Yay!!!!! My First Official Review!!!

And THANK GOD it's a good one!!!! :-) Done by the most adorable girl, Lauryn, who requested some sample back in the fall from me.  Thank you so much Lauryn!! I hope you loved them!! 

Click Here To Watch Her Review!

If anyone is interested in following Lauryn's reviews, she can be found at Lauryn Makeup

New Christmas Sleigh Ride Soap!!

 Purchase from Etsy!

"Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing ...Ring ting tingle-ing too...Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with yoooouuuuu...."

This soap is a wonderful blend of peppermint, pine trees and warm spices and will only be around for the Holiday season!

A saponified blend of Coconut Oil, Olive Pomace, Palm Oil, Avocado Oil, Castor Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, all natural mineral oxides for coloring and custom blended fragrance.

This soap is made using the old-fashioned cold process method using skin benefiting vegetable oils and high quality fragrances.

 Each bar is hand-cut and weighs between 4 - 5 oz. No two bars will ever be alike. They each come individually packaged in 100% recycled paper boxes, hand stamped and decorated with a beautiful identifying ribbon.

Turning Over a New Leaf

Autumn is a season of change. So I've been toying with the idea of getting an online degree in Nutrition for a while and I've finally signed up to do so! My books should be here next week and I'm so excited to start learning!

Also, I figured, since I'm going to be getting married in just about a year and I fully expect to look great on my big day, I'm hoping learning about Nutrition along the way will help me with my goals.

Over the next months, along with sharing my new and wonderful soaps...(which btw, the latest and greatest this week is my new Christmas Sleigh Ride Soap! An intoxicating blend of Pine Trees, Peppermint and Warm Spices! Find it at Kupala.etsy.com soon)...I plan on sharing with you my in depth journey of eating right, exercising and the revelations therein.

I'm looking forward to sharing my nutrition learning experiences with you all in the hopes that I will end up where I want to be (about 40 lbs lighter!) :-D

Just Some of the Lastest an Greatest!

Hi All!

Been a while since I came on here and thought I should write a quick post to let you know I'm still alive! :-)

Been working my soap making butt off lately! Be sure to check out all the newest soaps at http://www.kupala.etsy.com/!

Newest Addictive Concoctions Include:

Lemon Poppyseed Mango Butter Soap
Strawberries and Champagne Soap
Sweet Pine Soap
White Amber & Ginger Mango Butter Soap
Vanilla Latte Shea Butter Soap
Pumpkin Pie Shea Butter Soap
Ocean Daze Mango Butter Soap
Lavender Peach Shea Butter Soap
and so much more!!!!

Happy lathering!

New MOM Soap (Milk, Oatmeal & Honey)!

When I first decided I wanted to make a milk soap, I knew it had to be an Oatmeal, Milk & Honey soap. I asked my mother how you said Oatmeal, Milk & Honey in Ukrainian and she said it was "Malako", "Ofsienka" and "Myod" (phonetically spelled of course!!) :-) Well, I took the first letter of each word and it spelled MOM, which related perfectly. Not to mention an Oatmeal, Milk & Honey soap seems just like a "Mom" kind of soap! :-)

Since there would be no real swirl design with this one, I decided to go back to my log mold, which actually worked out well, since this time I wanted to line my top with whole oatmeal and a dash of cinnamon.

This milk soap is a saponified blend of whole milk, coconut oil, olive pomace, palm oil, avocado oil, castor oil, jojoba oil, beeswax, hand-ground oatmeal, honey, cinnamon and Oatmeal, Milk & Honey Fragrance.

New Firebird Soap!

I've sold out of all my Firebird soap on Etsy and have just made another batch! This is my 3rd concoction of Firebird and my prettiest to date!!

I used my new mineral oxides for coloring and they work the best by far! Going to cut into it in about 4 hours and see how the bars came out. I'm VERY happy with my swirls and new slab mold!

Firebird is a saponified blend of Olive Pomace, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Palm Oil, Wheat Germ, Beeswax, Essential Oils of Lavender, Spruce, Sweet Orange, Clove, Sandalwood and Tea Tree, and the following spices for a light exfoliating feeling: Turmeric, Cinnamon, and Pumpkin Spice.

A zesty endeavor, the Firebird soap, is a FANTASTIC soap that many have become hopelessly addicted too, including my boyfriend!

My Etsy Store!!

Kupala Soap is now up on Etsy!

Click here to check out all the wonderful soaps available!!