious…

Overall, I’m quite pleased with all The Lather Project soaps - even the ones that didn’t turn out exactly as I’d anticipated! But that’s all part of the fun!

I’m still offering The Lather Project Soaps at 10% off in my etsy shop
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com using the Promo Code ‘Lather Project’!

Choosing something else? Receive a free sample bar of a Lather Project Soap with any purchase using the same Promo Code!

Thanks again to everyone who followed The Lather Project! It was great fun and I look forward to my next blog series!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Lather Project Fun Facts

Sadly, The Lather Project is over. I’m not sure what to do with all this extra time on my hands! Actually, I’m busy dreaming up a new Project…

But anyway, I figured it might be fun to post a few fascinating facts about The Lather Project. When I look at the numbers like this, I’m just plain shocked!

Here's Some Interesting Lather Project Fun Facts....

Soap Facts
The Lather Project resulted in:
~ 30 3.5lb Soap Loaves
~ Over 105lbs total of Soap
~ 240+ Full Size Bars of Soap
~ 120+ Sample Size Soap Bars

Ingredient Facts

During The Lather Project, I used:
~ Almost 19lbs of Coconut Oil
~ Over 11lbs of Olive Oil
~ More than 7 Gallons of Distilled Water
~ Over 6lbs of Sunflower Seed Oil
~ Almost 6lbs of Fragrance and Essential Oils
~ Over 2 lbs of Botanicals
~ More than 2lbs of Goat's Milk



Types of Soap
~ 5 Men’s Soap
~ 2 Soaps with Shea Butter
~ 9 Goat Milk Soap
~ 3 Botanical Infused Soaps
~ 9 All-Natural Soaps
~ 8 Vegan Soaps
~ 1 Pet Soap
~ 2 Shampoo Bars
~ 2 Facial/Complexion Bars
~ 1 Shave Soap
~ 1 Pumice Bar
~ 1 Kitchen Soap
~ 1 Sea Salt Bar


I posted:
~ 1 Tutorial

Blog Facts during The Lather Project:
~ 293 Entries to Lather Project Giveaway
~ 164 Comments left on the Blog
~ 73 New Blog Followers
~ 4 Posts/Write-Ups on Other’s Blogs
~ 2 Blog Awards Won
~ 39 Tweets Referring to The Lather Project

Time Invested in The Lather Project:
~ Hours spent soap making - over 46.5
~ Hours spent writing posts - over 22.5
~ Hours spent taking photos - at least 7.5

~ Hours spent listing soaps in my shops - over 12.5

And there were so many things I wanted to do during The Lather Project that I just didn’t get to: Whipped Soap, a Cold-Process SoapMaking Tutorial, Cream Soap… but I’m hoping to cover these and more during The Lather Project II! Look for it either in the Fall or early next year!

Remember, too, that I’m still offering The Lather Project Soaps at 10% off in my etsy shop
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com using the Promo Code ‘Lather Project’!

Choosing something else? Receive a free sample bar of a Lather Project Soap with any purchase using the same Promo Code!

Tune in next time for photo updates to some of The Lather Project Soaps!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

I'm Honestly Honored - By The Honest Scrap Award

Bellissima‘s Blog has won another award - my 2nd - and I couldn‘t be more pleased and incredibly honored!!

I actually won The Honest Scrap Award during The Lather Project, but decided to wait until after it was over to post on it - but boy, was it hard… I’m so excited!

I want to thank Invites By Jen for honoring me with this fun and wonderful award! You can read her post and visit her Blog here:

http://invitesbyjen.blogspot.com/2009/05/honest-scrap-award.html

Jen has a super blog and an absolutely amazing shop at etsy. Take a moment to visit for creative handmade cards, stationery & invitations - http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6121975

There are a few requirements to accepting the Honest Scrap Award:

1) The Honoree must thank the person who gave the award and list their blog and link it (please see above!).

2) The Winner must list 10 honest things about themselves - and here are my ‘Confessions‘:


  • I find old episodes of ‘Frasier’ hysterically funny

  • My bookshelf is filled with horror novels

  • I wish I had earplugs every time my husband puts death metal on - or Howard Stern

  • I put mineral makeup on whether I’m leaving the house or not - because I know it’s so good for my skin

  • I like listening to ‘80s pop music while I’m working in my 'lab'

  • I love to watch old movies on TMC when I’m not feeling well

  • I know all the words to every Abba Song - I love ‘Mamma Mia’

  • My Mom, my Husband & my Step-Daughter are my best friends

  • I cringe whenever I look at early pics I took of my products

  • I believe I could live on shrimp, watermelon and brie (not together, of course!)

3) The Winner must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on their blog (please see sidebar).

4) The Winner must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers to pass The Honest Scrap Award on to & list their links - and here are my choices:

Boutique By Bonnie
Its just me, Amber
Random Splashes of Thought
Sweet Cuddle Cakes
My Little Aura
Living The Mid-Mod Life
The Seasonal Cottage

5) The Winner must notify the bloggers of the award and advise of the acceptance requirements.

Congratulations to all the 'Honest Scrap' Award Winners!

Thank you for offering such interesting posts and fabulous photos. You're all incredibly talented and have given me lots of joy - and I can‘t wait to learn a bit more about each of you!

If you have a moment, take some time and get to know a few of the Award Winners by clicking on the links and visiting their Blogs & Shops!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Things I Learned During The Lather Project

I learned so much during The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - mostly things about myself that I had never really thought about before, but a few other things as well. So I figured that - in a moment of self-revelation - I’d post a few here:

1. I have the most understanding, supportive and loving husband in the world.
2. Necessity breeds creativity - requiring a new soap every 24 hours for a month sparked tons of ideas that I might never have come up with otherwise
3. I love writing - almost as much as creating
4. I really can take a decent product photo!
5. Forcing myself to be creative and produce something new every single day allowed me to discover that I can be a resourceful, inventive and imaginative person
6. Inspiration comes from everyone and everything - I’ve opened my eyes and gained new insight into just about all that exists
7. Experimentation is the mother of invention - not necessity (see #2)
8. I can be a success at time management - I don’t have to let it overpower me and surrender to it
9. I am surprisingly much more organized than I’ve ever given myself credit for
10. Procrastination is the devil’s handiwork - and will lead you down the wrong path every time
11. Murphy’s Law applies to everything - especially when it comes to scalding hot oils and caustic lye
12. Some stuff that smells incredibly awesome just plain stinks when added to soap
13. Apparently, I will never get tired of or bored with making soap - ever
14. Perfect strangers are wonderfully willing to encourage, support, cheer on and wish luck on a project that you truly believe in
15. I have a lot more stamina, resilience and determination than I ever thought I had - my own stick-to-it-iveness and never-give-up attitude sincerely astounded me
16. I genuinely love a challenge! And I honestly enjoy pushing myself to do more - and do it better
17. I get a sense of pride and much more satisfaction out of my little indie business than I’ve ever gotten from working for someone else
18. Failure builds character and success builds self-esteem - it’s a win-win situation
19. Did I already mention that I have the most appreciative, accepting, encouraging and devoted husband in the whole-wide-world?
20. I would do it all over again - any day!

I looked forward to each and every new batch as if it were my very first time making soap. And my own wide-eyed wonder at sniffing, slicing and testing each new soap came as a total and complete surprise.
I want to keep this incredible child-like fascination and amazement when it comes to my craft throughout my entire life. And I sincerely believe the secret to it is to keep creating, designing and inventing, continue experimenting and testing and trying new things and definitely keep challenging myself on a daily basis.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 30, Soap 30

It’s (still) Day #30!

If you missed the announcement of the winners of The Lather Project Soap Giveaway, be sure to scroll down to today’s earlier post!

So, for the very last soap of the Project, I thought I'd finish up the last of the necessary inventory replenishment - with Red Rose & Ivy! I was down to a single bar! I’m now completely & fully stocked with all my regular soaps and have dozens of new soaps to offer to my customers and in my shops!

I’m sad to have The Lather Project end. I’m incredibly moved by all the support I received and I’ve enjoyed every wonderful comment that's been posted. I’m also pretty proud of myself for sticking with it and absolutely thrilled with the results! I’m already focused on dreaming up my next blog series…

I’ll be adding lots of post-Lather Project updates, including follow-ups to several soaps, some observations I noted during the series and I have a great list of interesting and fun facts to post - so be sure to come back and enjoy!

And for the very last time, here’s the description for Soap #30:

Our line of Botanical Infused Bath Bars are a special treat for your skin - infusing teas, flowers, plants and herbs in oil or water and using it to create soap not only imparts their amazing benefits, but also allows for the most nutrients and enrichment possible from the botanicals! And with real red rose petals, this soap offers gentle - and beautiful - exfoliation!

Our incredible Red Rose & Ivy Soap offers a harmonious blend of sweet, red rose petals in bloom and fresh green ivy. And in true Bellissima style, this is not your average floral rose scent! Intoxicating red rose, fresh geranium and tropical lily merge sensuously with cool herbs, lush greens and subtle earthy moss to deliver an unforgettable twist on a timeless fragrance!

Soap #30 is available for sale at my etsy store
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com!

Remember to use Promo Code ‘Lather Project’ to receive 10% off your Lather Project Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Use the Promo Code to receive a free sample bar of your choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Tune in Next Time for Post-Lather Project Updates!

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Giveaway Winners!

Day 30 - the last Day of The Lather Project. And I am a bit sad…

I’ll be posting Soap #30 a bit later on, but I thought I’d go ahead and announce the Winners of The Lather Project Giveaway first.

I received almost 300 entries in the Giveaway (293, to be exact!) - and thank you to everyone who was kind enough to post a comment, blog about The Lather Project, follow me on Twitter, rate my Squidoo lenses, request Bellissima mineral makeup samples and Twitter about the Giveaway!

For anyone curious as to how I kept track of all the entries - I admit I had some help!

Did you know that TweetLater provides a great Twitter Service, alerting me with an email anytime I have a new follower, receive a direct message and especially useful for my Giveaway - provide me with a list of keyword alerts. I set up alerts so that any time a keyword is used on Twitter - such as ‘Bellissima’ and ‘Lather Project’, I’m notified.

This keyword alert is very similar to another service I use - Google Alerts. But Google will notify me of the use of any of my keywords across the entire web - blog posts, website references, online newspaper articles, and more.

These services helped me track all the entries, but I don’t trust that they catch absolutely everything, so I’m thrilled that most were kind enough to post links to their Tweets and blog entries!

Oh - and each comment, tweet, blog entry, etc. was assigned a number, and I used a true random number generator to choose the Winners! The numbers were: 211, 280, 92, 52, 259, 167

And it’s Time to Announce the Winners!

Drum Roll Please….

1st Prize Winner:
Brandon -2 Full Size Bars of Lather Project Soaps
2nd Prize Winner:
Baroness Bijoutery - 1 Full Size + 1 Sample Size Bar of Lather Project Soaps
3rd Prize Winner:
Mia - 2 Sample Size Bars of Lather Project Soaps

And, because there were just so many entries, I decided to award some Honorable Mentions, who will each receive 1 Sample Bar of their choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Honorable Mention:
Rose
Expressions by Devin

Congratulations to all the Winners!!! I really hope you enjoy your Lather Project Soap!

Tune in Later today for Soap #30 - and don’t forget to come on back for some fun post-Lather Project follow up posts!


Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 29, Soap 29

It's Day 29 - and it’s hard to believe that The Lather Project is almost over! I’m a little sad, I think…

Today’s the last day to enter The Lather Project Soap Giveaway and tomorrow I’ll be posting both Soap #30 - the last one - and announcing the winners of the Giveaway! So get your entries in before midnight EST tonight!
http://bellissimasblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lather-project-soap-giveaway.html

And I’ll be blogging about some fun post-Lather Project topics during the next week - so don’t forget to check back for the follow-up!

While I’ve had a blast developing new soap products, I can’t forget that I’ve got inventory to restock, as well! And one of my most popular soaps was getting low - only 2 bars left! So replenishment was in order…

Here’s the description for Soap #29:

Our amazing Melon & Ginseng Soap is incredibly creamy and full of lather with our triple blend of protein-rich milk (goat, cow & organic coconut), luxurious all-veggie oils and lots & lots of Shea Butter & Cocoa Butter to leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.

Melon & Ginseng imparts the scent of a medley of ripe melons: canteloupe, honeydew, watermelon and cassaba. Bright citrus notes, herbal elements and an added touch of ginseng make this is a fresh & clean, crisp and refreshingly fruity, fun fragrance!

Melon & Ginseng, Soap #29 is available at our etsy store
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com

Remember to use Promo Code ‘Lather Project’ to receive 10% off your Lather Project Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Use the Promo Code to receive a free sample bar of your choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #30 & the Announcement of the Winners of The Lather Project Giveaway!

Friday, June 5, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 28, Soap 28

It’s Day 28!

And tomorrow’s the last day to enter our Lather Project Soap Giveaway! 3 fabulous Soapy Prizes and lots of easy ways to enter and WIN!
http://bellissimasblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lather-project-soap-giveaway.html

And again, for those of you who voted in our fragrance Poll and did not select Amber Vanilla (Soap #15), I have no intention of disappointing! Today’s soap is Triple Mint!

This is such an exhilarating soap!

Peppermint tea provides wonderful antioxidants, crushed dried mint allows for gentle exfoliation and peppermint essential oil offers a scent to awaken the senses! This is a super soap for those who are definitely not morning-people! Better than a 2nd cuppa coffee!

Peppermint oil contains numerous minerals and nutrients including manganese, iron, magnesium, calcium, folate, potassium, and copper. It also contains omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Peppermint is believed to help relieve symptoms of allergies and asthma, aid in relieving nausea, headache and stress, as well as reduce muscle spasms. And it may nourish dull skin and improve oily skin.

So, here’s the description for Soap #28:

Bellissima Handmade Triple Mint Triple Milk Blend Soap

Our amazing Triple Milk Blend Soap in Triple Mint is incredibly creamy and full of lather due to our triple blend of protein-rich milk (goat, cow & organic coconut) and luxurious all-veggie oils like olive, high-oleic sunflower seed and rice bran to leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.

Our Triple Mint soap delivers a truly revitalizing aroma! Peppermint essential oil in the lowest therapeutic amounts, peppermint tea that’s full of antioxidants and real crushed mint for exfoliation make this an all-natural spa-quality experience! This is a stimulating and refreshingly cool, clean scent!

Look for Soap #28 at our etsy store
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com in the next few days!

Remember to use Promo Code ‘Lather Project’ to receive 10% off your Lather Project Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Use the Promo Code to receive a free sample bar of your choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #29!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 27, Soap 27

We’re on Soap #27!

And only 2 Days left to enter our Lather Project Soap Giveaway! 3 fabulous Soapy Prizes and lots of easy ways to enter and WIN!
http://bellissimasblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lather-project-soap-giveaway.html

Today’s soap is another inventory replenishment - well, restocking was one of the basic reasons I started The Lather Project, after all!

And it’s Blackberry & Hibiscus Blossom!

Hibiscus flowers and seeds have always been an important ingredient in Chinese herbal medicine and recently has been popularized by Ayurvedic
practices in India. One common belief is that the flowers and leaves contain many properties that benefit hair and scalp and help in the treatment of dandruff and hair loss. It is also believed to help restore the normal acid-alkaline balance of the skin and scalp and help in the elimination of toxins.

Hibiscus blossoms have been used in cosmetic formulations for years due to it’s high content of alpha-hydroxy and amino acids. And its anti-oxidant and exfoliating properties are ideal for soap!

So here’s the description for Soap #27:

Bellissima Handmade Botanical-Infused Blackberry & Hibiscus Soap

Our line of Botanical Infused Bath Bars are a special treat for your skin - infusing teas, flowers, plants and herbs in oils or water and adding it to soap not only imparts the amazing benefits to the soap, but also allows for the most nutrients and enrichment possible from the botanicals!

Our amazing Blackberry & Hibiscus Botanical Infused Bath Bar is enriched with luxurious oils to nurture your skin and real Hibiscus flowers to gently exfoliate and leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated. Bathe in fruity scent of blackberries and the sweet tropical florals for a fabulous, spa-quality experience!

Soap #27 is available in our etsy shop: http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com

Remember to use Promo Code ‘Lather Project’ to receive 10% off your Lather Project Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Use the Promo Code to receive a free sample bar of your choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #28!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 26, Soap 26

Day #26!

I wanted to try something creatively different and totally cool!

Don’t forget to enter our Lather Project Soap Giveaway! 3 fabulous Soapy Prizes and lots of easy ways to enter and WIN!
http://bellissimasblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lather-project-soap-giveaway.html
Hot-process soap can be a real bear to work with when it comes to design. The consistency of the raw soap is… well, ‘gloppy‘.

Remember the kid’s gimmicky toy (if you could call it that) ‘Slime’ from back in the ‘70‘s & ‘80‘s? It came in a little garbage bucket and it was basically green goop - it was gross, smelled funny and had virtually no purpose whatsoever. I was trying to explain it last night to my 10 year old step-daughter after a trip to Cracker Barrel Restaurant. My husband and I were reminiscing about all the retro toys and candy they had for sale and Slime just came up.


Well, anyway, raw soap is kind of the consistency of Slime - but really hot!

So it’s pretty difficult to work with, and once it starts to cool off and you add fragrance and colorants, it begins to harden into more of a play-dough texture. So you can imagine how tricky it is to try and get it into a mold and then have it come out looking gorgeous!

Well, I wanted to try to represent sort of a floral bouquet - pinks, yellows, purples and greens - since the fragrance I blended is Flowers & Ferns. It kind of ended up looking more like scooped sherbet, but I’m okay with that! It was fun!

Here’s the description for Soap #26:

Bellissima Handmade Triple Milk Blend Bath Soap in Flowers & Ferns

Our amazing Triple Milk Blend Soap in Flowers & Ferns is incredibly creamy and full of lather with our triple blend of protein-rich milk (goat, cow & organic coconut) and luxurious all-veggie oils like olive, high-oleic sunflower seed and rice bran to leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.

Flowers & Ferns delivers a bouquet of sweet, bright flowers and earthy, herbal greens. Morning Lily, Jasmine, Geranium, Hyacinth and Violet blend beautifully with green mosses, clover, rosemary, patchouli and cedar. A touch of zesty lemon adds an element of surprise to this clean, floral, ultimately fresh scent!

Look for Soap #26 at our etsy store http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com in the next few days!

Remember to use Promo Code ‘Lather Project’ to receive 10% off your Lather Project Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Use the Promo Code to receive a free sample bar of your choice of Lather Project Soaps!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #27!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 25, Soap 25

Today is Day 25!

Don’t forget to enter our Lather Project Soap Giveaway! 3 fabulous Soapy Prizes and lots of easy ways to enter and WIN!
http://bellissimasblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/lather-project-soap-giveaway.html

Soap #25 is another cut and dry case of inventory replenishment.


And calendula is one of the very best botanicals, in my opinion, in soap. Did you know that calendula is better known by it’s more common name: Marigold?

Calendula flowers have been used on injuries to reduce inflammation and as an antiseptic against infection. It has also been used as a remedy for a variety of skin problems ranging from skin ulcerations to eczema. It provides one of its greatest benefits in relieving eruptive skin disorders such as shingles, a viral infection. It’s considered by many to be an effective detoxifying herb that can help with the toxicity associated many severe fevers and infections.

Calendula may also be helpful in healing minor skin wounds and sunburns.

Research continues as I write, but I don’t need a scientist to tell me how good it feels on the skin!

So here’s the description for Soap #25:

Bellissima Handmade Botanical-Infused Cucumber & Calendula Bath Soap

Our line of Botanical Infused Bath Bars are a special treat for your skin - infusing teas, flowers, plants and herbs in oils or water and adding it to soap not only imparts the amazing benefits to the soap, but also allows for the most nutrients and enrichment possible from the botanicals!

Our amazing Cucumber & Calendula Botanical Infused Bath Bar is enriched with luxurious all-veggie oils like olive and rice bran to nurture your skin and real calendula petals for added benefits and for gentle exfoliation to leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.

Look for Bellissima Botanical Infused Cucumber & Calendula Bath Soap for sale at
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com in the next few days!

And remember to enter Promo Code 'Lather Project' to receive 10% off your Lather Prject Soap purchase!

Choosing something else? Enter the Promo Code to receive a sample bar of your choice of Lather Project soaps!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #26!

Monday, June 1, 2009

The Lather Project: 30 Soaps in 30 Days - Day 24, Soap 24

It's Day 24!

Don’t forget to enter our Lather Project Soap Giveaway! 3 fabulous Soapy Prizes and lots of easy ways to enter and WIN! Just scroll down 2 posts back....

Growing up, we had lots of fruit trees in our backyard - peaches, apples, even red grapes!

This was amazing to us, since our house sat right on the water - a little inlet off Narragansett Bay named Warwick Cove (and my Mom‘s still there). We always thought our land would be too highly saturated with salt water to sustain much growth, but we had lots of trees, bushes, flowers, plenty of weeds and our gardens usually did pretty well.

The biggest and the best fruit tree we had, though, was a huge wild blackberry bush! We‘d be so excited as we would check and check to see if they were ripe yet! And when they finally were, it somehow always caught us by surprise, so we’d stretch the bottom of our t-shirts out, making a cotton ‘bowl’ out of it and fill it with as many juicy berries as we could possibly fit!

Of course, the problem with this method of berry-picking was the big purple stains that inevitably covered our fingers - and the front our T-Shirts! We didn’t care, but my Mom would give a big groan and then an even bigger sigh when she saw us coming in the house with the first blackberries of the season!

And it was worth the scolding - they smelled and tasted delicious! So I’ve chosen Blackberry Grapefruit for the scent for Soap #24.

And here’s the description:

Bellissima Triple Milk Blend Soap in Blackberry Grapefruit

Our amazing Triple Milk Blend Soap in Blackberry Grapefruit is incredibly creamy and full of lather with our triple blend of protein-rich milk (goat, cow & coconut) and luxurious all-veggie oils like olive, high-oleic sunflower seed and rice bran to leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and hydrated.

Blackberry Grapefruit delivers the aroma of tart wild blackberries and tangy grapefruit - and that’s just the beginning of this wonderfully complex fragrance! Sweet mint, herbal sage, citrus-y lemon, fresh greens, spicy vanilla and tropical floral notes elevate this to a most sophisticated, fruity fragrance!

Look for Bellissima Blackberry Grapefruit Triple Blend Milk Soap for sale at
http://BellissimaMinerals.etsy.com in the next few days!

Tune in Tomorrow for Soap #25!