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Now Selling Essential Oils

Many of you have asked the last few years why we don’t sell essential oils. We buy them in bulk for the stuff we make here, and it only makes sense that we would sell them as well.

We are pleased to announce that we are about to do just that. At this time we are putting the finishing touches on labels. We will shortly have product listed for sale and will post an update at that time.

Here is the preliminary list of Essential Oils that will be offered. Most will come in a ½ ounce (15 mL) size. Some of the rarer oils may be offered only in a smaller size.

  • Allspice Leaf
  • Amyris
  • Angelica Root
  • Anise Star
  • Aniseed
  • Basil
  • Bay Laurel – Laurus nobilis
  • Bay Rum – Pimenta racemosa (West Indian Bay Leaf)
  • Benzoin (resinoid)
  • Bergamot
  • Bergamot – Bergaptene Free
  • Bitter Almond
  • Black Pepper
  • Cade – Juniperus oxycedrus
  • Calamus Root
  • Camphor
  • Carrot Seed
  • Cassia
  • Cedarwood – Atlas (Cedrus atlantica)
  • Cedarwood – Chinese (Cupressus funebris)
  • Cedarwood – Himalayan (Cedrus deodora)
  • Cedarwood – Texas (Juniperus mexicana)
  • Cedarwood – Virginiana (Juniperus virginiana)
  • Celery Seed
  • Chamomile – German
  • Cinnamon Bark
  • Cinnamon Leaf
  • Cistus
  • Citronella – Ceylon
  • Citronella – Java
  • Clary Sage
  • Clove Bud
  • Clove Leaf
  • Coffee – Green
  • Coffee – Roasted
  • Copaiba Balsam
  • Coriander Seed
  • Cypress
  • Cypriol – aka Nagarmotha
  • Dill Seed
  • Elemi
  • Eucalyptus – Blue Mallee
  • Eucalyptus – Citriodora
  • Eucalyptus – Dives
  • Eucalyptus – Globulus
  • Eucalyptus – Radiata
  • Frankincense
  • Garlic
  • Geranium – Bourbon
  • Geranium – Egyptian
  • Ginger Grass
  • Ginger Root
  • Grapefruit – Pink
  • Grapefruit – White
  • Ho Wood
  • Jamarosa Root – Cymbopogon nardus
  • Juniper Berry
  • Labdanum
  • Lavandin
  • Lavender – Bulgarian, organic
  • Lemongrass
  • Lemon
  • Lime – (Key Lime)
  • Litsea Cubeba
  • Mandarin
  • Myrrh
  • Myrtle
  • Niaouli – Melaleuca quinquenervia
  • Orange Bitter
  • Orange – Blood Orange
  • Orange Sweet
  • Palmarosa
  • Parsley Seed
  • Patchouli – Dark
  • Patchouli – Light
  • Pennyroyal
  • Peppermint – Japanese (Mentha arvensis)
  • Peppermint – Supreme (Mentha piperita)
  • Petitgrain
  • Pine Scotch
  • Ravensara
  • Rosemary
  • Rosewood
  • Sage (Dalmatian)
  • Sandalwood
  • Siberian Fir Needle
  • Spearmint
  • Spinach Leaf
  • Sugandh Kokila
  • Tangerine
  • Tea Tree
  • Tea Tree – Cajeput
  • Tea Tree – Lemon (Leptospermum petersonii)
  • Thyme – Red
  • Tuberose – (nature identical)
  • Turmeric
  • Vanilla – (10 fold oleoresin)
  • Vetiver
  • Wintergreen
  • Ylang

This is a preliminary list and may be modified as we proceed.
2021-01-29 — 03:20

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Alma-Clean Now Offered in Thieves Blend!

When doing our original formulating and testing of Alma-Clean in 2018, our own Thieves blend (formula #4) was one of the original scents that went out. It tested well, but in the interest of keeping things simple I chose to offer Alma-Clean initially in two choices: Original Tea Tree, and Basil & Thyme. Both are about equally popular, even if most customers have a definite preference for one or the other.

While taking orders this season however I had some unexpected queries of, “What happened to the Thieves?” In truth I had some on the shelf that I had held back for special requests, and we had all the oils necessary to make more. So we generated a “Thieves Blend” label, got some bottled, and were pleased to fill these orders.

Alma-Clean Thieves Blend – has now officially been listed for sale as well. Ho ho ho!

Thank you for your business, and Merry Christmas!

John

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Holiday Update – 7 December 2019

Another Facebook post from last week…

I have a friend who stays constantly angry at me that I don’t keep my posts here up-to-date. And for good reason. It’s really bad manners!

I poured soaps again all day today. I continue to update the online store, post new inventory, and new images. Will start getting some backed up orders out next week too.

I have a new Peppermint soap with bentonite clay that is really cool. It’s gorgeous, and it smells great!

I got the scent worked out on the Hemp soap, so those bars are good to go. They really look cool, and they’re good soap.

Many of our bars are larger this year, and/or the prices have come down. I have kind of been going against the grain of what some believe is the trend and have actually been working on lowering our prices – not raising them.

I added a new bar to the line-up, Playful Plum. I hope you will like it. It’s a pretty bar. It’s colored with ground madder root, something that has been used for millennia to achieve a gorgeous burgundy color in fabrics. I try to mostly use natural colorants.

I worked on a special bar for an old friend to go along with his product line and the pour turned out to be a disaster – laugh! Will have to revisit that one.

We have continued to add regular customers for the Alma-Clean, our highly effective laundry booster and all natural disinfectant, and I am really thankful for that. We have plenty labeled and ready to go.

Oh, I made like 40-50 lbs of lavender bath salts too, although I haven’t gotten them posted to the site yet. I have been making them forever but thought there wasn’t any interest in them until recently. Almost no one bathes anymore!

Running late to be somewhere… as usual!
❤️

John

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A Holiday Collection

I was going through a bunch of soap pictures I had taken while trying to get a decent “group” photo. There was one in the middle which was plainly taken by accident, and this is it. It was the only one that didn’t look staged.

We’ve got a Soothing Sandalwood, surrounded by Heavenly Hemp, Ancient Ocean, some pink thing I haven’t named yet, a Kashmir Goat Milk, Leinie for your Heinie, Black Cashmere with Charcoal, a Lemony Lemongrass, and some Awesome Orange.

Holiday Collection “oops” photo

Wish you could smell it all.
— John