Commercial vs. Handcrafted Artisan Soap

 Siena Soap Company Spring Sale!

Does showering leave your skin feeling itchy, dry, and tight?   Your store bought soap ( really it is a detergent bar!) may be the culprit.

Our skin is the body's largest organ and acts as a protector and defender between us and our environment.  Many of us have made the connection between how important it is to make good choices in what we feed our bodies.  Yet we have not always realized that it is equally important to be vigilant about what we are putting ON our bodies as well.

It is importnat to understand then, that most of the soap in stores today is not really soap at all.  It is a detergent bar made with Petroleum based products, DEA, Isopropyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Triclosan, and FD & C Colors and Synthetic Fragrances.  These ingredients are unnatural, irritating, and can even be harmful to your skin.

With studies revealing the dangerous effects of synthetic chemicals used in the skin care industry, handcrafted artisan soap has increasingly become a welcome alternative for many consumers.  

Most people find handcrafted artisan soap to be extremely mild and healing. Those who suffer from skin conditions such as sensitive skin, psoriasis, eczema, or allergies often find immediate relief by using natural handcrafted soap.  Siena Soap Company offers beautifully handcrafted artisan soap and we use only the finest all natural vegetable oils and butters.  Plant derived essential oils are also used for their scent and skin loving properties.

Siena Soap Company's  indulgent bars of soap are a treat for both your body and your mind.  Our bars will pamper your skin and our unique and relaxing scents will soothe your mind.  Treat yourself to an affordable luxury spa experience today!

Siena Soap Sale

10%

 OFF YOUR ENTIRE ORDER

Use code: siena10

when ordering online

Or email your order to:

mary@sienasoap.com

Sale good through April 30th,  2009

www.sienasoap.com

"Classic" SOAP SALE!

"Homemade soap feels good: soft, rich, enveloping, soothing.  The lather is dense and penetrating rather than thin and airy.  It leaves an emollient film on your skin that makes it feel soft and senuous.  Homemade soap is comforting in ways which manufactured soap can never be: its look, its weight, its bulk, how it feels in your hand, looks in the dish.  There is something ineffable about homemade soap.  It's not homogenized, pasteurized, deodorized, santitized, or synthesized - it's one of a kind, every bar different, each unique.  It is idiosyncratic in the way of all homemade and handmade things. "

Ann Bramsom

Excerpted from her book,  "SOAP"

Ann Bramson is a hero to many soapmakers for she wrote the first modern day CLASSIC book on the the soapmaking process geared toward the home soapmaker.  Her book simply titled, "SOAP", was first published in 1972 and has since inspired a generation of soapmakers.  

Reading these words for the first time inspired my  journey in artisan soapmaking.

  

What I love about soapmaking the most is that it is part science and part artistry.  Although our recipes, and methods have been carefully recorded, no two of our batches or bars of soap are entirely identical. And above all, we constantly strive to make our products both beautiful and purposeful.  With our artisan soaps and other all natural products we are constantly striving to meld the two worlds of science and art to provide you with the best possible product.

Our CLASSIC Soap scents are now on sale to commemorate Ann Bramson's pioneering efforts in soapmaking. 

Soaps currently priced at 4.50 each include:

Siena

Velvet

Citrus Mint

Paradise

Prices good until February 26th, 2009

To view these products and all our fine all natural products check out our website at:

www.sienasoap.com