Marjoram Botanical Name: (Origanum majorana) Common Names: Sweet Marjoram, Knotted Marjoram, Pot Marjoram Marjoram synonyms are: majorana hortensis, moench and majorana. Family Name: Lamiaceae TCM Name: Mo Jiao Lan Meridians: Lung, Spleen Key Actions: Eliminates Phlegm/Drains Damp/Clears Heat. Moves Blood/Calms Shen. Promotes Digestion/Moves Qi. Relieves Pain. Promotes lactation. Medicinal Uses: Headaches, colds, runny nose, diabetes, stress, lowers blood pressure, ease ..read more

Peppermint Botanical Name: Mentha x piperita. Family Name: LAMIACEAE or LABIATAE All true mints belong to the genus Mentha. Peppermint is a hybrid plant, a cross between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata).  Common Names: Peppermint, mint, menthol Habitat: Peppermint is found growing wild in the moist soils of the warmer parts of Europe, Asia, and America. It was cultivated in Europe but also in America, where it has become a vital crop over the ..read more

  Wow what a busy couple of weeks, So much so that i haven't even had a chance to sit down and do any blogging, but this week seems a little calmer.... well for 5 minutes anyway, as its feast week next week, so I probably wont have time to swing a cat, but i will try. So apart from being flat out, what has happened the past couple of weeks in the Soap Kitchen. Well as always Bath Bombs have been the main focus, I have had to taken my equipment home, so i can play catch ..read more

I would like to Introduce our New Coffee Face & Body Scrub, now why does this product have its own blog post, and its not lumped in with all the rest of the products that we make... Well using Coffee on the skin is pretty special and i wanted to tell you all about it. Now we will be launching 3 New Face & Body Scrubs in total, A plain Coffee Scrub (even though there;s nothing plain about Coffee) a Cinnamon one made with ground Cinnamon  and a Vanilla one made with V ..read more

Morning my soapy lovelies, well this week has been a roller coaster, not only has it busy and pretty emotional, I found out some news yesterday and it totally gutted me and to be honest upset me to, but hey i will fight on, nobody gets me down for long and the fact is we're ahead of the curve as we now know, so we can do something about it, (oh please dont worry its nothing health related). So apart from me being an emotional wreck, what else have i been up too. Well on Monday, we ..read more