A Wild Soap Bar Review & Giveaway Ends 11/26/11

Take a wash on the wild side...

I love home-made, artisan soaps! They always smell so wonderful and they're always so good for your skin. No harsh chemicals or unpronounceable words.

I was so excited to discover A Wild Soap Bar. They are just fantastic natural home-made organic soaps.

There are over two dozen soaps and body bars to choose from. All of them specially created to soothe, invigorate, and deep clean.

I received three amazing bars:

*Cedarwood
Scented with a fir needle essential oil blend and filled with ground cedarwood and moroccan red clay, this exfoliating bar is sure to please the outdoor lover with its fresh forest scent.

Mike loved this soap. His skin gets very dry in the winter months and becomes flaky. (His skin -- not him!) ;D This bar exfoliates without drying and the fragrance is deep and woodsy. Perfect for the man that works outdoors!

*Juniper Berry
Ditch the plastic bottle with our newest shampoo and body bar enriched with the natural medicinal properties of an invigorating juniper berry essential oil blend.

My personal favourite. I love the fresh fragrance and the versatility of the bar as both skin soap and shampoo. Great lather and rinses clean.

*Sassafras
Our Sassafras Soap is spiked with cinnamon, spice and everything nice plus sassafras root and sweet orange oil. The exfoliating texture sloughs off dead skin cells while the warm spicy scent brightens your day.

Love this bar. The fragrance is war... spicy... Christmas-y. It leaves the skin feeling soft and tingly. This is my go-bar for late evening baths and showers -- very relaxing, very soothing for the soul.


Everything you ever wanted to know about natural handmade organic soap:
We handcraft our soap using the slow cold process method, which means no external heat is used so the goodness of the natural ingredients are preserved for you as much as possible. Each bar begins with a high percentage of nutrient rich organic extra virgin olive oil to which we add organic coconut oil for fluffy lather, organic palm oil to increase longevity, organic high oleic sunflower oil for its superior skin care properties, and organic castor oil for a dense creamy lather that conditions and moisturizes. Next we add responsibly wildcrafted and organic botanicals, fragrant organic spices, purifying earth clays, and tropical butters for their exceptional skin care benefits. Finally, we scent our wildly aromatic olive oil soaps with only pure essential oils extracted from plants... fresh clean scents, the way mother nature intended.

Why use that fake evil corporate "soap" stuff when our 100% REAL soap feels so good?



Care and Feeding of Natural Handmade Soap:
Since our handmade soap is in its pure and natural state, it doesn't contain any synthetic preservatives or artificial hardeners. It doesn't need to. With just a little care and feeding, you can prolong the life of your soap and it will serve you very well.

•Don't let your soap drown in water.
•Feed your soap plenty of fresh air between uses.
•Store your soap on a well drained soap dish.
•Use a natural wash cloth or loofah to extend its life.
•Use your fresh new soap within 6 months of purchase.
•Store unused soap in a dark cool place like a lingerie drawer or linen closet.

You can connect with A Wild Soap Bar on their Social Media Pages:
A Year in the Wild Blog, @awildsoapbar on Twitter, and on Facebook.

The wonderful folks at A Wild Soap Bar have offered one of my readers a chance to win the same *3* Bars that I received! How cool is that?

Just follow the entry directions below for your chnace to enter to win!

Open to USA only, please. One entry per household. All entries will be verified. Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. on November 27.

DISCLOSURE:
I received three bars of soap for the purpose of review. I received no monetary compensation. The opinions expressed herein are my own and based on my own use of and experience with the items.

TrueBody -- Review!

Who doesn't love a good hot shower or a lovely, relaxing hot bath? I know I do. What I DON'T love is choosing the right soap. Too many chemicals... no lather... too oily... too drying...

Soap can be very confusing.

Mike and I both have dry skin -- but we need a light moisturizer, nothing heavy. Neither of us like over-powering fragrance, either.

Mike, especially, requires unscented soaps as he works outside (both winter and summer) and fragrance attracts bugs and insects.

When I discovered TrueBody Soaps I was delighted! These soaps are fragrance-free, lightly moisturized, and not at all drying! Heaven!

Our Story:

TrueBody Products was started by three friends who wanted to make good, healthy products at a fair price. We designed it to be the kind of company we've always wanted to work for—one where a commitment to useful products, happy people, strong community and a thriving planet supports the pursuit of a healthy bottom line.

Our Mission is to make products that:

*Contribute to a healthy lifestyle
*Are manufactured, packaged, marketed, distributed, used and disposed of in ways that are kind to the Earth
*Are fairly priced and widely accessible

The first time I used it -- I was so impressed. One of my pet peeves is bar soap that won't lather. Not an issue with TrueBody. This soap lathers quickly and it doesn't disappear. I never had to re-lather the wash cloth at all! Mike confirms. We've been using TrueBody Bar Soap for about 4 weeks and we are STILL using that first bar! It lasts quite a long time and that is something to celebrate.

TrueBody Soap:

TrueBody Soap is an all-natural, basic, everyday bar of soap.

•It’s unscented—which means there’s no added ingredient to mask any naturally occurring scent. In fact, there are only five ingredients—Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Water, Vegetable Glycerine and Sodium Citrate—so it’s great for those who are sensitive to fragrance or other chemicals.
•Plus, it makes a great lather and lasts a long time.
•And, it comes in a 3-pack to provide better value while minimizing packaging.

Our Ingredients:

Unlike many conventional bath/beauty bars, TrueBody Soap is made without animal by-products, synthetic ingredients or chemical preservatives. In fact, due to a revolutionary process, TrueBody Soap is one of the first bar soaps on the market that is vegetable-based and entirely free of EDTA, chelates or any other type of synthetic preservative. (Due to the necessary use of fat or oil to create soap, all bar soaps, even organic ones, currently contain some type of preservative to keep the fat/oil from going rancid over time.)

I am equally impressed with TrueBody's Facial Soap. TrueBody Facial Soap is rich in emollients and anti-oxidants to moisturize, soothe and soften.

It's also unscented, offers a rich lather, and leaves no residue on your skin.

As a 50 year old woman -- a facial soap which cleans without drying is important with me. I need all the help I can get! (Okay, stop laughing)

TrueBody Soaps are very reasonably priced and are found at many on-line and brick-and-mortar stores.

You'll get 3 bars of body soap or 2 bars of facial soap for approx. $5.50! That is an incredible value. The packaging is both simple and convenient -- you're paying for the soap not fancy, expensive wrap!

The folks at TrueBody are always eager to hear from their customers -- they appreciate your feedback and your ideas. To connect with them, you can *like* their Facebook page and follow them @truebody on Twitter

DISCLOSURE: I received a package of TrueBody Soaps for the purpose of review. I was under no obligation to write this review. I received no monetary compensation. The opinions expressed herein are my own and based on my own use of and experience with the item(s).