Shiva's Delight and Earth Hour!

Tonight we celebrate Earth Hour.. a time to turn off the lights and pay homage to mother nature! Sit by candle light... enjoy the moment and say a prayer for our kind mother! She is our mother, our home, our ecosystem, she is the earth beneath our feet!

I have been invited to sell my natural soaps and other goodies at Kingston Earth Hour Unplugged.. I will be in market square from 6:30pm till 9:30 pm tonight.. if you are at the event please come by for a visit... Jaimie-lyn (the awesome starfire witch) will be with me helping me out... and it is her brithday!

There will be an off the grid concert with the Gertrudes at 8pm and I have heard rumors of a fire show too! There will be free hot chocolate too!

Turn off those lights and give mother nature a rest! Happy Earth Hour Folks...

Casey

Honey Almond Spice Soap!

New Soap time! How does Honey Almond Spice sound to you on this chilly day! This is a lovely soap made with local honey, full of warm spices, cinnamon, clove, grapefruit, frankinsense and more! It even has ground apricot kernels in it for exfoliating. It will be ready in 5 weeks folks. I am also working on a pink grapefruit and chamomile flower soap! Some of my older flavours will be disappearing to make room for these new exciting ones!
I am also taking orders for Valentine's Gift Baskets ! If you need the perfect gift for that special person in your life I can help! A basket full of soaps, massage oils, bath bombs, lip balms and body butter, and I will wrap it all up with lovely red ribbon! Call me if you would like a basket! 613-549-1859

Happy showering folks

Casey

Citrus Bath salts on sale for you ;)

A little deal just for you folks here on my blog ! Citrus Bliss Bath Salts are on sale.. 3 jars for $20 (regular price $10 per jar) They smell divine and make your bath a truly decadent experience!

Happy Shopping.

Ho HO HO... shopping time !!

One week to go.! If you are still looking for some awesome gift ideas I have lots ! All silver jewelry is on for 50% off till xmas... soaps are 6 for $25 this week. I can also do some custom gift baskets all wrapped up with pretty ribbons! If you would like to come shopping I am open most evenings the week leading up t0 christmas.

In the new year there will be some changes to Shiva's Delight.. I am going to be cutting back on the number of soap flavors to make it a bit easier to keep up with inventory.. Australian rose will soon be retiring as will black licorice soap.. the Hemp Patchouli Shampoo is also done.. just not enough sales folks. I am designing an awesome new lime shimmer lip balm and I have just made a new whipped orange jasmine shea butter ( its amazing).
To honour these changes I am having a little contest ! The winner will get a bar of australian rose soap and jar of whipped jasmine shea butter, something old and something new!

Here is my contest! Write a little post about my products or one specific product of mine that has touched your life in a wonderful way! Let me know what you like about it and why you love it so much! May the best post win! prize value $18

Post away friends and Happy Showering

SoapGirl

Citrus Bath salts are here again!

It's that time of year again... yup... the holidays are coming and its time to make bath salts again!!! I just made a delicious batch of citrus bliss bath salts... pink himalayan and dead sea salt blended with tangerine, sweet orange and pink grapfruit oils.. and of course some lovely calendula petals to top it off ! They smell divine and they look pretty too ! $12 per jar and you can get about 5 baths out of one jar !! not bad i say :) My house is full of bath bombs.. the laundry is being ingnored.. I am up to my ears in gift baskets and have about 7 more sales to do this month. Busy times for sure! If any of you lovely folks need some gift ideas this year.. why not give a Shiva's Delight goody basket full of soaps, bath bombs, body butter and bath salts !! I have all sorts in all price ranges and they come all wrapped up with pretty bows too ;)

I wish you all good dreams and warm soapy showers

Casey

starfire Cinnaclove Soap.. the new frontier !

What is it you ask? Well Starfire Cinnaclove soap is my latest greatest creation .. a soap that is orange with black swirls and smells like cinnamon and clove.. mmmmmm... looks awesome smells awesome and the labels are the best ones I have made yet.. This recipe was inspired by my good friend Jaimie-lyn.. and also named in her honour.. she makes jewelry under the name StarFire!!
I like the idea of making soap in honour of my friends :) Soon I will be working with Lady Buck(Gwenith) to make some super awesome Shaman soaps infused with magik !!!!

Deals for the month of sept. are.... lime soap $4 per bar... lavender patchouli soap is buy 2 get one free !! or $4 per bar if you only need one ;)

Hope you are all enjoying this chilly fallish weather !

Happy Showering

Casey

and the winner is ???

Annette wins the lemon poppyseed soap !!! Way to go Annette... you did you homework ;) saponification is the chemical reaction that takes place when the lye and oils meet... soap and glycerin are the byproducts of this reaction ! Now there is a little bit of science for all of you.

Happy showering,

Casey (soapgirl)

Soap Trivia.... who will win ????

To thank all of you wonderful beings for following my little blog I am offering you a special deal.... just for you folks... no one else !~ pick any 5 bath bombs for $12 this offer is good until next wednesday !!!!
and now for a giveaway ! The first person who can answer this question correctly wins a bar of lemon poppyseed soap !!!!

here is the big question: " what is the chemical reaction that happens when you mix the oil, water and lye in the soap making process ?"

first person to answer correctly will get that free bar of lemon poppyseed soap !

Happy Showering folks.

Casey

Treasures......

One morning spent yard sailing with a big old coffee and I come home with a car FULL of very cool goodies... Shelves for soap displays.. $2 ! A little adjustments and some spray paint and I will have one very cool soap set up for vending... I am very excited! Now its soap making time... Bloody orange shaving soap here I come...... It is time to make soap... lots of soap before the warm weather takes over and my soap becomes curd! Making soap on a hot august day just does not work.. tried it once last year and ended with with a big old batch of yummy smelling cheese curd looking goo... it was a sad sad day for me.. my 2nd ever batch of soap.... in the garbage... I had no idea that hot muggy weather makes for poor soaping. Lesson learned... plans to make about 20 batches of soap this month.... stock up for summer... Carl and Jet have made me 4 soap molds this weekend... that should keep me going for a very long time...

As for all of you... your input and ideas are always welcome... if you have a favourite essential oil combo let me know.. I am open to new ideas.. and I love to make custom soaps... ! Please do leave me comments.. tell me about my soap..... after all its you guys and gals who keep me going... I am off to hang my laundry on the line.. and I am seriously considering making a laundry soap for scrubbing stains !!! some day soon....

Happy showering... and enjoy this sunny day !

Casey

What comes next ?

My whole kitchen smells like lime, I have lime twist soap curing on the counter, cheeky lime shaving soap curing above the laundry machine and a basement full of all sorts of other soap creations.... and the list goes on.. So what's next? Well I have this big idea to make another fancy guy soap called "Bloody Orange Shaving Soap". It will be dark rich red(full of australian red clay).. and it will smell like blood orange.... with a hint of sweet orange and tangerine..... meant for straight razors and old fashioned shaving brushes... I might even try to make it round !!!!! to fit into those cute little shaving cups... now there's an idea ! I have asked a local potter to make me some custom shaving mugs and I am totally looking into shaving brushes too! Men are getting back in touch with the whole hoopla that comes along with natural care products.. I love it! I thinks it says a lot about a guy.. straight razor and all... sexy in some old fashioned bloody way ;) Now if only they could let their gals shave them... an exercise in trust ;)
I sold 4 bars of shaving soap today..... and I am making the bloody orange shaving soap tonight... in 6 weeks it will be ready to take over the world one shave at a time !

Happy showering ... and if you need some fantastic soap.. you know where to go ;) and I can ship anywhere ! www.shivasdelight.com

Casey (soap girl)