Rave Reviews: "You can't beat it with a bat!"

Just today our mail box held several rave reviews.

Stephanie says:

Oh My Goodness! Thank you for making the Dental Soap w/xylitol! I think I ordered the soap from you in the summer and I'm just now reordering. My mouth and teeth feel and smell clean. My 8yr old doesnt like it, due to the soapy taste, so she uses coconut oil. If you ever make one that has more xylitol to mask the soap taste please let me know. $2.99 for over 6 months of use? You can't beat that with a bat! Thanks Again

(Tip for using Dental Soap with kids: Just use a tiny bit! They don't need much. To start, I just dab a wet tooth brush once on the soap and brush with that. You will be surprised at how much lather you get with just a dab. Your child will find the soap taste is pretty much gone!)

Marcella says:

I was given a box full of your products as a gift. wow!

how do you get the shea butter fluffy?

Answer: We whip it. That is the only secret to our whipped shea butter. It is, indeed....whipped. =)

We love to hear from our customers! Feedback is always appreciated and we're happy to answer any questions, anytime!

Where ARE my elves????

Cheeky Maiden Soap Co. gets excited about the Holidays. We love the yummy goodies, the time with families, the exchanging of gifts to show that you care. And we play Christmas music sometimes while we're working on our lovingly crafted items. We make everything from scratch in our workshop at our home.

Welcome to the soap room, real time:

Cheeky Maiden is toting these huge jars of salt just about everywhere these days for our salt parties:

There is a growing army of robots, butterflies, owls, and monsters!
Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive response to our newest offering- Pitty Party!
This little guy has been waiting forever to get sent off to South Carolina! =)

Lavender Oatmeal, curing as quickly as possible:

Woops! Our secret is out. Someone spotted an empty carton of all natural Pumpkin Ice cream with coffee grounds in the trash. Let's just say, everyone has their vice.
Finally, some elves!

Have you tried the new Chai Latte Soap?

We make the molds for our new beeswax candles ourselves and hand pour each one.

Bath Bombs. What more could be said????

We're stocked as good as we possibly could be. We have lots of local events. Consider yourselves warned. There may be a soap shortage in the future ;)

Revolutionize your Soap Nuts!

A Cheeky Maiden Soap Nut user recently blogged a review and shared an awesome technique for using them!

Rather not dig the soap nut bag out of your wet laundry? Want to use a liquid form but not have to worry about it going bad? Curious about how Cheeky Maiden Soap Nuts stack up to other brands?

Check out what she's got to say!

We love you a latte.

We let the cat out of the bag a few days ago on our Facebook page. (If you don't like us on Facebook, you should! You're missing chances to vote on upcoming soap flavors and short run sale announcements!)

Anyway, the Maiden was shopping at her favorite organic grocer the other day, in the bulk aisle, and lo and behold....Chai Tea.

Sniffing, sniffing, and sniffing some more, we've blended our own essential oils to get a really true chai latte scent.

The smell was heavenly when we poured it into our homemade log molds.

With just the right amount of real chai tea speckled throughout, and a gorgeous black swirl...

We think this one's gonna be a winner! You'll be able to enjoy it by the beginning of November 2010.

...and we hope you love it a latte.

Host a SALT PARTY!

Have you ever wondered what your house would smell like if Cheeky maiden moved in for a couple of hours?

This holiday season, gather your friends for a good dose of aromatherapy for a Cheeky Maiden Salt Party! Each guest will have the opportunity to create their very own custom bath salts from a variety of high quality spa salts from around the world, classic herbs and flowers, and 100% pure essential oils.

Cheeky Maiden will educate you about the fine art of bath salts and provide some recipes to get you started.

This is a great opportunity to create some home made gifts for friends and family members! Each jar includes a label that signifies that you made it yourself.

Details:

If you would like to host a party, and live in the metro Atlanta, GA or Birmingham, AL areas...

• Contact us at missi (at) cheekymaidensoap (dot) com for time and date availability
• Invite 10-20 of your friends. (We'd love it if you had a minimum of ten guests committed to coming.)
• You provide snacks, wine, coffee, etc and we provide everything else
• Parties last about 2 hours, usually beginning with a very brief intro of what Cheeky Maiden is, highlights of our best products, and Q&A. Then we'll move on to the fun part and get busy creating.
• Guests can purchase an unlimited amount of their own hand made bath salts at $5 per 8 oz jar. We bring high quality amber jars to ensure that the purity of your salt bath creation lasts. Again, this is a GREAT opportunity to make some special gifts for others!
• We will also bring along Cheeky Maiden Soap products for purchase.
• Party host receives 25 % off of her order for the evening/afternoon and the pleasure of having a great smelling house.

Clean mouths spout off about Dental Soap

Cheeky Maiden loves feedback. It's important to us to hear how our products are helping you have healthier skin, happier bodies, and cleaner...teeth? Yes. Teeth.

Here is just some of the feedback we've gotten recently about our Dental Soap.

"...the toothpaste is wonderful as well--my teeth don't feel sensitive and it feels very natural and i think even more clean than when i use the store brand..." (Kelsey, TX)

"I also started using the dental soap a while ago with my now 2 1/2 yr old. It has worked great! I have a bar I use for myself as well." (Elizabeth, GA)

"Just a note to tell you that I have been using the mint dental soap for the last couple of days and it is delightful, no soapy taste at all. Whatever your formula is, I like it better than the Perfect Prescription Mint and at 1/8th the price.

I find that I prefer the bar form to the shreds.

I'm anxious to try the clove, my cat showed some interest in the fragrance :-) but I don't want to have several open at the same time.

Bravo! I know that some people think that dental soap is a very weird concept but I will never go back to toothpaste!

Thank you!" (Maria, MD)

Bird Brained

(alternately titled, Why We Don't Use Emu Oil)

We've been busy this summer doing a rash of farmers markets. My favorite part of these is getting to talk to our customers, find out what is working well for them, and what they'd like to see more of!

I keep getting asked for Emu Oil Soap.

As you may know, we completely avoid the use of animal fats in our soaps and body care. (In fact the only "animal" ingredients you'll ever find are occassionally beeswax or raw milk, from local happy bees and cows.)

It's not that I'm a vegan, but mostly that the idea of rubbing animal fat on my skin sort of grosses me out.

Upon getting asked why we don't have emu oil soap, I usually respond that we don't use any animal fats. This last week I was met with, "Oh, it's not an animal fat. It's an oil."

Very reasonable confusion has amounted to exactly what is emu oil. They certainly are not squeezing the oil out of emus, I can tell you that much. It is not anything like the manufacture of lanolin from sheep either.

The emus are farmed, killed, ground up, and "rendered", and THAT is what you are receiving to rub on your crow's feet or whatever.

Not to mention, the high amounts of oleic acid found in emu oil rendered emu is comedogenic. (That's fancy talk for it can clog your pores.)

Why use emu oil when you can use pure and clean oils such as Neem Oil or Shea Butter for special skin needs? We find both of these oils/fats to be more than efficient!

Neem oil is the active ingredient in Cheeky Maiden Complexion Soaps. It gently refines the pores and can be helpful for both acne and aging skin. We've been selling our Complexion Soap for over three years and it works well for all skin types!

We also use 100% raw, unrefined shea butter in almost all of our soaps, as well as offer it on it's own as a moisturizer.

As far as emu oil goes? We think it's for the birds. ;)