Ingredient & Product News
soaps
New products ideas 2011
We have a couple of new products ideas using infused oils made from some homegrown herbs and berries plus cold-pressed Welsh rape seed oil by Blodyn Aur (means gold flower) from crops grown on farms located in Conwy and up to Anglesey. The products will be on sale from mid October.
soap wrapping
We've had a record breaking end of year for soap sales, wrapping and packing well into the evening hours. Rather unfortunately it seems Mitzu is drying off her milk supply already which is probably due to it being minus 10 degrees C here in the North Wales hills and covered with snow for most of December so we will have to get thinking - do we make use of Billy and risk another little boy goat to raise as another expensive pet like Casper or bring in a nanny already in milk. I think the nanny will be the way forward this time as space is limited and what if one of our goats has 4 kids ... and if they were all boys, we would have to toughen up our ways of thinking. So, for now, Billy will have to go on being confined to the back of the stable when our Yumyum and Mitzu go into heat for 3 days each every month until March. Outside these times of the month he goes back in with them which is okay as they aren't interested in his high spirited attempts to be more than friends.
Welsh lavender
We are very excited to announce that in the near future we will be sourcing our lavender essential oil and floral water straight from the Welsh Valleys. This photo taken by Mari Sterling shows the lavender field in full bloom - We shall keep you posted.
Welsh Slate Soap and Patchouli & Lime Soap
Our new soaps are now available online. These are Welsh Slate & Sage - its unique, using Welsh slate powder rather than the more usual green and red clays, and Patchouli & Lime - which reminds us of the smell of chocolate lime boiled sweets. Both soaps have been very popular this Xmas past, especially at craft fairs, so we are very pleased.
new soaps coming soon
We have two new soaps in the pipe line ready to emerge 19th September. These are an earthy Patchouli & Lime and a unique Welsh Slate & Sage. We chose Penryn slate powder as a change from commonly used clay powders. The soap will be very slightly exfoliating so good for gardener's hands.
planning new products
First,our thanks go out to Mariama Adam and Ayi Haruna from the Akoma cooperative in Ghana who made this months consignment of perfect unrefined shea butter.
Seeing new buds ready to unfurl on our garden shrubs, purple, yellow and white crocus brightening the drabber areas of flower beds and daffodils almost in flower we feel inspired. We now have ideas for new and very interesting products to add to our range around June/July time.
our driveway Feb 09
There's not much going on in the workshop as our delivery man, Gwyndaf, cant get his van up our track to collect parcels and bring in stocks of oils and butters. Once this snowy spell passes we can get on with production, it is beautiful though.
unrefined organic cocoa butter
We have just received our new consignment of delicious chocolaty scented organic and unrefined cocoa butter. The cocoa beans that the butter is extracted from are sourced from small-scale farmers in Uganda who farm a combination of cocoa, coffee and papaya, the beans are then processed in Kenya
akoma cooperative
We were delighted to receive our order of top quality unrefined shea butter from the Akoma Women's Cooperative, Pusu Namago, Ghana. In the future we are hoping to buy their virgin coconut oil, cocoa butter and black soap. For more info please click on the Akoma tab on the home page.
New Laughing Bird Products January 2008
We have five new products which are now available to buy.
Honey and orange blossom body wash with cocoa butter,coconut and lime
Honey and shea butter hair food with kukui nut,avocado and olive
Lavender and chamomile soap
Honey and shea butter sugar scrub with black soap, baobab and almond
Honey and shea butter body lotion with rooibos, moringa and rose
Pleases contact Helen or Mark if you require any further details
We hope you enjoy our new range....
