Natural Matters
Blog URL http://www.rockymountainsoapvictoria.blogspot.com
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags Natural, Soap, Essential oils, Rocky Mountain Soap, Cosmetics, Shampoo, Skin care, Foot Butter, Natural ingredients
An ongoing discussion of what's going on at Rocky Mountain Soap in Victoria, BC at Mayfair Shopping Centre, musings on natural products, essential oils, and why natural matters in each of our daily lives.
Latest Blog Posts
- Mineral Oil - good or bad? on Sep 28, 2009 in Ingredients
Mineral Oil - sounds good right? Minerals are good, right? It is downright natural sounding. Well, almost. It is a petrochemical, and while crude oil is a natural product, found in the earth, few of us want to slather it on our skin. Furthermore...
- Parabens - Hype or a concern? on Sep 1, 2009 in Parabens Ingredients Natural
Parabens are used in cosmetics because they exhibit broad spectrum anti-fungal and antibacterial activity, that is, they kill fungi and bacteria that may contaminate and spoil cosmetics. You are most likely to encounter them in moisturisers, skin ca...
- What is Soap anyway? on Aug 22, 2009 in Soap Rocky Mountain Soap Natural
I get a lot of questions at Rocky Mountain Soap about, well ... Soap, as I guess I should since we sell more than 30 different kinds! The most common questions are: "What is soap anyway?", "Is your soap natural?" and "Do you have glycerin soap?", s...
- Are your Essential Oils pure? on Aug 11, 2009 in Essential Oil Ingredients
Adulteration: the willful and purposeful addition of cheaper oils, oil fractions, by-products, isolates, natural and/or unnatural synthetics, to reduce the cost of the oil. Essential oils are becoming more and more popular with the general consumer.
- Product Swap Results on Jul 29, 2009 in Natural Matters Ingredients Natural
The results of the Rocky Mountain Soap Company Product Swap in Victoria are in. It was a smashing success. Of the 522 products that we received, 3 were completely natural [epsom salts (2) and a deodorant (1)], 98% had more than one synthetic ingred...
- Fruit Extracts on Jul 28, 2009 in Essential Oil Fruit Extracts Ingredients Natural
There has been a trend in the use of natural fruit extracts in shampoos and conditioners for a few years now, but more and more we are seeing them in soaps and other bath and body care products in lieu of perfumes and fragrances. With the notable ex...
- Rocky Mountain Soap Product Swap! on Jul 17, 2009 in Events Rocky Mountain Soap Ingredients Natural
Are you an ingredient reader? I am. I find so many incomprehensible ingredients in personal care products these days. This is another reason that I fell in love with Rocky Mountain Soap Co.'s natural products - the ingredients. They only use natu...
