Heat domes are no match for cool suds 🧊
Hello shiny, clean, fabulous-smelling friends!
Here in my little corner of the world, we've had the mildest summer in years. Just the right amount of warm days, but hardly any of those sweltering three-digit heat dome episodes that some other places have been sweating through. I'm thanking my lucky stars while knowing only too well that we've still got a bit of summer road ahead of us.
No matter what the weather is where you are, there's still another month and change of summer on the calendar. Squeezing in that last little bit of vacation before the back-to-busy season arrives, August is where we leave it all on the field, ticking off every box on our summer fun lists. But easy peasy though, it's a pleasure list, not a task list. Napping in the hammock all afternoon is just the ticket.
LAST CALL FOR SUMMER SEASONAL SOAPS
Which brings up the next subject - if you've fallen in love with one of our summer scents, you might want to grab the last few bars left this year. We've got just a bit of these left in stock and then it's onto something new. Beach House, Cucumber Mint, Pink Hibiscus and Summer Solstice are still available, and refreshing as can be for warm weather sudsing.
This little workhorse for hard working hands has been in and out of rotation the past few years, and is back on the menu. You've been asking for it and we're only too happy to oblige. It's one of my must-haves here in the studio too.
Pumice soap has a bucket load of pumice sand in it, which feels sandy, but not sand-papery. It definitely exfoliates but with a really soft touch. And the lather is rich and creamy - an added bonus I did not expect but feels good, and like you're truly getting CLEAN, while still having that lovely moisturizing shea butter benefit all of my soaps do. The scent is herbal fresh - a mix of herbs and earthy spice. I wanted to tempt not only handy guys, but crafters and gardeners too, and outdoorsy people who are looking for something to soften their winter-boot rough heels and feet, and even foodies in the kitchen too - so, yeah, pretty much everybody.
SUMMER FEET
Sandals, flip flops, bare feet and strolling sandy beaches or hot pavement can take a toll on your feet. If you've got dryness or rough spots, we've got the tools to help. The tried and true 3-step method for bringing them back to life:
1) Soak your feet for a bit
2) Remove hardened areas using a pumice stone or callous remover
3) Moisturize with a rich balm or lotion
Our Dead Sea Salts are the perfect addition to your foot soak. Just a handful soaks away dead skin cells and flakiness, while the high mineral content (sun-dried from the waters of the Dead Sea in Jordan) lowers stress, relaxing muscles, aches and pains, plus detoxifies and reduces inflammation, improves circulation and moisturizes skin too. It's kind of a miracle worker. (16 oz bottle - $10)
The Healing Salve is another super hero - much more than just a simple moisturizer. It's packed with an infusion of herbs for disinfecting, killing both bacteria and fungus, skin regeneration and all around skin healing and pampering. Those rough, cracked hells don't stand a chance. (2 oz tin - $6)
AUTUMN ON THE WAY
I'm already working on my new fall soap menu, which will be revealed September 1st, just next month. I'm so excited to share my new fall soap scents with you, but they are under wraps for a few more weeks. Check your inbox (or Facebook or Instagram) at the beginning of September for my Autumn Newsletter.
Each news day feels like a week, some days even a month long. The events here and around the world are dizzying, chaotic and panicky - constantly changing and difficult to make sense of. Our minds and nervous systems can't keep up without balance, rest and perspective. Do the small things and the big things to take the very best care of yourself and your people.
Heidi Risse
