Holiday Season

Holiday season

Well the holiday season is in full swing. We have all our decorations up and have already made a batch of sugar cookies with Grandma. We assembled, decorated and ate our first gingerbread house... which J (who's 3 is still asking for because she loved it). Another great thing about the holiday season is your favorite holiday soap Holly Jolly is back in stock. This soap makes an excellent gift for teachers or stocking stuffer for your favorite aunt!

With holiday parties in full swing, we are also out buying more clothes, outfits and gifts. Something to keep in mind while you are out shopping, look at what the items you are buying are made of. I am a pretty big fan of nice hand bags, and recently I was looking at getting a new handbag. I was looking at the materials they are made of. Granted I realized there are synthetic materials in some of these to help bring the cost down, and other chemicals like glues, stainguards, etc are necessary.

However, I could not help but notice on one of the tags was a required warning that this particular hand bag was made with products that were known to contribute to causing cancer and birth defects. That being said, I did not come home with that hand bag. I am grateful for the cautionary warning, but it made me think about #slowfashion which is growing in popularity, at least within the fiber industry (I am knitter for those who do not follow me on instagram @ajeepgirl). In slow fashion, people are not rushing out to buy clothes or other items that they can make themselves or buy from someone who handcrafts them. Instead they are taking the time to make these things.

And NO, we don't all have time to make our own clothes, but we most certainly can pay closer attention to the materials that are used in manufacturing. Supporting small businesses who take the time to ensure that their products are natural and made with the highest quality is high on my priority list when I am shopping for my family! We've been looking for a wooden toy kitchen for our girls and I have come across lots and lots of plastic ones, but the idea that the chemicals in the plastics are not good overtime for my girls is really important to me.

So this holiday season while you are hunting for the perfect gift, the best holiday outfit or something lovely to add to your home, stop and think about these things:

1).what you are buying?

2). where it comes from? 

3). what it is made with? and

4). is there a more natural company you can find that makes something similar?

This is what we strive to do for you create a natural, handcrafted product that is kinder to you and the environment. #naturalmatters #doyousoapalicious

Hello again!

Hey guys,

Sorry it's been a while! If you're new here, I want to just take a minute and introduce us! I am Jessica, my husband Jay and I are the humans behind Soap-a-licious. We created Soap-a-licious in 2011 after some much needed changes for our own skin care. We found Natural really does Matter! It has evolved from so much more of a soap business to full on beard care, skin care including shaving oils and butters, body butters and lotions, butt balm once we had our first daughter and so on! We hope you love it all as much as we do! The best thing is: there is truly something for everyone!! Check it out for yourself or gift it to someone you love that would love it too! We are always here to answer questions, too. The easiest way to get in touch is our email info@soap-a-licious.com

Don't forget, our ingredients are actually all listed on our products and on the website for anyone who may have additional sensitivities.  We also have a Q & A section for shipping info, etc!

Thanks for checking us out and those returning customers, you guys rock! You are the wind in our sails!

XO Jessica

Thank you!!

 Thank you for celebrating our birthday month with us, last month! We loved sharing specials with you. We hope you enjoyed them too!

Also, thank you to those of you that have signed up for the news letter! I hope that you found it informative and fun! Please let us know if there is anything you wish to see in the newsletters up and coming.

We are working on getting another podcast out to you guys! We miss it and I'm sure you do to! Even if it's just to see the cute little kids that run a muck!

You guys are great! We are so thankful for all the support and love you show us by posting and sharing the Natural Lifestyle with friends and family!

Keep a look out for the newsletter and possibly a podcast this weekend! Fingers crossed!! We can get them both out!! :)

Soap-a-licious Travel Kit

Whew! What a weekend! The Mr's birthday is tomorrow, so we went to Disney to celebrate over the weekend! The girls loved it and so did we! And boy am I glad that I packed our travel kit! Not the toothbrushes etc although I did pack those too. I'm talking about our Soap-a-licious Travel kit: Mini Deodorant, travel size soaps and body bar! What a life saver!

Packing this means I didn't have to bring our regular size deodorants (Yay! More room to stash yarn). A few small soaps are perfect for on the go! You won't waste a large bar or have to worry about what to do with a regular size bar to repack after use. A small bar is perfect for a few washes and you can easily wrap it up to repack. Then the body bar! Let me just say that going anywhere without our natural products is so much less enjoyable. I find my skin to be more dry and just over all less supple. Not that I had tons of time for my normal skin care routine, BUT since these things are part of my normal routine, I knew I would not have to reapply etc.

This kit is designed for travel! Whether your stay is long or short, its the perfect companion and easy to fly with, too. No pesky bottles and liquids to worry about.

Other items that we packed: Sun Ninja! Sun Ninja is perfect to tuck in a pocket, or a purse or backpack. We coated the kids and ourselves before we left the hotel and actually did not reapply, since we were in the shade a lot. If we were in direct sun, then we would have reapplied several times throughout the day. No one ended up sunburned, one bit! Go, Sun Ninja!

I also packed the travel size Baby Butt Balm. Easy to stash in with the diapers and wipes. Quick to use and put away too!!

All in all, a fun filled weekend accompanied by our Natural products could not have been better! No chemical-filled cheap (no matter where you stay) hotel products that they buy by the 1,000's for next to nothing. They don't worry about your skin care.. We do! Check out the Travel kit on the site today!

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TGIF!

We love being able to reach out and share our new products and why we love them! After all we design them with you in mind! If you have not already signed up for our news letter, you should. Visit our homepage, scroll half way and you will see where to enter your information. Sign up! We won't spam you, won't sell your info or share it! We will send you product updates, specials before they are released to the public and share some of YOUR stories (what your favorites are and how you use them). Please feel free to use #soapalicious to share your pictures! Tag us in videos too!! We love to share what you love!

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Happy Weekend,

Jess

A Review + Happy 4th of July!

Ok, so I'm just gonna throw this out there.... I'm a lip bitter. (My own, not other peoples) I will kind of bit at my lip especially if they are dry or chapped. I do this without thinking about it, I suppose it's an anxious habit if I have a lot on my mind or a lot to do. However, I have been using our Sugar Lips Scrub and following it up with our Shimmer Lip Balm, and let me tell you just how incredibly soft my lips are!! Check out this awesome video here! Thanks Miguel and Nikesha for taking the time to share this with us! (btw, this is her opinion and not a paid ad) :)

You have probably noticed more items coming out that are geared towards the ladies on our site.  The hubby and I have been working on this together, so that we can ensure there are things that are not only MUST HAVE items for all moms but women/ladies/girls in general! If you have anything you want to see that we haven't created already please shoot me an email @ jess@soap-a-licious.com and let me know! We love you guys and we love creating natural products that you love! So your feedback is important to us!

Happy Early 4th!! Hope you have a fun SAFE weekend!

XO -Jess