Black Friday Is Coming...

Will you be ready?

Scrubs Are In!

Got rough and dry skin? You need to exfoliate and follow with a lube job. Our scrubs are made out of the finest shea butter and olive oil around. They are all all natural...except the Cafe Latte, but even that one is lip friendly. They come in Almond Poppyseed, Honey Mint, Lavender, and Citrus as well as Cafe Latte. Try a scrub today and notice a difference in your nasty winter hyde.

Fall Travels

Above: Geese in Shawnee Lake, Topeka, KS

I would like to apologize for not posting anything for a while. We are travelling across country on our annual family trip. This year we picked Ohio. Just saying that reminds me of the scene in Wayne's World when Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey are talking about getting magically wisked away to...Delaware. "Oh Yay...We're in... Delaware." But actually Ohio is pretty awesome. I would love to make it to Cleveland, but if it doesn't happen, oh well. Right now we are having fun in Sandusky and more pics will follow.
Oklahoma! What a nice rest area. Can you believe this?
The first Saturday away from home started like this.
But it ended like this.

New Items We Are Working On!

When I started soap making it was because I wanted to get away from synthetic and get back to nature. I have since gotten caught up in all the glamour and glory of fragrance oils, but what I really love is working with essential oils. Recently I got an order from Cecilia's Day Spa in Prescott, AZ. The owner was requesting an all natural, scented only with essential oil, line of soap to carry in her spa. So we have been soap making and soap making and also waiting for a shipment and trying to keep ends from fraying, but currently we have an all natural black tea and spice soap, honey (which we will truly only know the value of once it has cured), and these two wonderful bars, rose geranium (green) and ylang ylang (pink). We are planning a lavender goat milk soap, lavender eucalyptus aloe soap and tea tree hemp soap to add to the line. These bars will also be offered on our Etsy shop toward the end of September and when they sell, we will make more. All in all our goal is to have set items we offer continuously to our customers. We are still in product development, but getting nearer to a bottom line. Feel free to keep letting us know what you want. We have taken into consideraton the comments left since our last giveaway and will be incorporating those ideas in with our new items. Since the architecture industry is currently down, my hubby has been getting his hands into the biz. He is most creative and I just know that what he comes up with will be incredible!!!

New Shop Section "Soap On a Budget"

We have just added a budget section to our shop. This is not a sale section, but rather a section of slightly smaller bars that we can offer at a much more recession friendly price. All our normal bars are available in this new size so if you don't see your favorite, just send us a convo (email Etsy style) and we will make you a post. Happy shopping and er uh, sorry for being lax on posts.

Wholesale Private Label Soap Company

We are so happy to announce the birth of Wholesale Soap! It is a place where party goers, gifters, retail shop owners and everyone can find bulk handmade soap for less. We work with you to create your custom order or you can order from the already exisiting list. If you need something more color or scent specific, convo us (email Etsy style) and we will get back with you.

Weekend Sale 08/05-10/09

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All glycerin bars are 20% off
All cold process bars are 25% off
All Scrubs are 10% off
If you buy 4-8 of anything shipping is only $5. You can mix and match this offer. Discounts given in Paypal.
Only at Desert Soapstone

July Giveaway Winners

1. Salad for Breakfast won our Dragon's Blood bar. We are going to send her our newly designed Dragon's blood bar free.
2. Audrey won our Clean Cotton Bar.
3. cdziuba won our Fresh Water Bar also known as "Clean."

Winners please contact me with your addresses through my etsy shop.
www.desertsoapstone.etsy.com

Thanks to all who participated and please keep us book marked as we will be having another giveaway for the month of August.

This Week's Sale Item

Gardenia Patchouli Soap
$2 off all Gardenia Patchouli Soap Bars. This week only!!!

Make Your Own Sushi

My husband and I love sushi, but the problem is, I could be a vegetarian real easy. I can't stand raw fish, meat or poultry...to handle that is. So when I ended up trying sushi (raw) for the first time and loving it, I knew I had a problem. Who can afford to go out to eat once a week, let alone once a month and further, who can afford sushi? O.k. so I have just informed you that I am not rich, but at least you will see from below that I can still appreciate the finer things in life.

Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked rice. Cook and set aside.
Nori sheets
cup of water
avocado, sliced
cucumber, cut in 3-4 inch slices
cold smoked salmon
cream chesse sliced into 1/4 inch thick lengths. You want them long and 1/4 inch thick.
lemon sliced paper thin
wasabi
soy sauce

Directionals:

1. Lay 1 sheet of nori flat and spoon about 2-4 TBS of rice onto the sheet. Wet your spoon in the water and smooth the rice onto the nori, gently pressing down and bringing it to the edges. You want to cover about half the sheet of nori leaving a small gap at the top (the side near you).
2. Put a slice of avocado (you may need two) and make sure it covers the length of the nori. You want to repeat this action with the salmon, cucumber and cream cheese.
3. Roll. Gently start rolling by pulling the gap end over the ingredients to meet the nori at the edge of the rice. Wet the nori at the opposite end of the gap and continue rolling until the uncovered nori is completely stuck to the rest of the roll...Am I making any sense?
4. Cover with slices of lemon.
5. Slice into 6 rounds using a sharp knife. Make sure to wet the knife as it will glide through the nori better. Also make sure to cut away from yourself.
6. dip in wasabi and soy and eat.