Future Primitve Video Tutorial

Wow! If you haven't seen it already and are in need of some inspiration or are simply curious to know how some interesting and utterly beautiful soaps are made, you must have a look at Tiggy's fantastic video tutorial.

Tiggy, from Future Primitive was recently featured on The Soap Bar blog. The tutorial is in two parts and is so simple, clear and very inspiring (although she makes it look much easier than I imagine it is, lol). It demonstrates how she creates her gorgeous Humbug soap which features a lovely circle right in the centre (pictured above). Visually stunning. Her video can also be found on her Future Primitive Blog.

Do go and have a peek at some of the other beautiful soaps when you visit - they are just lovely.

Future Primitive Soap

A Product To Watch Out For…

I received a most lovely surprise last week. Jacquie, from A String Of Beads, sent me a lovely Pomegranate Noir hand cream that had the most incredible presentation. The handcrafted labels are adorable and the wrapping was secured with a ‘special little button’ that is fact becoming Jacquie’s trademark. Looking at the wonderful creations on her site, it is clear to see that creativity and attention to detail comes easy to her. Seriously outstanding.

The cream is rich and glossy, yet light and so easily absorbed leaving the skin velvety soft, lightly scented and not at all oily or sticky. Because it absorbs quickly, it is great for using throughout the day to prevent dryness.

Applying it more liberally at night the skin benefits from a rich envelopment of skin-loving ingredients, such as shea, cocoa and almond butters, so that when you wake up, your hands look renewed, feel soft and really comforted.

At the moment, Jacquie is in the early developmental stages of her skin/body care line but she is has launched a range of lovely lip balms and butters on her site here that is really worth a look – again, outstanding presentation. I for one will be watching this space...

Milly & Flossy Is Launched!

Rachael from milly & flossy is delighted to announce the launch of their on-line shop.

milly & flossy was created to make gentle, kind products for your baby.

We manufacture by hand and in small batches to maintain quality. All our ingredients are natural, we don’t use nasty chemicals, parabens, SLS or palm oil in our products. We only use synthetics where they are unavoidable, for example to preserve, and all products are suitable from birth.

• Gentle, natural and kind baby skincare
• No parabens, SLS, synthetics or palm oil
• Suitable from birth
• Hand-made in small batches

And now you can buy our products on-line at www.millyandflossy.co.uk

The best of luck with your new business venture Rachael!!

Cool As A Cucumber....

I hope everyone had a most lovely Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful 2010. It's a bit chilly at the moment, here in the UK as I think it is throughout most of Europe at the moment. Bit of a contrast to midnight swims to try and escape the baking 37c heat being experienced in Australia (phew!). I hope everyone is finding means of staying at a comfortable body temperature both sides of the world.

I just thought I would give a little update about new developments at Fresholi....

I have just taken delivery of a small stock (for the time being) of the incredibly fine virgin cucumber oil. An incredibly light oil which hints the refreshing scent of cucumber and absorbs into the skin superquick - seriously, I don't think I have experienced any oil quite like this and would be incredible in eye treatments. I only have a small stock for now (as we would like to see what people think of this rather new product). This will be added to the site shortly so do keep checking back.

Also, over Christmas, a couple of new products were added to the site... Coriander essential oil and sodium cocosulphate.

I have recently took delivery of some old friends, emulsifying powder (naturally derived from a vegetable origin and widely used in both food and cosmetics) and cetyl alcohol. These will be added shortly.

I am just waiting for a new delivery of the gorgeous organic nilotica butter and awaiting the arrival of a new stock of orange flower wax, jasmine wax and tuberose wax. I anticipate increasing our range significantly throughout 2010 so if you have any suggestions, please, I would be most happy to hear them.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010!!!

www.fresholi.co.uk

Bye to the Noughties!!

This is a very quick post to wish each and every one of you a most fantastic, healthy, happy and wonderful new year. I would also like to say a very big thank you to everyone that has supported the site; customers, contributors, forum members and visitors. A very big thank you to those that visit the blog, followers and, of course, those that interact with comments. Thank you so much. May 2010 be a peaceful and lovely new year.






P.S. Kevin from Taonga Jewellery & Homescents has just submitted Part 2 of his tutorials on Making Wax Melts and Candles. Thank you so much Kevin for your generosity and willingness to share your knowledge.

New Tutorials

The Fresholi Community are so wonderful and there is quite a bank of resources building from their generousity.


Recently, Elaine from Briallen Traditional Crafts submitted a wonderful Crockpot Hot Process Tutorial with clear and descriptive pictures. This tutorial is available to registered Fresholi members.




Also, Kevin from Taonga Jewellery and Homescents has kindly submitted the first of a series of tutorials for creating wax melts and candles.









Sincere thanks to both for your kindness and to all the Fresholi members who contribute so enormously to the lovely community :o)

Back To Normal!!

Oh thank goodness!! It seems that some of the issues have been resolved at Royal Mail and the strikes that were planned in the run up to Christmas have now been called off (until the new year at least). This is such good news, especially for those in Europe, who wish to make small orders.

I rather missed my little chats with the counter staff and have certainly missed my regular bike rides to and from the post office (although I'm not sure how keen I am going to be to use my bike when the weather turns really wintery, brrr.....).

Anyway, the Royal Mail shipping prices have now been put back in place on the site so will be calculated automatically (up to 1.8kg for European parcels and 800g for UK parcels).

My thanks to all those who have showed tolerance and understanding during this awkward period.

Yay! We are back to normal!!!!!