Crispy Clean

I am very excited for finally being able to introduce a new soap! I envisioned this soap long time ago, but have searched in vain for months a true fragrance oil that will match my thoroughly fantasized picture of a perfect soap. Seven years ago I had a  chance to travel to Sicily. It was the end of May, but the summer had already arrived on that beautiful island. To this day, I have not yet visited a more beautiful place in this world and still did not find a place where I would prefer to go on holiday - at any time. Textures, color, smells and sounds all created a divine mixture that stayed carved in my mind forever. Unfortunately, I did not have a camera at that time, and some video recordings that I made, are lost somewhere in the moving boxes, and being far away from home for some time now and without any intentions to go back any time soon, I seriously doubt that I will ever draw them to the light of day. I guess I will have to actually travel to Sicily again. As this is highly unlikely to happen any time soon, I decided to create my Sicily soap. With a breath of Mediterranean sea breeze, pinch of Italian sand, glimpse of sunshine at noon and luscious aroma of ripe lemons.

Crispy Clean

And here it is, finally, piled together photographed on my garden table on a last sunny day in this rainy corner of Europe.

Attention! Wet soap alert! :)

As with all my soaps, I always go for simple lines in my design. Over the years, I created my personal aesthetic preferences, and I tend to strive towards simplicity that is carefully conceived to carry the same visual message of my brand.

I never mix more than three colors in my designs, and I pay equal attention to textures as well as to beneficial proprieties of oils, butters and other additives that I decide to put in my soap.

Fresh from the mold

It is my firm belief as creators, we inevitably   transfer our thoughts and life values into our work. Our memories, strivings, experiences and fears are imprinted into everything we do. We often say that we put a lot of love into our creations and that we find it difficult and mostly impossible to soap when we feel bad, sick or anxious. And with a good reason indeed. We find it simply unimaginable to share undesirable feelings and bad energy. That is why every handmade item that you buy has a little (or more) of that extra special value. You won't find inspiration, love, happiness, excitement, laughter, personal affection and  joie de vivre in products created for hundreds of thousands of consumers. They are so often just sad little creatures sitting on some shelf of generic concept store of a popular brand. 

Chillin' in the graden

Unlike them, every handmade product has its story and a real person or people behind it. And based on the product itself, you can find out a lot about the creator as well, precisely because of the highly personal and individual nature of our output.

If you don't read this post and get one of my Crispy Clean soaps, you probably won't know that I have this dream of Sicily on my mind and that this soap is a materialization of my vision. But you will know that I had a very distinctive idea when I was making this soap. You will know that there was a reason why I mixed my base oils the way I did.You will know that I took time and effort in selecting that perfect fragrance with its subtle layers of crispy lemon peel, geranium, tarty grapefruit, blood orange, neroli and musk. You will notice wavy structure of the top, reminiscence of airy clouds on crystal blue sky and the beach sand that is soaked with salty sea water.

Nothing that is handmade can ever be repeated twice. Every handmade item that you buy or make has its story. Has your story. And they are all unique just like us. So I urge you to share those emotions, share the creativity and enjoy every second of it. No matter if it is a bubbly lather of your favorite soap in the shower, the texture of your favorite ceramic cup, the taste of you special cake recipe or the pattern of you hand knitted sweater.

Ingredients in Crispy Clean soap: Virgin Olive Oil, Palm Oil (from sustainable source), Coconut Oil, Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponyfying agent), Shea Butter, Avocado Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Natural Pigments (Ultramarine Blue, Iron Oxide, Titanium Dioxide), Crushed Apricot Shells (Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Shell Powder, Fragrance Oil.