Scrumptious Soaps to tantalise your Taste Buds!... handmade by Simply Portugal Soaps - Day 5

This week's guest blogger has been the wonderful Simply Portugal Soaps & today they have definitely saved the best until last... get ready to feel very hungry this morning!...

For my last day I thought I would introduce you to some of our lovely soaps. I find that inspiration for the fragrances can run away with me if I’m not careful, and soapmaker Shelley and I are always trying to come up with something different. We really enjoy mixing fragrances to create something unique, and this is why we particularly love making soaps for wedding favours as we can take ideas from the bride and run with them to find something ‘just right’ whether we’re making soap bars, cupcake soaps or even a whole soap cake to be cut up and given to the guests.

Here is just a selection of our gorgeous fragrances…

Blue Amberwood – this is a wonderful ‘wake you up in the morning’ soap that’s just perfect for the shower, and men love it too.

Chamomile – a very gentle soap with added calendula, both soothing and healing ingredients that are perfect for sensitive skin.

Chocolate Gateau – a real blast of chocolate with a hint of strawberry, beautifully decorated.

Lavender – with a scent known for its relaxing properties, our lavender soap is just perfect for an evening soak in the bath.

Lime, Mandarin & Basil – this is an amazing soap full of citrus scents and earthy basil, and it’s another one that men and women both love.

Lovespell – the fragrance in this soap is just perfect for that very special night out. Our customers love this one!

Then our fun range of cocktails…

Cosmopolitan – with gorgeously fruity tangerine and cranberry to give you that citrus zing.

Kir Royale – the classic cassis and champagne, so very decadent and luxurious. 

Mojito – fresh lime and mint, a really bright ‘wake you up’ soap.

White Russian – coffee and cream, a beautiful creamy soap that’s perfect for a laze in the bath.

Our beautiful cupcakes…

Floral – a beautiful fresh floral fragrance, decorated with either violets or primroses. 

Rose Garden – that classic rose scent.

Neapolitan – vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, just like our favourite ice cream!

Banoffee – rich toffee and fruity banana, a really fun and indulgent soap.

Strawberry Sundae – strawberries and cream, the ultimate summer fragrance.

Cupcakes retail at £4.50 each.  Our soap bars sell at £3.85 each per 120g (as they are hand cut the sizes might differ slightly). 

The wedding favours are half bars, wrapped and presented in an organza bag in your choice of colour, or in a clear bag with a ribbon in your choice of colour, at £2.20 each.

 

Cake slices are available either as a whole cake at £70 or cut and wrapped individually at £4 per slice, these make perfect gifts offering great value for money.

All that's left to decide is which is your favourite?  Ours has to be the Banoffee!

 

Thank you Simply Portugal Soaps for a scent-sational week!  If you have been tempted by the gorgeous fragrances available, as well as the beautiful natural ingredients used, then here the details to be able to order these stunning soaps...

www.simplyportugalsoaps.com

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'A Week in the Life of...' Simply Portgual Soaps - Day 2

Design and Inspiration

The designs and ideas for our soap bars, cupcake soaps and cake slice soaps all come from nature and from the things we see and smell around us every day. Plants can be so inspiring, with their wonderful array of colours, perfumes and shapes, and we try to give a feeling of that in our soaps.

The spring cupcake soap ideas came from the pretty little spring flowers; those first ones to pop their heads up after the bleak cold winter. We used primroses and violets, with a few butterflies to remind us of the sunny days and the warmth soon to come.  Then we started thinking about summer and about how we could evoke the feeling of a hot sunny day. That’s easy, really – ice cream! So our new summery cupcake soaps will be ice cream inspired - Neapolitan, strawberry sundae and banoffee-scented soaps are all curing at the moment and will be ready for sale in May, and a scrumptious mint choc chip scent is in the pipeline.

Our soap cakes are so pretty, and of course they are inspired by our love of food! I have a passion for cake making so it was a great treat to be able to come up with some fragrances and design ideas for these lovely soaps. They cut into beautiful creamy slices and make wonderful presents or favours for weddings and parties.

Then we have our gorgeous original soap bars, with fragrances like Lemon Verbena, Lime Mandarin & Basil, Coconut, Lavender and Linden Blossom to name but a few. You can see that our love of nature comes through again with these, and they are all beautifully topped off with swirls and with little fruits or flowers all made with soap. We always try to have something for everyone, from the more traditional floral scents to really fresh and zingy fragrances to wake you up in the morning. And when we decided to have a bit of fun with our soap bars, the result was our cocktail range, which is just so much fun. The booze-free treats are brilliant for hen night favours, and they also make fabulously different gifts for any occasion. 

Of course, our soaps are also inspired by the beautiful Portuguese countryside and the natural Portuguese ingredients, like the olive oil and goats’ milk, that go into our soaps. Walking round the pottery markets of the Algarve I was inspired to commission a talented local potter, who now makes exclusive soap dishes for me that bring the colour and flavour of traditional Portuguese pottery to our soaps. Our soap bars fit perfectly in the dishes, and our gift packs, with a pottery dish and one or two soap bars of your choice, make a wonderful gift beautifully packaged in organza.

Tomorrow you can find out more about where you can visit Simply Portugal Soaps and experience the smell and texture of these luxurious soaps in person... if you can't wait until then pop over and say hello to them on Facebook now!

 

www.simplyportugalsoaps.com

simplyportugalsoaps@gmail.com

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