New from New Hampshire

[johncbee]

Hi All,
I have been lurking and poking about for a while now and joined up a couple of weeks ago. I have been making cp soap for about a year now and I have gotten many ideas and techniques from you.
I got interested in soapmaking while I was at a bee conference last year in Vermont. There was a presentation about value added products from the hive which I didn’t think that I would be interested in at all. The beekeeper/soapmaker said how using handmade soap with beeswax would help with dry skin and eczema. My wife has problems with her psoriasis so I thought that I would try it. Well it worked so well that we have used nothing but our beeswax soap since then.
I make 8 different scents now and will probably make more as I grow more. I am looking forward to trying a shaving soap so that might be my next experiment.
Thank you all for your help,
John

 

[My Mountain Soaps]

welcome! and dont you just love being proven wrong at times? there are lots of medicinal uses for soaps, especially when combined with essential oils. But shhhh, we arent allowed to advertise that

 

[CaraBou]

What a great success story! Welcome to the forum -- I'm looking forward to reading (and seeing!) more of them.

 

[pamielynn]

Hey John, welcome. I'm from NH - well I was until I had to move to Texas

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Glad the beeswax worked! I imagine it's nice having the bees and the wax for soaps - very handy.

The closest I've been to New Hampshire is the original one, when I would drive down and visit people near the coast! Both have a Portsmouth near by, too.

 

[shunt2011]

Hi John and welcome. So glad you found something that works and have expanded into making it yourself.