See this beautiful salt bar? I didn’t make it – Anhoki did. And after using it just once, I am determined to experiment some more with this type of soap. It is absolutely wonderful!!! You know how there are different qualities of handmade soap? Some are just three oils – the simple olive, coconut and palm oil soaps with maybe a little bit of shea butter. They work, but there are better soaps out there. My regular soap recipe has seven different vegetable oils and butters because I want it to be better than average. Apparently (knock me over the head with a brick), this same logic applies to salt bars. This is not a difficult concept, yet somehow I missed it! Most salt bar recipes out there have three oils or less – the one I experimented with had coconut oil, shea butter and castor oil. It was a decent soap, but the lather melted away rather quickly.

Now take a look at Anhoki’s soap. Look at all the lather!! And guess how many oils she used. Not three, not four, not even five, but SEVEN oils, PLUS coconut milk, witch hazel, and soy wax. Of course the fragrance is also out of this world. It’s called High Voltage, and it really reminds me of my Currantly Citrus soap. The one I custom blended to remind me of a candle fragrance. So good.

I’ve saved the best information for last. It’s how I acquired this fabulous soap from Anhoki. She had a little giveaway on her blog, and I unashamedly left a comment letting her know that the date of the drawing was my birthday! Now, this information might have swayed her to choose me, but regardless, I felt so blessed when she did and so thankful for the prize!