SweetSoaps offers a variety of fantastic specialty soaps that are really fun. Just in time for the holidays, they have created the Santa’s Coal Soap. This soap looks like a real lump of black coal, but it has a fantastic, sweet candy cane fragrance.
This 3 oz soap comes in a cloth bag with a stamped folk art Santa on the front. Priced at $5.00 each, this soap is the perfect stocking stuffer.
Also check out their Snowman Poop Soap. The bag says, “You’ve been naughty so here’s the scoop. All you get for Christmas is Snowman POOP!”
This white soap is also …read more

If you are looking for a housewarming or hostess gift, check out the Jo Malone Deluxe Soap Collection, available at Nordstrom. If you haven’t tried Jo Malone bath and body products, you should really give them a shot. They feature fantastic ingredients that leave your skin silky soft, fresh and healthy. And the scents that they use are absolutely terrific.
The Jo Malone Deluxe Soap Collection combines eight scented bath soaps and a Jo Malone soap dish in a gift box. The scents include Lime Basil & Mandarin and Wild Fig & Cassis. You can get this soap collection at Nordstrom …read more

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Dial Corporation will make a $100,000 donation to the Breast Cancer Network of Strength in 2009. This year’s Dial Breast Cancer Awareness Product is Dial Natural Radiance Body Wash with White Tea and Vitamin E Pearls.
This body wash gently cleanses your skin, removing impurities and nourishing your skin with vitamins and moisture. This product comes in a liquid body wash, as well as a bar soap. Both leave your skin looking and feeling beautiful and naturally radiant.
Natural Radiance Body Wash with White Tea & Vitamin E Pearls is available in Wal-Mart, …read more

Recently I learned about a new eco-friendly, luxury line of bath and body products – MARIS Naturals. The line features 100% natural essential oils and extracts inspired by some of the most beautiful places in the world – including Africa, India and Morocco.
Included in the line are natural soaps, bath and shower gels, body scrubs, cremes and lotions. Using quality essential oils and absolutes, the fragrances are intoxicating. And the best part is they are great for your skin.
MARIS Naturals products contain no synthetics or phthalates, and they are free of parabens, preservatives, artificial colors and artificial fragrances. The shea …read more

Everyone loves LUSH bath products, including their bath bombs, bath melts, bubble bars, soaps and much more.  In conjunction with their global public awareness campaign on palm oil and the devastation caused by its production, LUSH has released a limited edition Jungle Soap and Charity Pot hand and body lotion. All sales will be donated to some very worthwhile causes.
All the money from Jungle Soap (pictured here) will de donated to the Rainforest Foundation, and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will receive every penny from the sales of Charity Pot. LUSH has also announced that all …read more

SunFeather Natural Soap company creates all-natural, social responsible bath and body products including bar soaps, liquid soaps, shampoo, lip balms and much more.
Their handcrafted soaps and shampoos created from wonderful ingredients like organic olive and coconut oils, herbs and precious botanicals. Some great deals available right now include:

Lullaby Liquid Soap, a combination of soothing lavender and calming rosemary ($13)
Apple Cider Shampoo, a moisturizing blend of apple extract and sweet almond oil ($11)
Warming Wonder Liquid Soap, naturally warms and relaxes with shea butter, cinnamon and ginger ($11)
Strawberry Lime Lip Balm, a yummy swirl of mango butter, avocado oil, sweet strawberry and …read more

Ivory Soap is so yesterday.
Wanna live a little? Exfoliate your back with strawberry seeds. Take a bath in dark chocolate. Order a sugar cookie soap (with rainbow sprinkles) and choose an icing color that matches your bathroom tile.
They make look bizarre, but how fun would it be to wash your hands with a Caribbean Coconut bar made with moisturizing coconut and palm oils and goats milk, topped with a dusting of shredded coconut?
How about Strawberry Smoothie Soap with exfoliating strawberry seeds?
None of these quirky sweet soaps, sold on Etsy, contain artifical lathering agent like SLS or propylene glycol. They smell …read more

Since the Middle Ages, olive oil has been used to create soap. Olive oil nourishes, replenishes and soothes skin. It’s even great for sunburned, parched, peeling skin. If you want a fabulous olive oil-based soap, check out frenchsoaps.com.
Here, you will find several collections of rich, hydrating soaps that are really great for your skin. They have big bar soaps, as well as liquid soap from various regions of the world.
If you want to try out a few of their soaps, I would recommend the Olive Oil Soaps of the World collection. Made with pure olive oil, the collection includes an …read more

I love it when I find bar soaps that are as pretty as they are effective. Barcelona Bath & Body offers a line of soaps that is handmade from scratch using olive oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, coconut oil and other fabulous ingredients. These vegan soaps help clean, hydrate and nourish the skin, while also protecting it from environmental factors.
Their hand soaps come in your choice of five “mood-balancing” scents:

Cinnamon Sandalwood
Grapefruit Ylang Ylang
Vanilla Lavender
Lemongrass Fennel
Coconut Bay Rum

These hand soaps come beautifully packaged in sets of two 3.5 oz. bars. Each set is priced at $12.
Barcelona Bath & Body also offers …read more

One of the light fragrances that I love for summertime is Bobbi Brown’s “beach.” This wonderful fragrance features notes of sand jasmine, sea spray and mandarin for a fresh scent that is perfect for daytime.
Recently I discovered the Bobbi Brown beach Sandbar. This bar of soap contains sand (yes, actual sand). So it exfoliates your skin, while also cleaning it. But best of all, it has the Bobbi Brown beach scent.
If you love this fragrance, but don’t feel like wearing the actual perfume everyday, this soap is just perfect. It gives you that light, clean smell without being overpowering. Plus …read more