Shopping in Garner NC for a soap that I could shave with, I’ve tried all
kinds of soap products. I was told a time back, that I was shaving my skin in
the wrong direction and that I needed to follow way the hair laid to the face.
Well it helped some, but I still got bumps and skin iratations.

I tried name brands soaps, bar and liquids, I tried shaving creams and still
the same problems. Then I remembered my mom used to make homemade soaps,the old-
fashioned kind, “you know” the kind with animal fat and lye, she would burn oak
wood and soak the ashes in water to make the lye if she could’nt get box lye.

I went to one of my older sisters to get the recipe and I got an old wash-pot,
all my supplies and got started making lye soap. I followed the recipe, used
lord instead of vegetable oil. I used lye, I boild it to the right temperture
and poured to molds, “WOW! I GOT SOAP” well it looked odd, had a strange smell
and got slimy after washing with it. I asked myself, what went wrong?

Well I did eventually make a good batch of lye soap, after about four tries. I learned a lot from this, not to mention the humorous jokes that was made about
the soap that looked like cheese, clay pies, half cooked bread and more memorable
ones I won’t mention. I used and sold untill it was gone but the soap did not work
on my skin problem.

Once more I learned from this by learning how much work goes into making a good product.
How much time and effort it takes to package the product, pricing, selling and promoting.
I also learned while making soaps, your heart have got be into this craft, or it’s not for you. I did find a soap maker that I buy from now and it’s all natural, made in local NC
by HOPE SOAPS. I buy Hope Soap at the North Carolina State Farmer’s Market, located 6 miles from Garner NC

I tried the soap in spring 2006 at the NC State Farmers Market Craft Fair in Raleigh NC, I
was blown away! after the first use of the soap and I still use it. I don’t have the skin
problems I had before, it’s packaged nice and professional, the colors are great and it smells good but not too much scent, it cleans and suds up great.

Hope Soaps are handmade and contain a variety of natural ingredients, including Neem. Since Neem is proven to have anti-bacterial, anti-viral properties, these soaps are beneficial for many skin ailments. Hope Soaps are true alternatives to synthetically produced soaps.

With Hope Soaps and JustGreen Inc. a non-profit company that plant Neem trees in africa
and other parts of the world for taking back the deserts of the world.
I love this product and its a win! win! All Hope Soap and Little Hands sales will support the Neem tree project in West Africa

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