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One of the reasons commercial (supermarket) soap is inherently drying is that the natural glycerine contained in oils is removed and sold for lotions or explosives!
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How does soap clean? Oddly enough, water alone
does not wet
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well. It beads
up until a surface agent helps it soak in. Soap
molecules push through the surface of water, attach
to dirt, and suspend it in lather until it is
rinsed away.
Kentucky is known for its crafts, and the skill
of soapmaking is occasionally still found among
local artisans. Anna's Sweet EsSCENTials is an
attempt to combine the best of the past and the
best of the present, offering you a bit of luxury
in your everyday living. We team with other local
craftspeople to add soap dishes and pottery for
the bath, as we bring some down-home Kentucky
folk art to your home.
Kentucky spring, looking down our hillside.
From hobby to obsession . . .
I began soapmaking as a hobby, but quickly found I had soap curing all over my cottage . . . on top of the fridge, on the upper bunkbed, on every bookcase and shelf in the place! About the time I finished one batch I began to calculate about the next one, which would have different ingredients and be even better!
Having long been aware of the benefits of other natural substances and foods, I decided early on to stick to the absolute best, natural ingredients and create a "special" product. Many soapmakers produce very nice bars of soap, but not many try for specialty soaps, which require longer to produce in smaller batches. I also hope to add an artistic quality that appeals to our aesthetic senses as well as be wonderful for our skin. Anna's Sweet EsSCENTials soaps are designed to please many senses--sight, smell, and touch.
Only the best ingredients. . .
Most of my soaps are fragranced with natural ingredients, either essential oils or combinations of fragrance oils. I add supplements known for their ability to soothe and heal the skin, which, after all, is the largest organ of our bodies and which should be treated very carefully. Through its porous surface both bad and good elements are readily absorbed.
Many handcrafted soapmakers advertise that their soaps are made in small quantities. But that can mean 10 pounds or 100 pounds! Our batches are VERY small, because we are going for a special look with each one.
Special soaps offer special care. . .
When you bathe with these soaps, you will notice a wonderful, silky feel to the lather. What you are sensing is natural glycerine from our all-plant-based oils, a part of every bar of Anna's Sweet EsSCENTials soap. Commercial manufacturers extract this glycerine from their soaps and sell it to you in lotions. That means their soaps are inherently drying to your skin because the moisturizing elements have been removed!
Making soap is a consuming and deeply satisfying process. I love creating something that is beautiful as well as useful. Soap represents a mixture of the most romantic parts of ourselves and the most practical. I have always enjoyed decorating a bathroom with beauty and surprises, and many of these soaps were developed to satisfy that need.
Handmade soaps are safe, pure, gentle cleansers. They are also warm, generous possessions and wonderful gifts for your loved ones.
These soaps are distributed at craft fairs, artisan centers, farmers markets, select retail outlets and on the internet. Shown here is our booth at the Kentucky Crafted Trade Show.
Welcome to Anna's EsSCENTials soap studio...
A good handcrafted soap studio is partly an artisan studio and partly a
chemist shop. At Anna's, one wall is covered with essential oils and exotic
precious oils, and another harbors our drying racks where all soap is cured
for a minimum of three weeks before going out the door.
Pots, pans, molds, scales, cutters and other tools of the trade take up
another portion of the studio, and a trimming and packaging area fills the
rest. The best part of the studio is that aromatherapy fragrances permeate
everything, which makes coming to work a pleasure every morning.
Shown below are a couple of happy soapmakers and our studio at its
cleaned-up best.
Thanks for your time...
We hope you have enjoyed this short tour of Anna's EsSCENTials Bodycare and appreciate the philosophy behind our products. Please look through our list of fine handmade soaps and body products and try a few. We think you will be pleased with their uniqueness and quality.
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Anna's Sweet EsSCENTials
114 West Bryan, PO Box 159
Owenton, KY 40359
(502) 484-2333 voice (502) 484-2337 fax
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