Soap tribute to Nunavut

If you saw my post yesterday you could see all the beautiful soaps that have been created as part of an exchange between passionate soap. Today I will show you mine…

For this great swap I wanted you to travel to my home country, the Canada. A journey far North, beyond the coniferous forests,… to land ice. I was inspired, you'll understand, of glaciers in northern Canada. More exactly to the Nunavut. Nunavut with its large tracts of land, water and ice inhabited by a multitude of fabulous animals. This beautiful area is north eastern canada… and hits very close to Greenland. I am passionate about the native cultures of these regions since childhood. So I wanted, sort by soap, honor them.

Their culinary traditions and cosmetics is mostly composed of animal products. Here I tried to imagine a product 100 % plant that might suit them. Help them with their daily, the cold climate and lack of light. For indeed the seasons are marked by great period of day and night sides of… up to several months in a row.

Here is the olfactory composition of my soap. It contains grapefruit, for the sun side. Of verbena, for his part in a good mood the blues. Then the oak moss, herbaceous and woody smell this, very natural that resembles what one feels when the snow melts.

So I wanted to give the appearance of my soap glacier; these glaciers tinted turquoise depths, white and black. You might recognize as being the polar bear… emblem of Nunavut ! For the marbling technique will be explained according to the recipe.

Without further ado here is my recipe…

Coconut oil 30 %
Olive oil 21 %
Grape seed oil (macerated verveine) 28,35 %
Hazelnut oil 13 %
Huile macadamia 2 %
Beurre de karité 4 %
Huile de palme 1,65 %

Water and soda to recalculate
Greasing to 7 %

The trace :
Synergy 3 % (Grapefruit essential oil, vervain and oak moss absolute)

Neon blue dye + a hint of neon green
White titanium oxide
Black coal + Shiny charcoal gray pearl cosmetics

INS : 140,63

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Traditional method of soap cold
Melt the oils together. Add soda water (not the other) and cool. When both mixtures, water and soda, are room temperature, pour the soda / water in your oil and mix until the appearance of the trace. Add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, oil, oxide, mica) and pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves. Place in a dry place for a minimum of cure 6 weeks.

Why these quantities ?
Just because I worked with what I had at home. I wanted to provide maximum softness and texture soap. Then with these curious quantities I could get a soap that my faith pleases me well. Then it stays in the theme also, because winter is done with what we had when we lived in the far north ! 🙂

Presentation
I sent these little soap about 60g in small pack of craft paper… as if it were a fragile box came directly from Canada. I have not had time to take a picture but you can see here, around here and is. I had also this label to accompany. We find the logo of the Government of Nunavut, I invite you to discover : www.gov.nu.ca

What technique of marbling ?
Here I used the technique to the hanger. Which involves stacking sandwich our different colors into a mold and gently move a hanger for marbling. By cons here I have not done as usual… I twisted my hanger to give it a shape of fingers and I do not go to the length but the width of my mold. As the picture. By movements up and down until the end of my mold. When cutting I added a little polar bear with his star, The logo comme de Nunavut, a small stencil that I made all applied with a little white mica.

 

Finally, this exchange was a wonderful opportunity for me to express my respect to a little-known people. So I wanted to honor them, they who seek to preserve their languages ??and traditions, while facing the laws of species protection and environmental. This is where some traditions and environment happiness.

Let us know more precisely to protect our natural large water !

Cool mist textile

Un peu de fraîcheur pendant votre doux sommeil !

45 ml of orange blossom hydrosol
60 drops of Solubol
10 ET drops clementine
2 he drops lemon
1 gouttes he de menthe verte
3 drops of absolute tonka
20 gouttes d’extrait d’abricot
4 drops of extract of white chocolate
0.6 % drops ECOGARD

Mélangez les huiles essentielles et l’absolue au solubol, incorporez ce mélange aux hydrolats. Ajoutez les gouttes les extraits aromatiques et l’extrait de pépins de pamplemousse. Versez le jus dans un joli flacon.

Even if I'm still on vacation this recipe for you preordained !

Cream "an air of spring"

I crafted this small body cream, for the mother of a friend, love flowers.

15 ml of orange blossom hydrosol
15 ml d'hydrolat the vervain odorant
7 hv ml coconut
8 hv ml of coton
1/4 cc cocoa butter
1.5 g emulsifier MF
1 VE g emulsifier
1/4 DC cranberry powder
12 he drops neroli
7 drops of jasmine absolute
5 gouttes he d’ylang-ylang
6 drops of benzoin absolute
0.6 % drops ECOGARD
2 drops of vitamin E

For a pot of 50 ml. Mix the butter with the oil and emulsifier VE bath. Hydrosols and put in another emulsifier MF bain marie. When the oil and emulsifier are melted VE add the aqueous phase (hydrosol and moved. MF) and whisk well until cool. Add the essential oils, cranberry powder, the ECOGARD and vitamin E. Mix together until the cream is evenly mixed and smooth.
Note the essential oils are not recommended for pregnant women.

You can print this label to decorate your pot a little !

Monoi cream chocolate

I made this recipe for a chocolate loving friend. It is divine, Monoi and the smell of chocolate remains on the skin… delicious ! With mica, skin glows softly in the sun.

30 ml of orange blossom hydrosol
30 ml d'hydrolat the vervain odorant
2 cc of aloe vera gel
15 macerate ml Monoi (that of Melvita)
15 hv ml apricot kernel
1/2 cc cocoa butter
3 g VE emulsifier
4 g emulsifier MF
15 drops of extract of white chocolate
1 blanc brillant mica cc
0.6 % drops ECOGARD
4 drops of vitamin E



For a pot of 100 ml. Mix the butter with the oil and emulsifier VE bath. Hydrosols and put in another emulsifier MF bain marie. When the oil and emulsifier are melted VE add the aqueous phase (hydrosol and moved. MF) and whisk well until cool. Add the extracts, the mica, the Ecpgard and vitamin E. Mix together until the cream is evenly mixed and smooth.

You can print this label to decorate your pot a little !

Target cellulite cream

A little sweetness to your thighs combined with a healthy diet and exercise.

20 ml of macerate Ivy
8 ml of macerate Vine Red
50 ml d'hydrolat the Verveine odorant
9 ml of peppermint hydrosol
2 MF g emulsifier
2 VE g emulsifier
60 drops he Grapefruit
20 drops ET lemon
20 drops he de christe marine
0.6 % drops ECOGARD
2 drops of vitamin E

Mix the oil with the emulsifier VE bath. Hydrosol and put in another emulsifier MF bain marie. When the oil and the emulsifier are melted VE adding the aqueous phase (hydrosol and moved. MF) whisk until cool. Add essential oils, the ECOGARD and vitamin E. Beat until the mixture is smooth.

To fight against cellulite is not enough of a cream but also a healthy lifestyle and balanced. Use after showering before a good jogging.
For more information on how to fight cellulite visit this site : http://info-cellulite.noname.fr

Note the essential oils are not recommended for pregnant women.
These essential oils are photosensitizing.

You can print this label to decorate your little one bottle !

Mist cheerful

100 ml d'hydrolat the vervain odorant
120 drops of Solubol
15 drops he d’orange sanguine
10 drops he Grapefruit
5 drops ET lemon
0.6 % Ecogard (conservation du produit)

For a vial of 100 ml
Mix Solubol and essential oils. Ajouter ce mélange à l’hydrolat de verveine et secouer.
Shake before each use.

Note the essential oils are not recommended for pregnant women.
These essential oils are photosensitizing.