About Cecilia (aka UrbanSoapChick)
Over 2 years ago, I discovered the art of “making” soap. I was always fond of little handcrafted soap and it wasn’t until I was on a trip in Pennsylvania that the ingredients on one of the bars of soap I brought caught my attention. It looked so simple. There was olive oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil, sodium hydroxide, essential oil blends, and distilled water. I remember thinking to myself….that’s it? That’s all what’s in soap? And that moment I decided I can make this myself too!!! So back home I went and bought my first soapmaking kit and tried my luck. It was a lot harder than I thought. Even though the oils were already pre-blended, I still had no clue how to handle the lye. And I was very afraid of the lye especially after the warning from the DVD. I was all covered up from head to toe and I was nervous like crazy in the kitchen trying to make a decent batch. I watched the instructional DVD many times but they did leave out any methods for efficiency. So it literally took me 6 hours to make my first batch of french vanilla & oatmeal soap. It was totally worth it and I had fallen in love with a new craft.
The art of soapmaking is a fabulous creative world, I integrate healing ingredients and positive intention into my own soap creations. It’s a beautiful craft that combines art, chemistry & baking, all in one. The soapmaking process is one that truly inspires me and expands my imagination wide.
More about me
- a lifelong student, I will never stop learning. Life will never get boring as long as you are constantly learning something new
- absolutely loves the soapmaking process, yes I’m addicted!
- when I am not handcrafting soap, you can find me behind my digital Canon 40D, doing photo shoots or walking around town snapping photos of anything that catches my eye
- discovered throwing mud, oh those mud throwers!
- is deeply fascinated with this new branch of scientific research called noetic sciences the study of higher consciousness & the human potential, I am a member of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
- lives a very personal spiritual & holistic life, true love comes from within
- strives to be a feminine co-creator, a mother to our planet earth
- passionate about energy healing-our souls & our earth needs more of it
- believes in micro-lending to women-owned businesses in developing countries
About Annalise
Annalise has been experimenting with making natural body products ever since she was a little girl. She loved being out in the garden mashing things together and mixing up potions and lotions! She eventually went on to achieve Distinction on her Diploma in Beauty Therapy and started to make her own natural bath and body products 3 years ago. She did all this in record time while looking after her eldest daughter, who at the time was only 18 months old.
Her daughters give her the most inspiration, she wants them to have the best possible lives they can, and it is because of this that she wants to learn so much. Her aim in life since having her children is to teach them everything that she has learned and help them achieve their goals and aspirations!
Also having a wonderful & supportive fiance gives her that extra boost of confidence that she will achieve her ideas and aspirations.
A forever student, she has a real appetite for education and would love to study psychology, many different languages including French, Spanish, Italian and Greek, Fashion Design, Holistic Therapies and other Beauty related subjects and far too many more to mention!
Annalise lives in Berkshire, England with her two beautiful daughters and fiance. A woman of many talents; she also loves designing/making her own clothes and is also a freelance writer for several websites.
About Judith
Judi understands the importance of the correlation between how we live, our health and the health of those around us. She started making natural soap and body care products in 1997. Shortly after she earned her certification in Nutrition and Body Care, Holistic Health Counseling and Aromatherapy. Judi studied these subjects with American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS). She has an Associate’s degree in Communication and is perusing her bachelor’s degree in English with the University of Phoenix.
Judi is the mother of four home schooled children ranging in age from 23 to 13. She enjoys her career as a freelance writer and specializes in the subjects of natural health care, woman’s health, beauty care and other varied subjects. Judi spends her time living in San Antonio, TX. When she has free time, she enjoys cooking and baking. Judi enjoys creating new healthy dishes for her family to enjoy. She also enjoys the old fashioned art of putting food up by canning and preserving.
About Nina
Nina is a Management and IT Professional who managed to garner Postgraduate qualifications in Management and English and Degrees in Science, French and Education while pursuing different career options like being an IT Database Manager, movie scriptwriter, theatre artiste, lecturer in French, Marketing and advertising, Editor of hearts on Fire books Missouri USA, publisher and Aviation trainer among other things(Blame it all on being a Southpaw!!!) One fine morning, she decided that she had enough of killing herself by Degrees and went back to her first love — writing. You can find some of her romantic books on Amazon.com and you may want to visit Nina’s Natural Remedies which is being filled up slowly! When she is not kept busy designing websites, she is busy browsing in old bookshops for antique books, translating traditional Punjabi poetry in English and French for bilingual sites, collecting herbal remedies, or escaping to her dear mountains for a bit of exploring and rappelling. She would love to hear from you on dueepjs@hotmail.com with natural remedies news, and views.
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