Our Signature Hazelnut & Honey Soap 
Finally!!! We are so excited to have formulated and finally made our signature Hazelnut & Honey Soap. I was thinking the other day about the importance of innovations in the medical field. Most notably, the creation of vaccines. How incredible it is that someone could have made the observation that milkmaid's exposure to cow pox caused them to have an immunity to small pox. What an absolutely live-saving observation! After that, I went back further and began thinking about the creation of soap.
Soap was first noted in historical records back in 2200 B.C. written on a Babylonian clay tablet. It made think about my own beginnings into soap-making. I spent a good deal of energy dreaming up my soap creations. I thought that first and foremost, I wanted to focus on the state of Oregon. We love living here! It is absolutely beautiful to wake up every morning and stroll down to the barn, smell the fresh Douglas fir pines in the air and feel the mist in the air. I brainstormed flavors and scents that make me think "Oregon". Hazelnuts seemed like a natural choice. There are literally hazelnut farms everywhere in this state. So I took a trip to Freddy Guy's Hazelnut Farm in Monmouth, Oregon.
Hazelnut oil is extremely moisturizing and smells wonderfully. After coupling that with coconut oil, honey, goat milk and ground roasted hazelnuts, we had our soap! Not to oversimplify this process, soap is basically a chemical equation between heated oils and goat milk/lye solution. Since I am using the cold-process soap-making technique, the soap bars must cure for 4-6 weeks before they can be used. The lye must complete its chemical transition before it is safe for use.
This is where my complete amazement of this process comes in. It is incredible that thousands of years ago, people discovered that mixing oils and alkaline salts could create a product that one could clean themselves with. The importance of soap outweighs almost all other medical discoveries. Without soap basic infection control would not be possible. I can't express how exciting it is to be able to make my own soap. The only real problem that I foresee is waiting a month to use it. But I have a good feeling that it is going to definitely be worth the wait!
Soap was first noted in historical records back in 2200 B.C. written on a Babylonian clay tablet. It made think about my own beginnings into soap-making. I spent a good deal of energy dreaming up my soap creations. I thought that first and foremost, I wanted to focus on the state of Oregon. We love living here! It is absolutely beautiful to wake up every morning and stroll down to the barn, smell the fresh Douglas fir pines in the air and feel the mist in the air. I brainstormed flavors and scents that make me think "Oregon". Hazelnuts seemed like a natural choice. There are literally hazelnut farms everywhere in this state. So I took a trip to Freddy Guy's Hazelnut Farm in Monmouth, Oregon.
Hazelnut oil is extremely moisturizing and smells wonderfully. After coupling that with coconut oil, honey, goat milk and ground roasted hazelnuts, we had our soap! Not to oversimplify this process, soap is basically a chemical equation between heated oils and goat milk/lye solution. Since I am using the cold-process soap-making technique, the soap bars must cure for 4-6 weeks before they can be used. The lye must complete its chemical transition before it is safe for use.
This is where my complete amazement of this process comes in. It is incredible that thousands of years ago, people discovered that mixing oils and alkaline salts could create a product that one could clean themselves with. The importance of soap outweighs almost all other medical discoveries. Without soap basic infection control would not be possible. I can't express how exciting it is to be able to make my own soap. The only real problem that I foresee is waiting a month to use it. But I have a good feeling that it is going to definitely be worth the wait!
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