Kicking Up Some Fun With Bergamot Boots! ~ 9/19/10

As most of you know....

Miss Emily & Buckey

My daughter has been taking horseback riding lessons.  She really enjoys her latest adventure and it has inspired my soap making into "Bergamot Boots!"  I love to put great words together and make products that knock the 'socks' off my clients.  It is my hope that my soap will make them spend more time relaxing in the bath!  So, kick off your boots and soothe your spirit head to toes!  This Citrus Bar was made for you!

Simple Pure Ingredients Make a Lovely Soap for your skin:

Saponified: Olea Europaea (Organic Olive) oil, Elaeis Guineensis (Organic Palm) kernel oil. Avena sativa (Organic Oat) ground meal, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit oil.




   
Bergamot essential oil ( Citrus bergamia )

Bergamot essential oil has antibacterial, deodorising, refreshing, soothing, and uplifting properties which make it excellent for body skincare preparations, for ensuring healthy and vital skin. Bergamot essential oil has a fresh, citrus and slightly spicy aroma and is powerfully refreshing, uplifting and invigorating and helps maintain a balanced mood. Dr Nicholas Monardes who wrote a book about the plants of America in 1569, named the plant Bergamot because the scent of its leaves resembled the Italian Bergamot Orange, Citrus Bergamia from which an essential oil is made. FCF at the end of Bergamot indicates that the furocoumarins (namely bergaptene) have been removed by steam distillation. Bergaptene free Bergamot (FCF) reduces the susceptibility to photosensitizing and is the preferred bergamot for safe use in massage blends and in perfumes.  Bergamot essential oil FCF originates from Sicily and is extracted by cold expression of the fruit peel.
The idea of taking my Olive & Palm Kernel Oil Oatmeal Soap Blend and adding Bergamot Essential oil was easy inspiration.  The olive oil I use in my soap I buy locally, but has been imported from Italy.  In the above research I found that Bergamot EO had originated from Sicily.  This began my wheels turning!  I'm sure those looking at me could see them turn! :)



Enjoy!

keepitbubbly!~ Jeri