Reasons to shop from us
FOUNDED:
The company was founded in 2008 by a mother looking for solutions to chemical free body products for her child and herself. This prompted her to think about organically grown herbs and vegetables, which could be used in these beauty products. It is known that herbs, fruits and vegetables have healing properties when injested, but she wanted to see if those same properties could also be endured when applied topically. Yes they could.
First, it started by only offering soaps, handcrafted the old fashion way by the use of lye mixed with vegetable oils with the addition of essential oils (organic only, chemical free). Now the line has grown to include lotions, lip balms, and baby products.
A great soap was CREATED, which was able to be used on the most sensitive of skins, a newborn.
In 2011, the line has expanded to include lotions, lip balms and baby products with are also safe on the most sensitive of skins.
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PERSONAL BIO:
I am a mother of two children and I started making my own soaps when I began closely reading the ingredients in my children's bath soaps. There were ingredients in a bar of soap that I could not pronounce. This made me think back to Graduate school, while achieving my Masters in Nutrition, and I could remember my professors always making a general comment, "If you cannot pronounce the ingredient, it may not be good for you!" With that message, I began researching soapmaking and I began to make my own. In making my own soap, I only wanted to use ingredients that were organic or natural. I wanted to be sure that there were no chemicals or harmful substances in each bar of soap. I began visiting local farms here in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that do not believe is the use of chemicals on their crops, have gone through rigourous certification standards to become certified organic, and purchase my ingredients from them for my soap.
Each bar of soap is handmade by me in my kitchen using only the best ingredients, a large pot and hand mixer. My mother has told me that I remind her of my "Great Grandmom" when she would do the same on her stovetop. So I guess you can say, it is a tradition that has been passed down from one generation to the next.
My message, "I am careful what my family injests so I am careful of what I use on my family's skin. I wanted to share this soap with you and my other natural products!"
YES! MY products are DIFFERENT! then the rest that claim to be "All Natural" and/or "ORGANIC".
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PRODUCTS:
Try a bar of soap and you will see the difference. Your skin will maintain its natural moisture even in the harshest of weather conditions. Your skin will be smooth to the touch without the build up on your skin as found using other manufactured soaps.
Try my lotions and feel the difference. Natural ingredients work with your skin's pH for optimal appearance.
Use my baby products and see how natural herbs protect your baby's skin from it's NEW surroundings.
All products are handmade in the USA and in my kitchen. All materials used in packaging each bar of soap has been recycled.
Remember: RECYCLE and REUSE!
Healthy Living!
Renee Fisher
PS: Share your experience with a friend and with me, by emailing me at renee@yourdowntoearth.com
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STORES:
The Growing Place in Yardville, NJ
Perennial Home in Hightstown, NJ
2012 Junior League Showhouse on Priory Court, Princeton, NJ _______________________________________________________
UPDATE:
As of February 2011, I have joined the Soapmakers Guild Organization and I am working towards my certification. Certification is one that is rigourous but well worth it. I will keep you posted of my accomplishments.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31, 2011 at the Elders Gathering in Bristol, Vermont Time: All day
Susan G. Komen 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk in Philadelphia October 14-16, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at ReRun Horse Stables Millstone, NJ. Time: 9 am to 3 pm ________________________________________________________
QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT PRODUCTS
1. What does it mean by "all natural soap"?
To us, natural soap means a soap whose ingredients are plant based, and we further define our product as an herbal soap. We oppose the body care industry's use of the word "natural" to include synthetic fragrances, colorants, and preservatives. We add no artificial substances to our soaps, such as synthetic fragrances, dyes, and preservatives, and where possible, we use organically grown products. Our purely herbal soap is scented with essential oils only and colored with organic herbs and plant extracts only. The soap base recipe is made from 100% certified organic oils. Our products contain no parabens. Read through our ingredient list to see what we mean by "natural soap." Then, to really see what we mean, take a copy of our ingredients with you next time you go to the store and compare them to the ingredients of soaps on the shelves. Your skin will know the difference.
2. What makes a good bar soap?
A good bar soap balances bar hardness (durability), lather quality (both fluffiness and stability), and moisturizing ability. These different properties come from the different fatty acids that make up molecules of the organic vegetable oils we use as the base of our herbal soap. Unfortunately, the fatty acids that are moisturizing are not those that contribute much to lather quality, and the ones that make great lather are drying to our skin. A perfect bar soap is the result of carefully balancing the fatty acids to maximize the bar's hardness, lather quality, and moisturizing ability.
3. Do your herbal soaps contain glycerin?
Glycerin is a natural part of the vegetable oils we use to make our herbal soap, so it is a natural part of all our soaps. Our soaps qualify as "glycerin soaps," because glycerin accounts for 9-10% of the final product. Unlike most commercial soap companies, we retain all glycerin produced during the saponification process. Since glycerin is a sellable commodity, commercial soap makers remove it for sale, or they keep trace amounts for mention on their labels. Our soaps differ from clear "glycerin soaps" because our bars are not transparent. To produce their transparency, "glycerin soaps" contain a sugar-alcohol compound that can dry your skin.
4. Do your soaps contain lye?
In a properly produced soap, lye is a raw ingredient, but there is no lye that remains in the final product. All lye is consumed in the saponification process and presents no danger to you. Superfatting further assures that all lye is consumed. Any company that claims their soap is not made with lye is either promoting false information or doesn't understand the chemistry behind soap.
5. Do your herbal soaps contain SLS?
SLS (sodium laurel sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate) and other surfactants are often added to soaps to increase lather quality. They are commonly found in soaps, including many marketed as natural soaps, as well as glycerin soaps, liquid soaps, and shampoos. As synthetic compounds, SLS and other surfactants dry out your skin and, for many people, cause irritation. At Your Down to Earth, we use neither SLS nor any other surfactants. We don't believe in cost-cutting short cuts. Instead, we prefer to focus on making a high quality soap from organic oils that doesn't depend on surfactants for its lather. We carefully balance the oils in our base recipe to provide the proper fatty acid mix for a wonderful, rich - and most importantly - completely natural lather.
6. What are essential oils and fragrance oils?
Essential oils are pure plant extracts used for scenting or aromatherapy. Fragrance oils are synthetically made substitutes for essential oils. Many soaps, even those labeled "natural" contain fragrance oils. Often, a soap label will say "contains essential oils." However, such a label can be deceiving -- it is always important to check if it ALSO contains fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are problematic because, as synthetic compounds, they dry out your skin and irritate sensitive skin. All Your Down to Earth Soaps, as purely herbal soaps, contain only true, plant-extract essential oils. As always, read a product's label. If the ingredients includes the word "fragrance," "perfume," or "parfum," then it's synthetic and not-natural, even though its packaging may say it is a natural soap.
7. I have sensitive skin and can't use soap. Can I use your organic herbal soap?
Most skin sensitivities are aggravated by the synthetic ingredients in lotions, creams, make-up, and soaps. Without these ingredients, however, there is nothing left to irritate your skin. Many people who have had trouble with dermatologist recommended soap or "sensitive skin" soap have found success with Your Down to Earth's Herbal Soap. This is because even doctor recommended sensitive skin soaps contain many unnecessary chemicals that can, and do, irritate your skin. Again, always read the list of ingredients in your soap. Although many people with sensitive skin enjoy using our scented herbal soap varities, we recommend our Unscented Soap for people with extreme sensitivities.
The company was founded in 2008 by a mother looking for solutions to chemical free body products for her child and herself. This prompted her to think about organically grown herbs and vegetables, which could be used in these beauty products. It is known that herbs, fruits and vegetables have healing properties when injested, but she wanted to see if those same properties could also be endured when applied topically. Yes they could.
First, it started by only offering soaps, handcrafted the old fashion way by the use of lye mixed with vegetable oils with the addition of essential oils (organic only, chemical free). Now the line has grown to include lotions, lip balms, and baby products.
A great soap was CREATED, which was able to be used on the most sensitive of skins, a newborn.
In 2011, the line has expanded to include lotions, lip balms and baby products with are also safe on the most sensitive of skins.
____________________________________________
PERSONAL BIO:
I am a mother of two children and I started making my own soaps when I began closely reading the ingredients in my children's bath soaps. There were ingredients in a bar of soap that I could not pronounce. This made me think back to Graduate school, while achieving my Masters in Nutrition, and I could remember my professors always making a general comment, "If you cannot pronounce the ingredient, it may not be good for you!" With that message, I began researching soapmaking and I began to make my own. In making my own soap, I only wanted to use ingredients that were organic or natural. I wanted to be sure that there were no chemicals or harmful substances in each bar of soap. I began visiting local farms here in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that do not believe is the use of chemicals on their crops, have gone through rigourous certification standards to become certified organic, and purchase my ingredients from them for my soap.
Each bar of soap is handmade by me in my kitchen using only the best ingredients, a large pot and hand mixer. My mother has told me that I remind her of my "Great Grandmom" when she would do the same on her stovetop. So I guess you can say, it is a tradition that has been passed down from one generation to the next.
My message, "I am careful what my family injests so I am careful of what I use on my family's skin. I wanted to share this soap with you and my other natural products!"
YES! MY products are DIFFERENT! then the rest that claim to be "All Natural" and/or "ORGANIC".
_______________________________________________________
PRODUCTS:
Try a bar of soap and you will see the difference. Your skin will maintain its natural moisture even in the harshest of weather conditions. Your skin will be smooth to the touch without the build up on your skin as found using other manufactured soaps.
Try my lotions and feel the difference. Natural ingredients work with your skin's pH for optimal appearance.
Use my baby products and see how natural herbs protect your baby's skin from it's NEW surroundings.
All products are handmade in the USA and in my kitchen. All materials used in packaging each bar of soap has been recycled.
Remember: RECYCLE and REUSE!
Healthy Living!
Renee Fisher
PS: Share your experience with a friend and with me, by emailing me at renee@yourdowntoearth.com
_______________________________________________________
STORES:
The Growing Place in Yardville, NJ
Perennial Home in Hightstown, NJ
2012 Junior League Showhouse on Priory Court, Princeton, NJ _______________________________________________________
UPDATE:
As of February 2011, I have joined the Soapmakers Guild Organization and I am working towards my certification. Certification is one that is rigourous but well worth it. I will keep you posted of my accomplishments.
_______________________________________________________
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31, 2011 at the Elders Gathering in Bristol, Vermont Time: All day
Susan G. Komen 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk in Philadelphia October 14-16, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at ReRun Horse Stables Millstone, NJ. Time: 9 am to 3 pm ________________________________________________________
QUESTION AND ANSWERS ABOUT PRODUCTS
1. What does it mean by "all natural soap"?
To us, natural soap means a soap whose ingredients are plant based, and we further define our product as an herbal soap. We oppose the body care industry's use of the word "natural" to include synthetic fragrances, colorants, and preservatives. We add no artificial substances to our soaps, such as synthetic fragrances, dyes, and preservatives, and where possible, we use organically grown products. Our purely herbal soap is scented with essential oils only and colored with organic herbs and plant extracts only. The soap base recipe is made from 100% certified organic oils. Our products contain no parabens. Read through our ingredient list to see what we mean by "natural soap." Then, to really see what we mean, take a copy of our ingredients with you next time you go to the store and compare them to the ingredients of soaps on the shelves. Your skin will know the difference.
2. What makes a good bar soap?
A good bar soap balances bar hardness (durability), lather quality (both fluffiness and stability), and moisturizing ability. These different properties come from the different fatty acids that make up molecules of the organic vegetable oils we use as the base of our herbal soap. Unfortunately, the fatty acids that are moisturizing are not those that contribute much to lather quality, and the ones that make great lather are drying to our skin. A perfect bar soap is the result of carefully balancing the fatty acids to maximize the bar's hardness, lather quality, and moisturizing ability.
3. Do your herbal soaps contain glycerin?
Glycerin is a natural part of the vegetable oils we use to make our herbal soap, so it is a natural part of all our soaps. Our soaps qualify as "glycerin soaps," because glycerin accounts for 9-10% of the final product. Unlike most commercial soap companies, we retain all glycerin produced during the saponification process. Since glycerin is a sellable commodity, commercial soap makers remove it for sale, or they keep trace amounts for mention on their labels. Our soaps differ from clear "glycerin soaps" because our bars are not transparent. To produce their transparency, "glycerin soaps" contain a sugar-alcohol compound that can dry your skin.
4. Do your soaps contain lye?
In a properly produced soap, lye is a raw ingredient, but there is no lye that remains in the final product. All lye is consumed in the saponification process and presents no danger to you. Superfatting further assures that all lye is consumed. Any company that claims their soap is not made with lye is either promoting false information or doesn't understand the chemistry behind soap.
5. Do your herbal soaps contain SLS?
SLS (sodium laurel sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate) and other surfactants are often added to soaps to increase lather quality. They are commonly found in soaps, including many marketed as natural soaps, as well as glycerin soaps, liquid soaps, and shampoos. As synthetic compounds, SLS and other surfactants dry out your skin and, for many people, cause irritation. At Your Down to Earth, we use neither SLS nor any other surfactants. We don't believe in cost-cutting short cuts. Instead, we prefer to focus on making a high quality soap from organic oils that doesn't depend on surfactants for its lather. We carefully balance the oils in our base recipe to provide the proper fatty acid mix for a wonderful, rich - and most importantly - completely natural lather.
6. What are essential oils and fragrance oils?
Essential oils are pure plant extracts used for scenting or aromatherapy. Fragrance oils are synthetically made substitutes for essential oils. Many soaps, even those labeled "natural" contain fragrance oils. Often, a soap label will say "contains essential oils." However, such a label can be deceiving -- it is always important to check if it ALSO contains fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are problematic because, as synthetic compounds, they dry out your skin and irritate sensitive skin. All Your Down to Earth Soaps, as purely herbal soaps, contain only true, plant-extract essential oils. As always, read a product's label. If the ingredients includes the word "fragrance," "perfume," or "parfum," then it's synthetic and not-natural, even though its packaging may say it is a natural soap.
7. I have sensitive skin and can't use soap. Can I use your organic herbal soap?
Most skin sensitivities are aggravated by the synthetic ingredients in lotions, creams, make-up, and soaps. Without these ingredients, however, there is nothing left to irritate your skin. Many people who have had trouble with dermatologist recommended soap or "sensitive skin" soap have found success with Your Down to Earth's Herbal Soap. This is because even doctor recommended sensitive skin soaps contain many unnecessary chemicals that can, and do, irritate your skin. Again, always read the list of ingredients in your soap. Although many people with sensitive skin enjoy using our scented herbal soap varities, we recommend our Unscented Soap for people with extreme sensitivities.
- Flowers
- Patchouli Bar Soap
- Thyme Garden Bar Soap
- Peppermint Leaf Bar Soap
- Pink Grapefruit Bar Soap
- Oatmeal Spice Bar Soap
- Lavendar Bar Soap
- Blood Orange & Bergamot Bar Soap
- Unscented Bar Soap
- Lemongrass Bar Soap
- Forest Tonic Bar Soap
- Shea Butter Honey Oatmeal Bar Soap
- Gift Set 5 Bar Soap
- Gift Set 3 Bar Soap
- Baby Bum Cream
- Organic Baby (Sensitive) Skin Lotion
- Natural Lip Balm
- Soap Basket
- Tree Soap
