Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Kowhai Grove : Handmade Soaps

Hi, my names is Elizabeth Harrison, I live in rural North Waikato on a property with 30 young Kowhai trees and counting!  I’ve been making handmade soap off and on for over 10 years.

Thank you for your interest and hope you enjoy these products as many of my family and friends say they do!


Why choose handmade soaps

Handmade soap has a luxurious quality which is soft on the skin.  This is largely due to the glycerine still imbued in the soap.  Most commercial soaps have the glycerine removed, leaving the skin feeling clean but dry.  Also handmade soap recipes are often ‘superfatted’, so there are excess oils in the bar to remain on the skin.  However handmade soaps can become a little mushy at times due to the overall softness of some oils used, like olive oil.  This can be minimised by blending in harder fats but most people accept this as part of the moisturising effect of a natural product.  Special essential oils like lavender and fragrances added to the soap further enhance the softness and quality.



Contact Information

Elizabeth Harrison
Phone: 07 826 6818
Mobile: 027 494 5267
Email: pandeharrison@xtra.co.nz
www.facebook.com/kowhaigrove

Product Range
I currently have 8 soap varieties - contact me to place an order

3 Aces
Perfect degree of hardness and lather, suitable as kitchen and bath soap.
Ingredients: Olive oil, coconut oil, tallow, spring water, lye, colour, fragrance, essential oil


 Castile Bubbles
Hard and waxy with large bubbles and creamy lather.  Moisturizing.
Ingredients: Olive oil, organic palm oil, bees wax, spring water, avocado oil, fragrance, essential oil


Coffee Kitchen
Hard and creamy with large bubbles.  Good for all skin types.
Ingredients: Coconut oil, olive oil, tallow, coffee grounds, spring water, lye, fragrance, essential oil

Goats Milk Baby Gentle
Medium soft soap with small bubbles.  Creamy texture.
Ingredients: Vegetable fat, olive oil, sunflower oil, beeswax, goats milk, spring water, lye, fragrance, essential oil

 
Lavender 
Hard bar with medium bubbles.  Lovely.
Ingredients: Vegetable fat, coconut oil, beeswax, spring water, lye, lavender essential oil
 
Manuka Honey 
Hard soap with large bubbles and creamy texture.  Good for all skin types.
Ingredients: Vegetable fat, olive oil, sweet almond oil, beeswax, manuka honey, spring water, lye, fragrance, essential oil
 

Marseille
Designed with French-made Savon de Marseille in mind.  Mild on hands, can also be used as laundry soap.
Ingredients: Olive oil, organic palm oil/tallow, spring water, lye, fragrance, essential oil

 
 ROSE  
Hard but creamy soap with large bubbles.
Ingredients: Coconut oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, cocoa butter, spring water, lye, fragrance, essential oil