Newsletter May 2025

As May 2025 ends, I am very busy undertaking work and Qigong courses, and doing some more candle testing of the beeswax, trying to get them into a happy candle wicking place. George has settled in and is now a happy, confident dog with just the occasional outburst. Days are short and the first snow of winter may fall this weekend.

New Products

Nothing new for May due to course work. However I have an extensive range of products in the shop, so everyone is still spoiled for choice.

Test Bench

Still working on these organic Beeswax candles. I have tossed the containers, and am test-wicking more pillars. I may need to just use the lighter wax, which has the same properties and certification. It will be a shame as the honey scent from the dark wax is divine, but at the end of the day it is meant to be a candle and it needs to burn.  I may make some flameless candles or wax melts from the dark wax, or just keep it for my certified organic balms.

As I get a little time, I do play with my Cricut and sublimation gear. Some of you may notice some rose gold decorations on our mailing/gift boxes.

Healthy Discussion- Why Cold Process Soap

Looking at a supermarket skin products and shampoo aisle, it’s not surprising that so many people think their skin is irritated by soap.

The thing is, most of that aisle is not soap at all, it is a synthetic chemical concoction of fragrances, detergents and surfactants that looks like soap. Many of these ingredients are well known skin irritants.

We discussed synthetic vs phthalate and paraben free fragrances and natural fragrances in the last couple of monthly newsletters.

Where the products in that aisle is real soap, it is often cheap, nasty, pesticide laden ingredients, which will also cause irritation.

Skin irritation is why we make our own cold process soap, and have for over 20 years now, because cold process soap is the top of the heap when it comes to soap, ingredient dependent.

It is a traditional method of soap making, mixing lye and oils to from a gentle, non-stripping soap.

Our recipe is primarily certified organic, cold pressed, grain free oils, which give it that silky feel.

While we mainly use organic essential oils, we do make a few fragrance oils. All are phthalate free, most are also paraben free.

Where we don’t use cold process is glycerine soap for our childrens’ soaps, where we buy in a healthy Melt & Pour base, which is also primarily organic & all Paleo ingredients,  from a trusted supplier. While you can use our cold process soap with kids, glyvcerine soaps are sometimes best with very young childrens’ tender skins. They are also very flexible so are very easy to make into fun soaps. They do attract moisture so take some special handling, but otherwise are a great choice.

 

 

Nashama Equine & Canine

Glen is busy with his regular equine customers and his day job. Abscess season is in full swing just a day off Winter with a vengeance, so keep an eye on hooves and call your farrier if you need an abscess drained. Signs from the horses are sudden lameness, heat, and swelling. Nashama Equines Certified Organic Thrush and Abscess formulation is a great assistance in treating wet hoof issues.

We have good  stocks of our equine and Canine products, including our unique Abscess and Thrush Formulation, which remains one of the most cost effective and the only organic preparation on the market, and dog shampoo in the farm shop.

The new recipe formulations have not made it to the test bench yet as I have been playing with my new toys this week, but they will get there.

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