About our Candles
All of our candles are hand-poured in small batches. We use the finest waxes we can find which are a blend of soy and vegetable wax. We have found these to have the best scent throw and they burn completely. One candle out of each batch is reserved for testing. We use as much fragrance oil as the wax will hold. We will put our candles up against the commercial ones any day of the week. We constantly strive to improve our candles, melts, and flameless candles.
About our Cold Process Soaps
What’s so special about Moeggenborg’s Old Fashioned Handmade soap?
(Aka Cold Process soap, aka, “Goggles and Gloves” soap)
Well, for starters, handmade soap has none of the detergents or harsh additives that are found in the commercial store bought stuff. The next time you’re at the store, take a look at the ingredient label on a bar of “soap.” Chances are it isn’t soap at all. Even the bars that claim to be “pure and natural” aren’t all that pure or natural.
Handmade soap is made with oils, lye (sodium hydroxide), and some type of liquid to mix the lye crystals in. Lye (oh my!), can be a very dangerous material (hence the goggles and gloves reference) and needs to be handled with care. So why use something dangerous in soap? Because once the lye mixes with the fats, a chemical reaction takes place and the lye turns the fats into soap – and once that’s done, there is no more lye and no more fats – only wonderful, luxurious soap!
When soap is handmade, the soaper has complete control as to what ingredients are used. Our favorites are coconut oil, olive oil, and cocoa butter. We often use goat’s milk instead of water for mixing the lye. Goat’s milk is wonderful for the skin.
While we’re on the subject, we would like to clear up some misconceptions about the benefits of hand made soap. We have seen some soapers who are claiming some pretty wild things. They do it by inference. For example, we have seen things implied such as “this ingredient is said to relieve cramps, reduce blood pressure, ease arthritis etc. Those ingredients in the soap may indeed have those benefits if taken internally, but they will do nothing like that in soap that is applied to the skin. This is regrettable because it gives all soapers a bad name. So, beware of sellers who make these claims either directly or by inference.
At first glance, handmade soap seems to be costlier than commercial soap, but if treated properly, and kept on a soap dish that allows drainge, the handmade bar will last a lot longer.
A bar of handmade soap is an affordable luxury. It costs less than a pound of good chocolate, but lasts longer and is much kinder to your figure.
These are some of the properties of the ingredients we use in our soaps:
Avocado Oil
is both healing and moisturizing. It contains vitamins A, D, and E which promote healing.
Sweet Almond Oil
has skin softening and moisturizing properties. It is particularly beneficial for dry or irritated skin.
Castor Oil
attacts moisture to the skin and holds it. It also helps promote a nice bubbly lather.
Cocoa Butter
is often used to treat and prevent scars and stretch marks. We use it in our soaps because it is absorbed quickly to soften and lubricate skin
Coconut Oil
helps to harden the soap bar and contributes to great lather.
Olive Oil
is an extremely gentle oil which attracts and holds moisture in the skin. It helps keep skin soft and young looking.
Palm Oil
contributes to a hard bar of soap and has excellent cleansing properties yet it is gentle on the skin.
Soybean oil and cottonseed oil
are most often found combined in the hydrogenated form known as shortening or Crisco. This oil helps to harden and whiten the bar. While trans fats are not healthy to eat, they can be very beneficial to the skin.
Goat‘s milk
We used to have dairy goats. Oh, if only I had been a soaper then. Goat’s milk is absolutely wonderful in soap. It is soothing to the skin and adds to a wonderful lather.
Oatmeal
We use ground oatmeal in our Honey, Oats, and Milk soap. Oatmeal acts as a non-abrasive exfoliant and is soothing to skin.
Lemon balm
We use lemon balm in some of our soaps. It adds an interesting texture and color to the bar. My grandson Clayton loves to help pick the lemon balm which grows across the road at the old family homestead.
Honey
The honey in our Honey, Oats, and Milk soap imparts a subtle, pleasant fragrance and contributes to a wonderful lather.
About our Country Prim Soaps
Our Country Prim Soaps are fun soaps that we make with a soap base and intricate molds. These bars are not like our cold process bars which are the “real deal.” These bars are, however, better than the detergent filled ones that are found in stores. We like these for their decorative look. They are functional and pretty. They do not pretend to be like our made from scratch soaps, but they are a good product. We use the finest soap bases, fragrance oils, and natural ingredients we can find. They make great party favors or housewarming gifts. They definitely have a niche all their own.
About our Potpourri, Simmer Scents, and Primitive Room Spray
Our potpourris and room sprays are very high quality. We use the finest botanicals, bases, fragrance oils and natural ingredients we can find. We highly scent them and cure them for the best long-lasting scent we can possibly achieve.
About our Personalized Knitted Christmas stockings
When our children were growing up, I wanted to stay home with them. I looked for ways I could earn money and still be at home. One of the things I did was make personalized knitted caps. I did that for several years through local children’s shops.
But the world changed and it was no longer safe to let children wear caps with their names on them. So, I began making Christmas stockings. I love to give these to new couples as wedding gifts and the couples are always thrilled to receive them. I used to make these by myself, but as the popularity of these stockings has grown, the girls have begun helping with them. These are completely sewn by hand and Melisa and Anna have become quite proficient at this step in the stocking-making. This enables us to produce more. In recent years I have had to turn customers away. Hopefully, now we won’t have to.
We love what we do, we love working together as a family, and we love making products for others to enjoy as much as we do. We hope you will visit us often here at ebay or at our family website.
You may contact us at: MoeggenborgSugarBush@gmail.com
Please visit us often. We have lots of ideas for many more things to add.
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