Free tips for skin care beauty           The dirty truth about your soap! Is your soap making you look old? Would you ever consider taking a bath in detergent? Or, boiled cow fat? Of course not! But, did you know that these are common ingredients in the leading beauty bars and soaps? Why? First, these ingredients are ultra cheap, and second, if you don't know the difference you can't really complain! Before you take one more bath with a commericial store bought soap, look at the packaging. You'll find a convoluted recipe of words which you automatically assume refer to normal household ingredients, but turns out most of those items are dangerous to skin health and may even dry your skin out even more. Here's a quick break down of the ingredients you'll find in one very popular, heavily advertised soap: Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (synthetic detergent), Stearic Acid (fatty acid), Sodium Tallowate (rendered beef fat), Water, Sodium Isethionate (synthetic detergent), Sodium Stearate (detergent), Cocamidopropyl Betaine (synthetic detergent),  Titanium Dioxide (cosmetic whitener), Trisodium Etidronate (preservative), BHT (preservative), Disodium Cocamido Mea Sulfosuccinate (synthetic detergent), Cetyl Alcohol, Any of these ingredients can dry out. And, dry skin looks old! Some have even been linked to known health problems. Thankfully, there is another option. Hand-made soaps are made in small batches from the finest oils and butters to pamper your skin with gentle goodness. Each recipe is carefully blended by a skilled crafts-person to offer you a long lasting soap with wonderful lather that conditions and nourishes your skin. The naturally produced glycerin insures that your skin will feel soft and moisturized. While most commercial soaps are a combination of harsh surfactants, detergents and chemicals that strip your skin of essential body moisture, leaving your skin feeling dry and tight, hand made soaps do not contain any of these ingredients. Once you have tried homemade soaps, you may never buy commercial soaps again. When choosing a hand made bath soap be sure to look for any and all of the following ingredients. Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Goat's Milk, Soybean Oil and Cottonseed Oil, Palm Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Mango Butter and Grapeseed Oil, Wheatgerm Oil, and essential oils. Dry skin begs for special care...and that's exactly what it gets from handmade soaps! An added bonus, handmade beauty products made with shea butter are also great for sensitive  skin. This intensive moisturizer helps rehydrate even the driest skin for ultra soft skin that begs to be touched. Yet it's gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin. And, handmade soap only costs a dollar or two more than the store bought kind and can last up to three times as long. That's a smart investment for beauty! For soaps that leave your skin soft and silky be sure to visit Honey Hive Hand Crafts.   Shop Honey Hive Hand Crafts for decadent, skin-soothing soaps that leave your skin touch-ably soft! Ingredients: Water, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil and Palm Kernal Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Soybean Oil and Cottonseed Oil, Cocoa Butter, Fragrance Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Castor Oil, Ultramarine Blue Oxide, Chromium Hydroxide Green Oxide   Ocean Mist Homemade Soap $4.50 A brisk ocean type scent, clean and refreshing. Great for men and women alike.         Ingredients: Water, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Soybean Oil and Cottonseed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Avocado Oil, Fragrance Oil, Violet Oxide   Love Spell (type) Homemade Soap $4.50 Our own version of the popular Victoria Secret scent. An absolutely tantalizing fragrance composed of sweet citrus top notes enhanced by hints of fresh peaches and berries. Rounded out with an undertone of white musk.     Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Water, Olive Oil, Soybean Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Palm Oil, Goat's Milk, Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, Grapeseed Oil, Castor Oil, Patchouli Essential Oil, Fragrance Oil, Mica   Sultry Nights Homemade Soap $4.50 An intoxicating blend of warm, smokey Patchouli, lush and sensual Sandalwood, and the sophisticated complexity of Amber. Topped off with our own secret scent addition to give it just a touch of sweetness.     Ingredients: Water, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Goat's Milk, Palm Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Soybean Oil and Cottonseed Oil, Essential Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Oatmeal, Ultramarine Violet   Lavender Oat and Milk Homemade Soap $4.50 The subtle fragrance of fields of Lavender swaying in purple waves. The addition of soothing goat's milk and ground oats makes this bar an absolute treat for the skin.   Shop Now!

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