Thank You 2012

To all who ordered soap this year, I want to wish you a heartfelt thank you and a very Merry Christmas from Ranch Rustics!

Petey/Kim

It's almost CHRISTMAS time again!

Here is the 2012 Christmas lineup!

Lavender

BlackRaspberryVanilla-1 LEFT

Tangerine Swirl

Bay Rum-SOLD OUT

Wild Roses- 2 LEFT

Unscented Honeymoo

Apricot Almond Honeymoo

Fiesta (CoconutLimeVerbena)-SOLD OUT

This Sud's for You (Beer soap)

Eucalyptus Spearmint

Bergamot/Chamomile

WhiteTea&Ginger- 1LEFT

Honeysuckle

G'oatmeal MilkNHoney-SOLD OUT

in addition to the above, we also have a new soap, CRACKLIN' BIRCH which is a great scent reminiscent of the holidays with a spicey evergreen scent and COUNTRY APPLE.
In addition, there is plenty of DRAGONMOO- A naturally colored, deliciously spicey scented milk soap, one of my personal favorites
BROWNSUGARHONEYMOO-Natural color incredibly yummy fragrance. VERY popular!
Lots of EUCALYPTUS/SPEARMINT, different appearance than above, with nice, fresh scent.

Soaps are $5 each or 3 for $12 plus shipping

to order, email me with your order, ranchrustics@me.com

                                  Kim/Petey 

Soapy Sales

Today was a big soaping day. I poured 86 oz of Brownsugar Honeymoo while my bread was baking, then made 130 oz slab of a new soap called...are you ready for this? ...Monkeyfarts. It has a great fragrance of bananas and pineapple and tropical fruits. I just can't improve on the name. I did some little  'imbeds' in the slab for fun so we will see how that turns out tomorrow when I cut.

Lots of soap is curing but I do have plenty cured out and ready.

In inventory and ready to ship are:

Lavender-silky and wonderful

G-OatmealMilkNHoney-Natural goatmilk, honey and oatmeal soap

BlackRaspberryVanilla- smells very, very, very good!

Bay Rum-2 color whipped top swirl with spicey scent of bay rum

KiwiLemongrass-2layer soap with kiwilemongrass fragrance

Tangerine Swirl-two color swirl with light fragrance of tangerine

"This Sud's for You"  beer soap, natural fragrance of cocoa swirl

"Fiesta" 3 color layer soap with CoconutLimeVerbana fragrance

"Buttermilk Honeymoo" creamy goatmilk soap with Almond fragrance

"Honeymoo" unscented goatmilk soap with added honey and apricot kernel oil.
One of our most popular soaps, very creamy and conditioning

Individual soaps are $5 each or 3 for $12 plus shipping

For more information and to order,  email me

Kim/Petey

Doubly Delightful

Wildrose

Luxury soaps do more than just clean and condition your skin.
Their fragrance calms the mind and their appearance entices the eye.

Handmade Artisan Soap is always a welcome gift, appropriate and appreciated at birthdays, baby showers, anniversaries, holidays, thank you gifts, get well gifts, or just a gift to yourself.

Why not pamper someone today with some pretty, creamy, luxurious soap?

For a list of available soaps and to purchase, email me at ranchrustics@me.com

IT"S TIME!!!

The spring and summer soaps  are ready to come off the racks and into your bath.

Real soap has so much to offer. It's an inexpensive luxury that will truly benefit your skin.

All soap, homemade or commercial, is made by combining lye with fats and/or oils, and as a result of that combination it contains natural glycerin which is a humectant, drawing moisture from the air. It is removed from commercial soaps to be used in more expensive beauty products, leaving the product  more of a detergent, which cleanses, but also strips the natural oil from skin and hair.

Quality Artisan soap will give you a much different result.

Customers have reported that using RanchRustics soaps has solved their 'flaky skin' problems.

IT's a great way to get clean, while enjoying both the smooth, creamy, skin-pampering lather,  and enjoying the benefits of a variety of Essential and Fragrance Oils. 

For more sensitive skin or those who prefer no fragrance, we also have unscented soaps.

Each type of oil brings a different property to the soap. 

Ranch Rustics has balanced formulas that bring

skin conditioning and hydration, creamy lather, bubbles and cleansing.

Some of the oils used in our soaps are:

Apricot Kernel Oil-great for sundamaged or mature skin, helps maintain elasticity

Castor Oil- highly emollient and great suds

Cocoa Butter- skin conditioning, makes for a hard soap

Coconut Oil- Natural anti bacterial, anti fungal, very cleansing, with lots of suds

Olive Oil-High in both Vit E and Oleic acid it is very nourishing to skin. Castille soap is 100% Olive oil

Tallow or Lard-makes a gentle, long lasting bar

Vegetable shortening (ie:Crisco) good conditioning. [Was actually designed to be used in soaping and candlemaking, was never intended for food! That's a little FYI for you.]

Other additives bring even more benefits to the soaps, such as 

Honey- a humectant, drawing moisture from the air to keep your skin hydrated

Oatmeal-anti inflammatory, gentle exfoliator, helps to soothe dry, itchy skin, great for acne and eczema

Calendula-anti inflammatory, promotes tissue regeneration, used in many skin products

Nettle-astringent, good for acne, dandruff, and medicinal uses

Beer-great for coating hair and tightening hair shaft, adds shine, great for dry or thin hair

Now that you know a little bit about what we can do with soap, here is what I currently have available.

Butternilk Almond HoneyMoo (Goatmilk)

A luscious, creamy, skin pampering soap

with added

Goatmilk, and Apricot Kernel Oil

Natural color, Almond fragrance

Fiesta

Three colored layered soap, silky, bubbly, lots of lather

 with the fragrance of

 Coconut Lime Verbena

This Suds for You

beer soap

Fantastic body and shampoo bar with

Beer for shine and added cocoa butter for natural detangler.

Natural cocoa fragrance

CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

Unscented HoneyMoo

Goat or Cows milk, with added Apricot Kernel Oil, and Honey 

Outstanding for dry, aging or sensitive skin. My top seller

Not pictured, but cured and ready to sell are:

KiwiLemongrass

Lavender

Lemongrass (very strong fragrance)

Soaps are $5 ea

or 

3 for $12

plus shipping

 to purchase, email me at ranchrustics@me.com

Kim/Petey

Goatmilk Almond Honeymoo

It seems that Ranch Rustics has been wildly successful, because of YOU! I want to let you all know how much I appreciate both your orders and your feedback!

I have been diligently making more soap, to keep stocked up. This is our busy time of year as we not only have lots of baby goats and baby lambs, but we also are raising a flock of meatie chicks, the egg layers hatched out a couple more babies on their own, and the garden is taking up much of my time. 

Nevertheless, I go out every morning and evening to milk the goats so I can make the Goatmilk Soaps, as well as enjoy fresh creamy yogurt, milk and cheeses.

My ‘little people’ will be coming for their annual visit soon. I am truly looking forward to it. They will be able to help out with the milking and feeding of the babies. I don't see nearly enough of them, and they are very beautiful little people.

It’s going to be a great month!

Kim/Petey

Are You Kidding?

It’s great to have goat milk available again for soapmaking...of course I don’t mind cheese and yogurt from it either.

Miss Prissy, the goat seems to have an abundance this year. She is feeding the triplets off of one side and giving me a half gallon from the other each day...wether I want it or not!

Not all soaps are milk soaps, however. My ‘HoneyMoo’ soaps all contain either goats milk or milk from my Jersey cow.

There are some other fun soaps I am making this summer. I had an overwhelming response so I am a bit low on inventory at the moment but I am busy making soap as fast as I can.

Here is a pic of a fun summer soap, “Fiesta”.

It is a colorful crinkle-cut layer soap with CoconutLime Verbena fragrance.

You can just lay back and imagine yourself in a warm tropical wave, holding a drink with a little umbrella in it. Right there in your own tub. Awesome.

This soap will be ready to sell in July 2012.

Kim/Petey