Watching TV can be quite stressful as I can't help but watch the claims from mass commercial brands. Tonight, an advertisement for a "real soap" with 1/4 moisturising cream. Actually, real soap has 100% moisturisers - just pure plant oils, like these gorgeous soaps from Est. Conventional soaps need to "put back" the moisturiser because they take it out in the first place. Many soap makers strip out the moisturising glycerine because it is more valuable to sell it to the cosmetics industry. With many commercial brands, the moisturisers are also actually from petrol, not plants.These lovingly hand moulded Est soaps are made from olive oil. Est mix herbs, grains and oils in huge stainless steel bowls in their lovely old shop kitchen. Even better, they are free from palm oil (widely used in soap making because it's cheap), so they are not contributing to the deforestation of orangutan habitat. They last forever too -- my Nanna says we'll go broke selling them because people don't need to come back for months! natural beauty
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Hi guys, great new blog! Wonderful to have you join the community. These soaps are definitely gorgeous, and I couldn't help notice the lovely ceramics in this image. I own a piece that looks exactly like the largest ceramic vessel in the top left corner (with leaf imprint). I've been trying to find out more about the artist to profile them on my site. Are you able to point me in the right direction?
Best wishes, Steph
Steph - thank you so much for your positive words about our blog.
I do not know the name of the ceramic artist, but she shares a studio with the Oiko team. You can contact them via www.oiko.com.au
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