When I’m quiet here, it usually means that I’m busy with something important. This is what I have been doing! You are looking at over 600 bars of soap – it’s the most I’ve ever made in a month!
Yes, soap will be loaded back into inventory on Monday and ready for sale at 8:00 am EST! I will have all of the soaps you’ve seen in the past but also some new ones!
Let’s talk about the new soaps that will be available on Monday!
Lavender Mint. This is a SUPER Moisturizing soap – the most moisturizing soap I make – and it all started from a mistake! Some of my best soaps have come initially from mistakes! It is scented with Lavender and Peppermint essential oils and is packed with moisturizing oils and shea butter!
Lavender Twist is a basic soap that is scented with lavender and grapefruit essential oils. It is dusted on one side with ground lavender buds. It’s bright and fresh and clean!
Patchouli! I made this soap because several of you requested it. Patchouli is great for oily skin and for teenage acne!
Ciao Bella! This is my kitchen soap! Because we wash our hands so often while cooking, I wanted a soap with an amazing scent that wouldn’t dry out my hands when spending long days in the kitchen cooking, canning soap-making and more! Basil essential oil also has anti-bacterial properties. Win! Win! It is made with organic Basil, Basil essential oil and sun-dried tomatoes for a fleck of color. It smells amazing!
Green Thumbs! This is my gardener’s soap! I use this after spending time in my greenhouse and garden! It has a bit of sand in it to help exfoliate and to get that dirt off your hands after digging in the garden! It is moisturizing and is lightly scented with Sage essential oil.
It takes many days of making soap, cleaning up after soap, labeling soap and beginning Monday, shipping soap! Then my kitchen will look like this as I pack out your orders! I love making soap but I wanted to let you know that 600 bars a month is probably not sustainable for me during gardening season.
This is my kitchen laboratory – this is where I create herbal concoctions, process herbal tinctures, make soap, can veggies from the garden, meet with customers and pack your orders for shipping.
I wanted to let you know that for the next few months at least, I will be going back to my normal soap making routine of about 150 bars a month. More if I have a free day but my goal is 150 bars a month. Garden season is in full swing and demands my attention, I have my husband to care for and a 93 year old mom that needs help. There are grandbabies to visit ( a new one just 2 months old!) and kids to spend time with…not to mention my real job of helping people find natural solutions to their health issues using herbs and oils! My plate is happily full!
I didn’t want anyone to be caught unaware of this and be disappointed if next month there is a much smaller selection of soaps. Y’all have been amazing and I have almost sold out each time I’ve launched a soap sale. Thank you so much!
I’ve also received the sweetest notes about how much you like my soap and why. I’d be so appreciative if you would share those thoughts in a review of my soaps here on the website.
I have something new coming also! I’ve made a salve for years with spring herbs that is comfrey based. It is all natural and organic! I pick the herbs myself, dry them, macerate them and create a topical salve that is amazing for supporting your skin when it is injured or irritated. I’ve had to change the name because the FDA doesn’t like us to use the words “heal or healing” so the new name of my salve is simply Green Herb Salve. It will be available in 1 oz and 2 oz tins. I’m just waiting on the labels from the printer which hopefully will be available next week. You won’t believe how effective this salve is!
There will also be other salves soon. These are salves I’ve made and sold for years…Jewelweed, Arnica, Lavender, Tea Tree and another for “discomfort” that took me several years to develop. It just needs a more compliant name 🙂
Next post, I will share a basic soap recipe for beginners! Several of you have asked and I am happy to share. Others have asked about classes in person for soap making, herbal medicine and the newest one I am working on – fermenting food! Those classes will begin when garden season ends. Anyone local (or not so local!) that is interested can reach out to me to get put on the list to be notified of classes. I am working on creating a video series of me teaching these classes so you can learn no matter where you live!
If we’ve touched base and I’ve neglected to get back with you, please reach out to me to remind me. I don’t want anyone to “fall through the cracks” but I admit I have been a bit overwhelmed and it is a possibility I’ve missed someone or lost a note to return a call.
Blessings,
Cheri
I just saw your segment on Texas Country Reporter. I’m very interested in your soaps and the herbal remedy for aches and pains (it was like a roll on deordant container). I would like a price list please.
Hi Clara! Soothing Salve will be in stock as soon as the labels arrive from the printer – I hope that will be this week!
It will come in a deodorant tube that is 2.65 ounces, it will also be available in a smaller 1 oz tin…I am still working on pricing! Thanks so much for your interest!
Hi! I just watched your segment on Texas country reporter. The soap with tea tree oil I think, I think it was the last one you talked about. I didn’t see that on your list?? Will you have that one?
I’d have to see the segment again to make sure but I believe it was Peppermint Tea Tree. Although it may be sold out after last night, it will be back in September.
Blessings,
Cheri
I saw your segment on Texas Country Reporter and checked your site, when will Lavender Mint be available, love those two scents, look forward to trying your product.
Judy
I’m sorry that many things sold out last night so quickly. Lavender Mint should be back the beginning of September!
Thanks so much for your interest!
I just saw you on Texas Country Reporter and I am interested in your Sweet Relief soap. My husband is allergic to poison ivy. Would you please let me know when you have some more for sale. I am going to be checking out the rest of your items. You remind me of my mom.
Hi Danna! Sweet Relief will be back the beginning of September!
what is the name of the soap used to dry up poison ivy? How much is the soap?
Thank You,
Judy Puryear
Morning Judy! That soaps is Sweet Relief and it sells for $8. It will be available again the beginning of September.
Hi Cheri,
I just saw the episode of Texas Country Reporter which included the segment about you. I had initially saw it when it first aired in April. I search in vain for you online, but had no luck.
Thankfully I found you tonight. I was able to order a couple of soaps. I look forward to ordering more when they are restocked. Hopefully I won’t be so late. I think your story is terrific.. What you are doing is so needed at this time. So many of us are looking for simple and cleaner things. Things which are good for both body and the environment.
Thank you so much.
I look forward to receiving my soaps.
God bless…
Morning Adelina (what a pretty name!)
I’d be glad to add you to my email list to notify you a day or so before they go on sale again if you’d like. Just let me know! I’m glad you found me! I appreciate your kind words!
Blessings,
Cheri
Cheri…
Yes, please add my email to your list.
I look forward to the next batch of soaps.
Enjoy the day.
All the best…
You’ve been added Adelina – thanks so much for your interest!
Also saw you on TCR. Could you put me on your email list for when you have Sweet Relief available again? My husband is terribly allergic to poison oak.
Also, which soap would you recommend for me – after years doing scrub-ins as an RN I have a patch on my hands that is continually cracked, especially now with the extra hand washing.
Thanks!
Hi Paula!
I will add you to my list! I would recommend any of the following soaps for over washed hands! Texas Rose, Spanish Castille, Avocado Dilly, Lavender Mint Moisturizer – all contain fine oils to moisturize skin!
Soaps are curing now and will be available early September 🙂
Good morning Cheri! Just as so many others have said, I initially saw the segment on TCR last Spring, but again last evening. Are you out of soap already? I’m hoping to buy a few bars for a dear friend of mine and myself. Is there somewhere on this website describing the different soaps? I love everything about everything you are doing. I’m a TX girl, but sure wish I lived near you. Looks like we’re about the same age and sounds like we have a lot in common. Please let me know if I’m too late ordering soap this month. Thank you!!
Hi Chris!
I tried to get ahead of Texas this time – over 600 bars of soap went up for sale this week…and BOOM! I think every last one of them has disappeared! If you go to the Shop tab and then go to the Soaps – you can see and read about each one. Make your wish list for September! Sounds like we are sister-friends!
Praying for Texas!
Cheri, how do you order your items? I’m very interested.
On this website – at the top you should see a drop down tab for SHOP. Once there you can click on the category you are interested in 🙂
Please add me to your list! I just saw this on Hill Country reporter. I have very dry skin and itchy skin. I am looking forward to your soap. Please mention your ordering site as I can it locate it. Thank you!
Sorry for my spelling, I can’t locate your ordering website.
It’s right here on my website – just go to https://themommyherbalist.com/shop/ and click on the category you are interested in! I afraid that there isn’t much left after the show aired last night but it will all be back by the beginning of September!
Hi Oliva,
My shop is right here on my website! Just find the SHOP tab at the top, go to the category you want and you can see and read about everything. After the Texas Country Reporter aired the show again last night- I think most things are sold out but they will be back the beginning of September!
Hi Cheri,
My name is Angie and I saw you on Texas Country Reporter. How do you order your products? Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.
Hi Angie!
It’s right here on my website – just go to https://themommyherbalist.com/shop/ and click on the category you are interested in! I afraid that there isn’t much left after the show aired last night but it will all be back by the beginning of September!
I just watched your segment on TCR. You are amazing! You really caught my interest in the natural remedies as well as your warnings about what we put on our skin. My daughter has very volatile skin (she had strep throat and contracted guttate psoriasis from scalp to toe crack and everything in between). It took the doctors almost a year to figure out what she had and treated her with many topical ointments which in turn caused other rashes to include steroid acne, folliculitis, etc. We spent a week at the beach, which was challenging for a 13 year old with a full body rash, but i noticed how her psoriasis patches were reacting to the salt water… Finally I took her off everything, started her at a salt cave (halotherapy which her dermatologist recommended against) and treated all rashes with Emuaid Max. This finally showed some results and proved to me 1: trust a mamas instinct and 2: trust in the natural remedies the lord has provided. It took a while but she was finally somewhat cured, until she had strep again and round two… we have since had her tonsils and adenoids removed to eliminate the risk of strep/rashes and hoping this girl can put these struggles behind her. Moving forward, we both are intrigued with how to heal skin rashes naturally and possibly help others with this challenge. I would love to hear what oils, ointments, and soaps you would recommend for psoriasis and major skin irritations that lay dormant in the body.
Hi Penni!
In my years of helping people, I have found that most skin issues are related to an unhealthy gut flora. Detox and restore the gut to health and most skin issues clear up. Topical things work sometimes but usually don’t totally clear the issue or the topical things can cause other problems with the body. Feel free to email me if you’d like to chat more about this. themommyherbalist@gmail.com
I just saw your segment on Texas Country Reporter and tried very hard to find you online. I would love to order some soaps from you. Thank you for keeping these skills alive!
Hi Michele!
That segment was filmed 6 years ago! My website name and location changed since then. They began airing that in April or May and it caught me off-guard! I have informed them of the correct website – I’m glad you found me however that happened! You can shop right here on my website under the shop tab!
However, since the show aired last night, I’m sorry to say that stock is slim to none. My current batches are curing and will be ready the beginning of September! Thank you for your interest!
Blessings,
Cheri
Hi Cheri ~ Loved your segment on TCR. Would you please add me to your email list for upcoming soap availability? Thank you so much! Vickie
Hi Vickie – I’m happy to do so! Just packed your order tonight! Thank you!
Thank you Cheri!
I would like to know if you have a book of your healing recipes for soap or anything else. I have battle almost fourth stage cancer and 10 surgeries and was left with a very low immune system and looking for as many natural healing recipes I can get. I also have asthma, allergies such as two types of dust and molds, hypersensitive to many cleaners and other products, sleeping disorders, lots of sinus infections and bronchial issues. so I need a lot of help. I am sixty one and non smoker, non drinker, no drugs, and thought I was taking care of myself.
Can you help me?
Thank you and have a blessed day!
Hi Terri,
I have a book on Soap Making and one on Herbal Medicine. I do offer some recipes in both. I’ll share any recipe I have for herbal remedies and essential oil blends to help people be well – that is my passion to help people attain their health goals!
However many of my soap recipes are proprietary – and I don’t share them – it is what makes my soaps healthier and different from the average soap maker out there. When you see bright colors, fun shapes (snowmen, flowers, leaves etc.) those are not my soaps! I want healthy, long lasting bars that lather well, look pretty and don’t contain dyes, chemical fragrances and other things (you wouldn’t believe what some people put in their soap!) that are harmful to our health.
There are many things I can suggest to help you improve your immune system, deal with seasonal issues etc. Reach out to my email if you would like to do that! themommyherbalist@gmail.com