Lavender Living

Handmade Lavender Soaps

2007-01-13T16:53:00.000-08:00

At Beach Lane Lavender Farm, we hand-make our soaps from 100% vegetable oils of Olive, Sunflower, Palm, Coconut, Hemp, Jojoba, Sweet Almond, Avocado and Castor; butters of Cocoa and Shea; as well as herbal tea infusions and Goat's Milk. We add only 100% pure steam-distilled Essential Oils for their antiseptic, antibacterial properties, and their abilities to promote new cell growth and tone the skin. The raw materials we add are earthy botanicals (lavender buds, rose petals, green tea leaves, etc.), oatmeal and unbleached beeswax. We also super-fat our soaps for even milder cleansing and use only bio-oils rather than petroleum, animal fats or hydrogenated grain oils.
We add ground lavender buds and lavender essential oil to all our soaps. Lavender is a natural antiseptic cleanser that is soothing and healing to the skin. 100% natural oils is our trademark as we do not use any artificial or synthetic ingredients, fragrances and no animal fats.
Handmade soap differs from industrial soap in that, usually, an excess of fat is used in the soap to consume the alkali (super fatting), and the glycerin is NOT removed. Super-fatted soap, soap which contains excess fat, is more skin-friendly than industrial soap. In 1889, a viable way to separate the glycerin out of soap was finally implemented and today industrial manufacturers usually remove it and sell it as a by-product, which deprives the skin of the natural, moisturizing glycerin and generally leaves the skin dry. By definition these products are not "true soaps", but rather detergents as they use different chemical processes and ingredients to produce what they refer to as "soap". These soap-based products often contain the additive sodium laurel sulfate, to enhance foaming, which research has found to be harsh on skin. This product is also present in many non-soap cleaners for personal hygiene (shampoos, bath foams, toothpaste, etc.)

Lavender Gifts Baskets

2006-10-20T11:36:00.000-07:00

These Lavender Gift Baskets makes your Christmas shopping that much easier. Our unique lavender products, handsomely packaged, gives you the opportunity to give a gift that is unique yet very practical. We have taken the guess work out of knowing what to put into each basket by offering you four pre-made baskets with a selection of our most popular items. We can also replace any item for another of equal value if you so desire. You can still create your own basket, just let us know what you'd like to have in it and we'll wrap it up for you. Order your basket today and beat the Christmas rush.

Happy Shopping...

New Product - Lavender Wash

2006-09-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

Our long awaited Lavender Wash is here! We have had many requests from our customers over the past two years for a liquid soap, and it's finaly ready. We've kept the formula very simple; no additives or by-products; no sodium lauryl sulfate... just pure essential oil of lavender. The soap is versatile and gentle enough to use on your whole body; including the face. It cleans deep into your pours leaving your skin feeling fresh and smooth. We have some free travel size samples of Lavender Wash available... so come and see us at the Halifaxe Farmer's Market and try one out while supplies last. If you have already tried our liquid soap, send us a comment and let us know what you think.

What's Your Favorite??

2006-09-17T18:00:00.000-07:00

We are always interested in adding new products to our existing line of lavender delights. This fall we are asking you to let us know what your favorite lavender product might be. It could be a lavender culinary delight, something for the bath, body or aromatherapy? Please let us know as soon as possible and we might just have it ready for this Christmas. Thanks in advance...

Welcome to Our Blog Spot

2005-09-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

It is our plan here at Beach Lane Lavender Farm to create a helpful resource in this blog for all those who want to learn more about..... you guessed it; LAVENDER.

Lavender is a way of life, so we have appropriatly named our blog Lavender Living. Lavender indeed makes life worth living. So if your new to all of lavender's amazing benifits, we hope we can be of some assistance in shedding lavender light your way. We are just starting this blog so you can look forward for more to come. Don't forget to check out our online store:

www.lavendercanada.com

God bless....