It reminds me of that old joke- you know, a guy walks into a psychiatrist’s office and says: “hey doc, my brother’s crazy! He thinks he’s a chicken”. Then the doc says: “why don’t you turn him in?” Then the guy says: “I would but I need the eggs”. I guess that’s how I feel about relationships. They’re totally crazy, irrational, and absurd, but we keep going through it because we need the eggs.
- Annie Hall, 1977.
For Christmas I got from my brother this beautiful basket of hand made soap.
I had absolutely no idea that you could prepare your own soap at home. In fact all you need is lye, distilled water and natural oils (cocunut and olive oil are the most used). Of course you can add other oils, herbs or fragrances if you wish, but the most important thing is, from my point of view, that this hand made soap does not contain animal fat. But it does contain glycerine, which industrial soap usually doesn’t.
So not only are these soap bars very pretty, they also leave your skin smoother. I’m won over.
Honey soap
Coconut and cocoa soap
