What is Glycerin Soap

What IS Glycerin Soap?

Glycerin Soap is a cooked soap that is dissolved into additional glycerin along with a few other ingredients in order to produce a transparent, re-meltable soap base.  This soap base is then remelted and skin safe fragrances and colorants are then able to be added.  Glycerin soap allows us to use wonderful skin safe fragrances and colors that are not able to withstand the normal soap making process.  Glycerin soaps are generally considered to be gentler, due to added glycerin, than your average sydnet bar of grocery store soap. 

Why has my favorite scent been discontinued?!

So the big question of the day, where is our favorite scents?!  Please bring them back!!

We have been seeing this question and response a lot in regards to us having to discontinue our very popular Sugared Lemon, Cedar & Saffron, Southern Gardenia, Summer Melon & Almond Delight scents in our products.

We want to let you guys know exactly why these scents are either no longer available or won't be available very soon.

In the case of these specific fragrances, it was not that we wanted to discontinue them but rather our supplier from whom we bought those fragrances oils from actually discontinued them on us.  This means that we actually can't get those specific scents anymore so we are forced to discontinue them in our own products.  If we had our way they would be sticking around for a VERY long time!

So please understand that this was not us choosing to discontinue these wonderful fragrances but rather we are unable to buy these scents from our supplier.  We LOVED LOVED LOVED these scents and when we found out we could no longer get those fragrance oils we where very sad and upset.  

We hope this gives a little insight to why these scents are no longer available and we truly wish we had different, better news for you!

Curt, Judy & Justine Norquist - Goldenwood Soap

August Updates for 2016

Update #1 - Scandinavian Festival 

We have had MANY people asking if we will be back at the Scan Fest this year.  The answer is sadly no, we love this festival but we decided to take this year off from going.  We are sorry to those who will miss us!  We love seeing you all and will miss the fun atmosphere!


Update #2 - NEW SHOW! - Westport Art Festival

That is right!  We are going to a NEW show in August, the 20th & 21st to be exact in Westport, WA.  We are really excited to be there and hope to see some of you there!  Details on show times & dates are below.

Westport Art Festival
August 20th -10am to 5pm
August 21st - 10am to 4pm

Where: Westport, WA
Westport Maritime Museum
2201 Westhaven Dr, Westport WA 98595

Update #3 - We are going on vacation

August 12th through the 21st we will be on a vacation or as Curt calls it, a "Stay-cation" and out of the office.

Shipping: Starting after 10am on August 12th (Friday) through  August 21st (Sunday) there will be no shipping.  All orders received during that time will be shipped out starting on August 22nd (Monday).

Phone Calls, Emails & Customer Comments:
Any phone calls, emails and customer comments coming in between August 13th & August 21st will be returned on August 22nd.

Facebook:
There will be scheduled posts going up on FB but any messages or comments received during our "Stay-Cation" will be returned August 22nd when we are back in the office.

Weekend Farmers Markets:
We WILL still be at the Gresham & Astoria Farmers Markets on the weekends.


That is all of our Updates for August!  If you have any questions, please email us at info@goldenwoodsoap.com .

Thank you!
Curt, Judy & Justine Norquist
Goldenwood Soap

A Rainbow of Soap!

Testing new soap colors!

It's a rainbow!  Okay, well maybe not the kind of rainbow you might see after a rain storm, but it sure is pretty none the less! 

I wanted to give everyone a little snapshot into our week.  Judy was busy all afternoon mixing and testing new micas and oxide colorants.  If some of these turn out well they will be used some to create new soaps.  She mentioned to me that she felt like it was Easter and she needed to be dipping eggs *laughs*.  

-Justine

We moved! (out to our new shop)

Yes we FINALLY made the big move out to our new soap shop.  Truth be told we have been out here for a few weeks but we wanted the dust to settle and just get used to our new rhythm, meaning we no longer work on top of one another (SO much space!).  So without further adieu welcome to our new Soap Kitchen!

The main hub, AKA Soap Making Station

The other side, the less main hub ;).

The Soap Kitchen, in all its beauty.

The Soap Queen's Station (AKA Judy's desk)

The Indentured Servant's Area (AKA Curt & Justine's desks)

Another angle of both desks (and our pretty view!)

Our AMAZING view while washing soap dishes.

Our soap curing room, it smells SOO good!

 

Judy has been BUSY!

I hope you enjoyed the small little tour!  It has been SUCH a blessing from God to finally be out here.  Have a great day everyone!  - Justine - AKA Judy and Curt's daughter

Eleanor Rose

One of these is not like the others....

While our herd is primarily LaManchas we decided to add something a little different into the family.  Meet Ages Ago Acres Eleanor Rose (the long eared on the left),  Ellie is our 14wk old, purebred Nubian doe kid transplanted all the way from Couch, Missouri.  While I am not branching out from my wonderful earless wonders I found myself missing having an eared goat in my herd, and come on how can you say no to such a cute face?


I am loving having Lil' Miss Ellie here, not only is she sweet as sugar & a cuddle bug but she fits in like she always lived here.  Eleanor lives for her morning snuggles and never misses out on the chance to nibble your nose, she is a fun addition and I love having a long eared Nubian back in the herd.



Her first day here consisted of terrorizing all the other kids with the large appendages hanging from her head.  I shouldn't have laughed like I did but it was too funny to see porr Ellie trying to make friends only to have the other kids run away.  No worries because that turned out to be a great thing, it allowed her to slip right into the herd and avoid being bullied, which can happen quite often when introducing a new member.  

While it took a week or so for everyone to settle down and now she has become fast friends with my two oldest girls also featured in the photo (Sarah and Faline).  They are never far from each other, whether it be out in the pasture or in the barn you can always find them getting into some sort of mischief.

It is a wonderful sight to see those large ears flapping in the wind when all the kids come racing into the barn :).

Eleanor says "Hello!"

Cupcake Making Progress

For those that have seen some of my soap cupcakes on facebook, here's how I'm progressing on learning to make them.




"Clementine Cupcake" cupcake soaps with hearts made from leftover soap on top. Not bad.





Hmm. I think the room was tilting when I made some of these. These are scented with lavender and mint.




Two steps forward, and one giant step back. I used the wrong frosting tip and the soap started to get too hard before I could finish piping it. This is scented with lavender and mint too.





My best attempt so far. Yep, lavender and mint scented.