Summer Soother A few sunny morning rambling thoughts:
As we sit here this morning with mugs brimmed with coffee and the morning sun streaming in our east facing windows, we are mulling a reformulation of one of our first original soap bars: Summer Soother. When we launched Kumbha Moon Soap Company last May, the Summer Soother bar was a customer favorite. We intended it to help ease the sting of nasty summer bug bites and also provide effective cleaning of summer dirt and sweaty skin. We used calendula petals and poppy seeds for exfoliation and essential oils of citronella and lemongrass. We've had customers tell us that this is their "go to" soap when they go camping or as a itchy skin relief after hiking in the woods. It's made with our original essential soap base so it's also loaded with skin conditioning oils like pure imported Italian olive oil, shea butter, and castor oil.
- The winter we experienced in the north east tried my winter-lover's spirit
- I'm ready to look out the window and see green rather than snow
- Kellie and I continue to be so filled with gratitude for the wonderful people we have met through Kumbha Moon Soap Company and who continue to fill our lives with new friendships
- As most people's thoughts turn to egg dying, chocolate bunnies, and spring flowers, our thoughts turn to "Poppy seeds or no poppy seeds?"
As we sit here this morning with mugs brimmed with coffee and the morning sun streaming in our east facing windows, we are mulling a reformulation of one of our first original soap bars: Summer Soother. When we launched Kumbha Moon Soap Company last May, the Summer Soother bar was a customer favorite. We intended it to help ease the sting of nasty summer bug bites and also provide effective cleaning of summer dirt and sweaty skin. We used calendula petals and poppy seeds for exfoliation and essential oils of citronella and lemongrass. We've had customers tell us that this is their "go to" soap when they go camping or as a itchy skin relief after hiking in the woods. It's made with our original essential soap base so it's also loaded with skin conditioning oils like pure imported Italian olive oil, shea butter, and castor oil.
But those poppy seeds...we've decided to tweak our original recipe and use a fantastic lemon essential oil that we were able to source recently in place of the citronella oil. We will continue to add calendula petals for light exfoliation and the soothing qualities of calendual oil that might come through the process, but customers are divided about those poppy seeds. Many have told us that they love them because they help clean summer grime and sweat and others have told us that they dislike them for a variety of reasons (ever find a stray poppy seed clinging to your hair?)
| So now the burning question: Poppy seeds or no poppy seeds? Help us decide by taking our little poll. We need to know pretty quickly so that we can make a batch or two this weekend and have the new and improved version of Summer Soother available by June...which is 'skeeter season in western New York State! | |
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