A good discussion of bubbles !

There are a few months I received a very nice invitation Lucie through Jessica to participate in an exchange of savonnesques creations. Participants are professional soap and soap Sunday (I is part of course!). I was really pleased ! Small conditions were to make a scented soap with essential oils, with vegetable oils and all of a minimum weight of 50g.

Here… creative the machine is started, what I was going to be able to ?! An idea came from the cold comes… but that I would tell you tomorrow ;).

So I received last week with great joy all participants know ! What can I say other than… WOW !! It was Christmas in the middle of March !!! I was like a kid in a candy store opening this beautiful package ! A medley of odors reached my nose !! Colors, textures, the beautiful packaging… than pleasure !! I put everything in a nice basket that I move from room to room history perfume the atmosphere.

Here are without delay these superb works of art…

	Soap Eucalium Lucie, As beautiful to the eyes and nose, emanation of the essential oils of eucalyptus, patchouli and geranium. Its marbling and color gives the appearance of precious stone. I can not wait to try it ! laulan.unblog.fr
	Savon Berlingamote De Pascale, Superb soap shaped carton with the smell of bergamot, a small return to childhood, a moment of pure delight ! I can not wait to test it ! www.dans-ma-nature.com
	Immortal snow The Karine, Explosion of colors and fragrances for scented soap edelweiss extract and combawa… all with jojoba beads for a little gentle exfoliation. I do not know if it will end immediately in my shower because I can not take off my nose top ! I conquered ! www.soapsession.com
	Savon ketchup D’Annabelle, Tomatoes are scrambling to provide a soap that any gardener should have ! Here was to propose an alcoholic maceration of tomatoes, essential oil not just the sweet smell that reminds me pies tomatoes ! I want to garden ! Soap-minervoise.com
	Soap Pan Celine, So then this trip is a journey with nature, des odeurs fleuri d'Ylang Ylang. Its scent relaxes me a lot and bright colors makes a good mood ! All came with a beautiful poem Celine enchanting. sealeha.canalblog.com
	Alain soap ! Anja D', This soap is truly refreshing, I love the smell of mint so I'm spoiled here, because you will understand it contains. It was also made with stone alum and local oils. A great discovery that I can not wait to take a shower. www.saponaire.com
	Savon Bugsbunny Claude, Beautiful pastel soap invites a moment of sweetness. I want a pampering time with this one. Here we delight of course essential oil… carrots ! Little trip to the land of Disney assured ! jurassens.fr
	Oh my soap “Gold” ! Jessica, A real luxury this one… beautiful soap sprinkled with gold leaf ! Oh my gold en effet !! The very fragrant for a trip in the south of France… in lavender ! And J'ad-or- ! pokafantaisie.com
	Inspiration soap feline Of Mary, Small soap wildness that when the well positioned quietly shines. Its smell of spices is a treat. Key vetiver, cedar and cinnamon… grrrouaawwww ! secrets-cosmetiques.com
	Soap Bubbles greedy Michaël De, It really deserves its name, it looks like a pastry this soap. A slice of cake in which I'd like to chew… but we'll save that for the shower ! Odeur de verveine, orange, ylang ylang and palmarosa to come to spice up the nostrils ! jurassens.fr
	Soap Rain pastels Raphael, Here was a double surprise because we had a chance of falling on either a soap or fresh floral fragrance ! To tadammm… I had the fresh ! A delicious smell of mint is one escapes its appearance is sublime with its bluish green peas… one time pop ! ruedusavon.fr
	The soap Impromptu The Sandrine, Soap canvas, a small work of art decorating the bathroom well when bathing or showering (Greener is better). Its smell is fine and soft dotted orange, Geranium, palmarosa, Patchouli, of coriander, de benjoin, guaiac wood and balsam peru. A mix that invites a relaxing. lils63.canalblog.com
	Soap salt and oil in Africa De Swanee, A discovery for me much in the sense of touch that smell. A trip to distant lands… green and spicy fragrance both. PaloSanto, Okoume, Gaping mouth, Maniguette sweet bejoin. The salt gives it a grainy as if it was a piece of a brick of a lost temple. I love. byswanee.blogspot.com
	Savon Vanilla Bean Severine, Of gluttony in bar… is it really !! It looks like a vanilla caramel… course because it is flavored with vanilla. Decor is greedy are also the colors of our favorite dessert ! Plus it has a small exfoliating hand with the heart of the poppy seeds. 'll Admit… you have a small environmental non caramel ? lesfoliesdusavon-leblog.com
	Loofah Soap Michel de, A great big soap looks like a very gentle and will be perfect for summer happens because it contains the loofah will exfoliate the skin well ! It feels very fresh, la menthe forte (non démentholée). It gives me environment to go to this spa soap !! codina.net
	Loofah Soap The Franck, Colossus, It is aptly named ! Soap and smelling generous nature. It reminds me of a trip in the mountains, I was camping out, with smells of Himalayan cedar, sandalwood and vetiver. I admit I fell for this line of soap in the past. I am delighted to have another ! gaiia.fr
	Savon May Chang & Patchouli De Zinette, The type of soap that I would take with me on a trip ! A small green fragrant May Chang and patchouli as its name indicates. I love the smell and his notes a little lemon. A nice buffer conceals all. lesutilesdezinette.com
	Soap Arabian Nights Laura, A perfect soap to encourage dreams. A nice marbling and a divine odor,. The scent of anise, basil and tropical vétivier come capture your nostrils ! You breathe well, closing his eyes… I keep this one for sweet dreams !! know-soleya.fr
	Once upon a time soap Maud, What a tribute this one soap, which was made in honor of his mother. Mild shared with us to discover very feminine odor moment, Lavender, geranium and patchouli. All this decorated pink damask. Soap that makes me think of my own mom who I miss a lot ! A beautiful moment olfactory ! maudsiegel.com
	Soap Nunavut This is mine !! But I will speak tomorrow! 😉

I hope you enjoyed discovering these beautiful soaps ! Too bad odors can not be transmitted through the screens !
Thank you very much to Lucy for organizing this swap participants and thank you I am filled ! I hope that my soap will please you as much as yours beguile me.

Make your house incense !

Je suis très sensible aux odeurs et j’adore parfumé ma maison. I used among other things, of incense, but as many know, incense purchased commercially contains many chemical ingredients. As synthetic fragrances, dyes, solvents, etc.. Here I suggest you make yourself your little incense cones. Of course you will need some very specific ingredients, but then be very easy to find. Contrary to what you might think it is very easy to achieve. For this recipe, which is not the only possible to, you will need…

 

1/2 from powdered incense frankincense *
1 from iris powder
1 from tonka bean into powder
1/4 part of nutmeg
A little water

(accuracy after a few comments on a forum for… must of course be put very little water if it's been a dry cake that not !!!)

Method :
Reduce your incense frankincense powder in a mortar. (This one is very important as it helps to keep your cone, but do not put too much otherwise you will struggle to burn. You can also put other kind of incense or even better gum and / or absolute benzoin). Carefully Rappez your tonka bean. Mix all ingredients together and drip add water to form a stiff dough. Train your small cones and let dry for two to five days.

And here !! Not simple ? Feel free to vary the pleasure, sage, cinnamon, du jasmine, pine resin, absolute benzoin, even a few drops of essential oils in place of a few drops of water. You have to figure !

Use :
Turn the tip of your cone and let burn on a small plate or burner appropriate.

Where to find :
You will find your ingredients easily with a herbalist, even at the grocer for spices and also on some site I have a supplier list here.
For burners you will find several shops and garden decorations.

Interesting site, English, to formulate its scents :
Incensemaking

Video (English) the American company “Mountain Rose Herbs” which shows you how :

Aluminum salts and the risk of breast cancer

I did not usually copy the articles in other, but here the subject seems to me the most important.

Le sujet fait débat depuis des années. Aujourd’hui une bonne connaissance à moi experte en pharmaco-toxicologie m’a transmit un article sur le sujet.

I sent you copy the sources from the University of Geneva :
The original here

Deodorants containing aluminum salt in suspected breast cancer

GENEVA 13/01 – A study of cell biology, conducted by researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) highlights the adverse effects of aluminum salts (of aluminum chlorhydrate et chlorure of aluminum), present in conventional deodorants, on human mammary cells in vitro. While this study does not constitute a formal proof of liability of aluminum salts in the development of breast cancer, it challenges the safety of these salts on mammary cells.

The increased number of breast cancers in industrialized countries in recent decades is accompanied by changes in the anatomical distribution of this cancer, which develops now mainly in the external part of the mammary gland, near the armpits. This location reopens the question of liability of deodorants containing aluminum salts - whose penetration of the skin has been, in the formation of breast cancer. To date, little or no experimental or epidemiological data were able to strengthen or refute this hypothesis.

A team from the University of Geneva, coordinated by Stefano Mandriota, biology researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, and André-Pascal Sappino, honorary professor and specialist in breast cancer, conducted a series of in vitro experiments revealed that the adverse effects of aluminum salts in human mammary cells.

Adverse effects experienced
Models of normal human mammary epithelial cells were cultured in an environment containing doses of aluminum salts 1 500 to 100 000 times lower than those present in conventional deodorants. After several weeks, researchers found that the aluminum salts have adverse effects on breast cells and cause abnormal behavior, which corresponds to early stages of malignant transformation of cells.

By the phenomenon of contact inhibition, normal cells, placed in culture, stop proliferating when they come into contact with each other. The team at M. Mandriota discovered that mammary cells that were exposed to aluminum salts that lose contact inhibition and continue to multiply : they behave like cells towards malignant transformation.

This study also highlighted the growing number of DNA double-strand DNA in breast cells exposed to aluminum salts, caused by an alteration of the process of cell proliferation. These fractures may be related to the induction of malignant transformation of mammary cells, generated by the aluminum salts.

Furthermore, the researchers analyzed the behavior of breast cells exposed to aluminum salts in agarose gels (soft agar assay). Where normal cells are isolated, cells exposed to aluminum salts form colonies. This behavior is typical of tumor cells and cells towards malignant transformation.

"Although this study does not allow to state that the aluminum salts, present in conventional deodorants, cause the development of breast cancer, it is a scientific proof of the harmfulness of these salts on mammary cells ", Stephen conclut Mandriota.

13/01/2012 – 16h14
Source : University of Geneva

 

After strength and shine shampoo

Here to complement the shampoo bar of the same name, un après shampoing tout doux. J’aime beaucoup son résultat car il n’est pas lourd sur le cheveux. Il hydrate bien les pointes et cela sans effet gras. Se rince très bien grâce au tensio actif qu’il contient. Ici aussi j’ai insister pour que la recette reste simple, nul besoin de multiplier les ingrédients pour avoir un produit efficace. Il laisse une douce odeur dans les cheveux… very cool !

Here is the recipe…

Ingredients	%	Grams
Water	46 %	46 g
BTMS	10 %	10 g
Huile de Cameline	6 %	6 g
Huile de coco odorant	10 %	10 g
Oil Passion Fruit	7,4 %	7,4 g
Castor oil	6,6 %	6,6 g
Foam babassu (surfactant)	1 %	1 g
Silk protein liquid	2 %	2 g
Lemon essential oil	1,5 %	1,5 g
Essential oil of lemongrass	1,5 %	1,5 g
Geogard (conservative)	0,6 %	0,6 g

Difficulty : ––Conservation : 2 month —–Capacity : +- 100 g

Method :
Combine oils and BTMS in a water bath. In another vessel heat the bath water and foam babassu. When the first mixture is melted and the two phases are equal at a temperature (about 70 ° C) mélanger les ensemble. Fouettez bien jusqu’à refroidissement.

Ajoutez l’extrait de soie, essential oils and ECOGARD. Mix together until the cream is evenly mixed and smooth. Mettez en pot, allow to cool before putting the lid.

Conservez dans un endroit frais et sans humidité. Utilisez cet après shampoing sur les pointes et la longueur des cheveux. N’en mettez pas sur le cuir chevelu, there is no need to moisturize the area is one that relubricated soon.

Here I used an electric whisk, c’est ce qui me donne cette texture mousse. Si vous fouettez à la main la texture sera lisse comme une crème normale, cela n’affecte en rien la qualité du produit. Ce n’est que pour l’appréciation de chacun. 🙂

The virtues :
Huile de Cameline : Fed, soothes and protects hair roughed. Fresh green odor.
Oil Passion Fruit : Gives a big boost to the tips damaged.
Castor oil : Acts as a tonic and a good oil for brittle hair, Nail also.
Coconut oil : Smooth hair, provides shine and strength to hair.
Silk protein : Conditions, sheath and relaxed hair weakened.
Lemon essential oil : Gives strength to the hair and brittle nails (brittle).
Essential oil of lemongrass : Adds shine.

My impressions :
Je suis agréablement surprise du résultat. J’avais un peu peur de me retrouver avec les cheveux alourdis, mais il n’en ai rien. Mes cheveux sont doux, facile à coiffée et bien nourrit. Mes boucles se dessine bien aussi et ne sont pas allourdi par la matière. Je pense bien m’en refaire dès que mon pot sera terminé.

Where to find ingredients ?
You will find a page on my site in the cosmetics section called "Suppliers", you will find the addresses of all suppliers that take these ingredients.

How to adapt this recipe ?
Vous pouvez très bien remplacer les huiles ici présente par d’autre qui conviennent plus à vos cheveux. Vous pouvez aussi n’utiliser qu’une seule huile. Même d’autres huiles essentielles, The most important is to respect the proportions indicated.

Anne, a very nice little blogger in fact a few days ago a recipe for hair conditioner in the same spirit but strong it. I put the link here to discover his recipe very nice ! Allez la découvrir ça vaut le détour 😉

Solid strength and shine shampoo

Here is my first article in 2012… I take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year ! Bien non il est pas trop tard… Today is Chinese New Year ! Et oui am… even when I take a long time to put a new article I make a good timing ^ ^.

Donc aujourd’hui je vous propose une recette pour vous fabriquer un shampoing solide. Qu’est ce que cette matière ? Tout simplement un shampoing en forme de barre de savon on va dire. Mais en mieux, il s’agit ici de plus qu’un savon. Les shampoings typique sont liquide… surfactants used therein, oui c’est ce qu’on appelle les produits qui font mousser vos shampoings. Alors qu’ici on en utilise un qui est solide. Du coup il dure 2 to 3 times longer than a normal shampoo, mousse tout autant et est le parfait allier d’un jetsetter. Ou des gens qui aiment se la rendre moins compliqué !

Ici je vous propose un shampoing pour donner de la force et de la brillance à vos cheveux. La recette est parfaite pour les débutant car facile à réaliser…

Ingredients	%	Grams
Sodium Coco Sulfate (surfactant)	80 %	64,2 g
Spring Water	10 %	8 g
Huile de Cameline	5 %	4 g
Liquid silk proteins	2 %	1,6 g
Huile essentielle de Citron	1,4 %	1,1 g
Huile essentielle de Lemongrass	1,4 %	1,1 g
Vitamin E	0,2 %	0,2 g

Difficulty : —– Conservation : 3 month —–Capacity : +-80 g

Method :
Spread the scs mortar or blender to break the grains slightly. Soften the water bath for several minutes usc, to a soft paste is formed, rajoutez l’eau. Lorsque l’eau est bien intégré ajoutez votre huile de cameline et mélangez doucement jusqu’à absorption. Hors du feu ajoutez vos protéines de soie et vos huiles essentielles. Vous pouvez ajouter une à deux gouttes de vitamine E pour la bonne conservation de l’huile de cameline. Versez le contenu dans un moule et placez le quelques minutes au réfrigérateur. Lorsque celui ci est bien ferme, démoulez le et laissez sécher dans un endroit sec pendant une journée entière. Le lendemain votre shampoing solide est prêt à être utilisé !

The virtues :
Huile de Cameline : Fed, soothes and protects hair roughed. Fresh green odor.
Silk protein : Conditions, sheath and relaxed hair weakened.
Lemon essential oil : Gives strength to the hair and brittle nails (brittle).
Essential oil of lemongrass : Adds shine.

Where to find ingredients ?
You will find a page on my website in the section called cosmetic “Suppliers”, you will find the addresses of all suppliers that take these ingredients.

My impressions
Cela fait déjà plusieurs semaines que j’utilise quotidiennement mon shampoing. Franchement je l’aime beaucoup. Il n’alourdi pas mes cheveux et les rends doux. Je suis très satisfaite du résultat de l’huile de cameline dans les soins capillaires, il se retrouvera parmi mes favoris c’est certains. Par contre petit conseil… add vitamin E oil to your best to keep.

Christmas Spice Soap

We are the 24 December… and what better way to wish you all and all a Merry Christmas… a small festive recipe ! A mild soaps for the holidays. I made this one a while ago and I must say it smells wonderful. Here is the recipe…

Coco 28 %
Olive 35 %
Raisin 30 %
Brut cocoa 7 %

Surgras to 7%
Water and soda to recalculate

Additions to the trace :
Fragrance Christmas spice 2 %
Oxide green
Red oxide
Titanium dioxide
Star anise (badianes)

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. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, fragrance, oil, oxide, mica) and pour into your mold. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, cut all. Place in a dry place for a minimum cure 4 weeks.

Here I made one a little marbling “free style”, ie no matter how ^ ^. And once again I had a surprise when cutting…. form of a bird sitting on the horns of a reindeer… it is vague in the drawing you say, but it made me smile.

I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas ! I hope you have a wonderful time… please be careful and if you drink… do not take the road !

Soap Citronet !

Everything is in the title… a soap that smells like lemon and clean. Here I used a fragrance as having made soaps with essential oil of lemon in the past… I know that citrus essential oils that do not always hold up well in soap. The fragrance here smells sweet lemon actually. So a little back to childhood for me ^ ^.

How does that I offer recipes for soaps ? Ben oui… the holidays arrive… so I carbureted for a month to make soaps as gifts. Du coup j’en ai beaucoup de recettes à vous montrer 🙂 Voici donc la recette de mon citronet…

Coconut oil 25 %
Beurre de Karité 15 %
Organic Palm Oil 12 %
Olive oil 30 %
Soybean Oil 18 %

Surgras to 7 %
Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
Lemon fragrance 2 %

Decor :
Ecorse lemon
Neon yellow dye
Bright lime green

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. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, fragrance, oil, oxide, mica) and pour into your mold. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, cut all. Place in a dry place for a minimum cure 4 weeks.

I like the color of this soap… a creamy beige with neon yellow. I applied the same method as my soap scroll, but here my mold was made of wood… I think it changes the rebound effect. It's pretty small by against yellow flames.
Here is a small label to accompany the soap.

Soap tribute to a Winter Rose

Some time ago my neighbor gave me a rose from her garden… a gorgeous pink to captivating perfume. I could not believe that such a delicate flower withstand cold temperatures if. She even told me to keep my vase better left outside. So it gave me an environment to make soap ! Yeah because anything can become an excuse to make soap ^ ^.

This rose also made me think of a person who has ever crossed my path. In a contest that launched the theme of the rose I was able to learn a bit, that person so strong and fragile at the same time. A person who despite difficult circumstances like this all pink, it is beaten. Today it is a place that we simply do not know mortal. I like to think of where it is… roses are eternal. I think some will know who I mean. I dedicate this recipe to him…

HV rape 30%
HV coconut 25 %
HV olive 20 %
HV cocoa 6,5 %
HP Palme 18,5 %

Greasing to 8%
Water and soda to recalculate

The trace :
Fragrance rose 2%

Mica brillant
Mica rose
Emerald Green Mica *
Rosebuds

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. Then add the rest of your ingredients (essential oil, fragrance, 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 4 weeks.

*Here my emerald green mica became actually a little verdigris… So I think it must contain a mineral oxide oxide with soda. So if you ever want a soap dyed a nice green… stay away from this one.

The fragrance slightly accelerated my track so I had to pay promptly and I could not do what I wanted marbling. The look is not very professional but it also soap… although it is expected that things not always work the way you want. Always it is that this soap smells good…. very english rose !

If you want to see the recipe that I made for the competition around the rose click here

I did not know very well Laurence, but I, during this period which for many is family, to offer a sweet thought to his family.

Spark atmosphere… quiet.

We all look forward to the holidays… but when the time came that quickly becomes a stressful time. The race in the shops, the crowded parking, meals for families to organize, decorations, children's holidays, etc etc. Mais il est important de prendre du temps pour se détendre… not easy… yes I know ! Je m’y connais ! But with a few tricks you do it. Here is a ! An aromatic candle with essential oils ! A sweet little synergy and pleasant that gently scent your home. Il vous faudra donc…

Yellow beeswax 25.2 g
Cire d'orange 14 g
Stearic acid 28 g
Coco Hv 58.8 g
Equal mixture of essential oils following :
Lavande ou lavandin-orange-citron 14 g
1 tip of golden mica (Optional for the visual)
1 Wick
A glass or earthenware container that can contain 140 g

Difficulty : ––Conservation : Until he was more !

Method :
It is very easy ! Fondez les quatre premier ingrédients ensemble. Dans votre verre/pot installer votre mèche, me here I stuck with a little orange wax and place in refrigerator for 5 to 10 minutes. Lorsque votre mélange est complètement fondu, ajoutez y les huiles essentielles et votre mica. Sortez votre verre/pot du réfrigérateur et versez y votre mélange doucement. Retenez le bout de votre mèche en l’accotant sur un crayon ou mis sur le dessus du verre/pot et laissez refroidir.

You just have to enjoy it ! Détente… relaxation… zen… I actually good too… but the important thing is that it smells good ! ^^

Where to find ingredients ? Rendez-vous sur ma list of suppliers !

Cette recette n’est pas une bougie de massage. Laissez la donc dans son pot 😉

Soap parties in little sparkling !

The last few weeks I really carbureted in soap making. Well yes… the holidays approach and I think that handmade soap makes a wonderful gift. Especially when we did oneself. So I wanted to make very festive know.

When we speak we often think of celebrations with champagne or sparkling I thought it would be nice to give them this key, but hey put champagne in my soap is not yet in my ways !! So I continued my research on the internet and when the fragrance champagne and I we crossed… given that much to this…

HV grape seeds 32 % (well yes a must… champagne… raisin…)
HV coconut 30 %
HV olive 25 %
Palme HV bio 13 %

Water and soda to recalculate
Surgras 7%

Additions to the trace :
Mica noisette + Mica doré
Shiny silver mica food on top
Fragrance champagne

Difficulty : Conservation : Several months

Method of cold saponification :
Always the same for soaps. Melt the oils together. Add soda water (not the other) and cool. When both mixtures, soda + water and oil temperature are 40 ° C, pour the soda water mixture in your oil and mix with a hand blender until the appearance of the trace. Then add the rest of your ingredients (fragrances, oxides and mica) , pour into your molds. Wait 48 h and unmold your soaps with gloves, they cut it if necessary. Place in a dry place for a cure 4 weeks.

Here to create a worse I first put a little mica in my dough. Pay first, add mica, mixed, donate and so on. This is a slight deterioration golden… we do not really see the pictures… it's a shame. I then did the same technique of drawing on my savon Weeds… cutting with a star.

I made it there about four weeks… I will not say how much I look forward to using it ^ ^ !

En voici deux photos à la lumière du jour et l’autre fut prise au lever du jour 🙂

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