What helps relieve minor skin irritations such as eczema and psoriasis?

Pine Tar

There are many plants in nature that help relieve the irritation that often occurs with eczema and psoriasis. We use a variety of these plants on our skin products. Pine Tar comes from Pine trees and is said to help sooth itching and flakiness of the skin. Calendula, part of the Marigold family, contains anti-inflammatory properties which helps to reduce swelling and dryness as well as retaining moisture in the skin. Try one of our pine tar and calendula soap bars for any eczema or psoriasis issues.

Calendula

We have already had the pleasure of hearing positive feedback about our calendula soap bars for a customer with eczema.  It has worked so well for them they returned to us to order an entire loaf of our calendula soap! Great to hear such wonderful feedback about our products!

Natural Bug Spray

We introduced our natural bug spray this Spring 2015 and it has been a huge success! After doing some research we came up with two different scents containing essential oils said to repel bugs. In addition to being a bug repellent, the spray is a skin moisturizer. Floral is lavender, lemongrass and peppermint scented, Woodsy is cedarwood, rosemary, eucalyptus and peppermint scented. Sometimes i will spray myself just for the aromatherapy properties of the essential oils and how it makes me smell.

I have also discovered I can use these bug sprays on my two dogs! Earlier this year my dogs continuously had ticks and mosquito bites on them after being outside. After spraying them with our natural bug sprays before letting them outside I noticed they no longer attracted ticks nor had any mosquito bites!

Our bug spray is FREE of toxic pesticides!!

Where to find me?

12/5 & 12/6 4th Annual Holiday Swing 
Saturday Dec 5th 10am-8pm and Sunday Dec 6th 11a,-6pm
The Uptown Shoppes, 3600 Broadway, KCMO

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West Coast To Midwest

Our family about 15 years ago.

MacSuds Soap Co. is made up of my Mom, Sandi, the business woman and artist behind this whole creation, me, Tabitha, the tester of products, and helper of new creations and scents; and very soon my sister, Heather, as a sales consultant in the Texas area. Our dad, Greg, is also involved in our family business as the craftsman of our soap dishes. We have all recently transitioned to the Midwest from Northern California within the last few years. Our parents, my husband and I have settled down in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, while my sister, Heather is stationed at Ft. Hood in Texas as she is currently serving in the United States Army.

Mango Face Bar, can I use it on my body?

Yes, you can any and all of our hand crafted soap bars on your entire body. This particular bar contains Frankincense, Myrrh, Ylang Ylang, and Tea Tree essential oils, all great for helping with the irritation of acne which for a lot of people occurs on their face, thus the Face in the name of our bar. Of course, if you suffer from acne anywhere on your body or simply enjoy the mix of oils and ingredients in this bar, feel free to use it on your entire body!

Check out our other acne helping products: Bentonite Clay Herbal Mask, Drawing Balm, Skin Polish, Charcoal, Calendula, Tea Tree soap bars.

Products for Acne

 We have multiple skin products for help with treating acne; Bentonite Clay Herbal Mask, Charcoal, Pine Tar, Calendula, Mango Face Bar, Tea Tree soap bars, Drawing Balm, and Skin Polish.  

Charcoal

The Bentonite Clay Herbal Mask is chalked full of great products to help pull impurities and toxins to the surface of your skin, increase blood circulation and rejuvenation of the skin. After applying the mask and rinsing you will notice the increase in blood circulation by the slight pinkness in your skin where the mask was applied. Never fear! It will go away soon, time is different per person.

Mango Face Bar

The Charcoal, Pine Tar, Calendula and Tea Tree soap bars all contain different ingredients said to help with acne problems. Charcoal helps draw the impurities out of the skin. Pine Tar, Calendula and Tea Tree all help to sooth inflammation and rid bacteria associated with acne issues.

Pine Tar

Mango Face Bar is packed full of not only activated charcoal and australian red clay to pull impurities from the skin, it also contains essential oils said to help with acne: Frankincense, Myrrh, Ylang Ylang, and Tea Tree.

Drawing Balm is a cream that can be applied to specific acne spot to help bring the problem to a head.  This product may stain so best to cover cream with bandage and leave on for multiple hours for best results, overnight if possible. It contains activated charcoal as do the products mentioned above, as well as Lavender and Tea Tree essential oils. Lavender is soothing to inflamed acne areas and Tea Tree is a great antibacterial.

Calendula

Skin Polish contains Ylang Ylang, Tea Tree, Frankincense and Myrrh essential oils which are all great for treating acne as mentioned in the other products above. In addition it exfoliates the skin promoting new skin growth and blood circulation.

Tea Tree

With all that said, we have a few great products containing awesome ingredients for treating acne. We hope you give them a try and enjoy using them as much as we do!

Where to find me?

11/21 Oak Park HS Booster Club Craft Fair 9am-4pm
825 NE 79th Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64118

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How long will a bar of our handcrafted soap last?

The length of time your bar of handcrafted soap will last depends on a few factors: curing time, drainage between use, and amount of usage. After a batch of our handcrafted soap is poured it will harden for at least 24 hours then removed and left alone for another 24 hours. The soap loaf is then cut into bars and left to cure (dry) for 4 weeks. The longer the soap is left to cure the harder the bar will be as well as adding to the length of time the soap might last. To help the soap bar last even longer it is best to use something that allows proper/complete drainage of the bar in between usage. A soap net, a mesh sack you place the soap bar in and can hang to let dry between use. A soap deck is also a great way to allow the soap bar to dry between use by allowing air to circulate around the bar of soap.

With that said, if the soap has cured for about 4 weeks or longer and provided drainage to dry between use, a bar of our soap will last 2 to 3 months, depending on use.

Where to find me?

11/14 Yuletide Market 9am-3pm
Platte County Middle School
900 Pirate Dr., Platte City MO

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Custom Orders of Handcrafted Products

Yes, we take custom orders for our products! Do you have a baby or wedding shower coming up? Why not have custom soaps made to hand out to your guests, custom from color, scent,add in exfoliants and clays, design and custom logo if requested? It is a memorable gift to give to guests, it's a consumable item each of your guests can use, and who doesn’t use soap, and lastly you had creative input on the design of the gift! We typically place each soap bar in an organza bag, color of the customer’s choice, but can also discuss custom packaging. Let us do the work!

Do you love one of our soap bars and want to order an entire loaf of one type, or you may want an ingredient added or withheld, then order an entire loaf of soap your way!

Talk to us today about your custom order!

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Where can you find me?

THIS WEEKEND!
11/7 Belton Holiday Extravaganza 9am-3pm
Belton High School - 801 W North Ave, Belton, MO 64012, USA

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What is glycerin and why is it important?

Glycerin is a natural skin humectant, which means that it attracts and retains moisture on your skin; it is like a natural skin lotion in the soap.  Glycerin is retained in handcrafted soap, opposed to commercial soap, in which the glycerin is extracted and sold to industries where it is used in pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, and other products.  By retaining the glycerin in handcrafted soap the consumer gets a mild, pure soap that gently cleanses the skin without irritating or drying.

What is the Saponification Process?

The Saponification process happens with a specific amount of oils and butters are mixed properly with sodium hydroxide (lye). Once this process happens, the lye is neutralized and glycerin is created.  There is no harm from the lye once it has been through the saponification process.

Jennifer Soap

 

Importance of Butters and Oils

Oils & Butters make moisturizing soap

Shea butter, coconut oil and olive oil are the main butters and oils we use in our soaps.  They are great for moisturizing the skin and retaining moisture within the skin.  Another important part of using butters and oils in soap making is to complete the saponification process.

Soaps without Lye and why they are bad for you

The only way you can get a soap like product without using lye is to add a surfactant like sodium lauryl sulfate to water. Surfactants create lather, so you’re basically just getting lathery water that will act as an industrial strength detergent. As mentioned, a lot of surfactants can be irritating and so strong that they are very drying to the hair and skin. This is the super cheap way big companies go about creating shampoo, dish soap, and other liquid soap-type things in our lives. These concoctions are not true soap, but since they’re mostly water, chemicals, and petroleum byproducts, they sure are cheap.

Melt and Pour Soaps, are they lye free?

Melt & Pour clear soap (store bought NOT handcrafted)

Some people think that using a melt & pour soap base is a good way to get around using lye. While this may be true, first off the melt & pour soap was made with lye by somebody else, so it was still involved in the process, and secondly, the melt & pour bases often have questionable ingredients in them, like sodium lauryl sulfate (known to be irritating), so if you’re worried about irritation, handcrafted soaps from scratch are your best option.

Why do you need Lye in soap?

Soap is an alkali (like sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) combined with fats. So, by the very definition of “soap”, you cannot have soap without lye. That is like trying to make a baking soda and vinegar volcano without the vinegar. No vinegar and you’ve just got a pile of baking soda. No lye, and you’ve just got a bucket of fat.

It is important to use very precise amounts of lye, butters and oils in order to completely neutralize the lye and create a luxurious lathering soap that will moisturize the skin.  We pride ourselves in having this calculation mastered and have never had any issues with the lye still being active in the soap.