I just loved these cute animal soaps from Gianna Rose.  The hen soap would be great for my mom.  She has a pet chicken (hen). The hen was abandoned as a chick and has been with my mom ever since.  I think it’s even popular for people to have backyard chickens now.

Pretty Little Hen & Her Eggs

Her name is Eli and she’s had her for 4 years.  In the summertime, Eli lays one egg per day.  The yolks are super bright and taste so much better than store bought eggs.  Eli spends most of her day searching for scary spiders and bugs in the garden.  Great pest control.  She comes when you call her name.  I would never imagine a pet chicken making such good pets - it’s too funny.

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I had initially wanted to make a bar of handmade “Gardener’s Soap” with oatmeal or almond meal with my dried Calendula petals.  But was then inspired by Gianna Rose “From the Garden French Soap Cubes”.  They were triple-milled vegetable based soaps with essential oils of Citrus and Lavender plus crushed Sunflower petals.

I am not a fan of Lavender, so I skipped that.  I also added organic orange peel for an extra scrubbing effect.  Also added a few drops of lemon essential oils for the citrus factor.  Then topped it all off with crushed and dried Sunflowers and Calendula petals.

Gardener’s Sunshine Handmade Soap Recipe by Cambree:

6 oz Soybean oil, 6 oz Palm Oil, 3 oz Olive oil, 2 oz coconut oil.  6.3 oz distilled water, 2.3 oz lye, 5 drops of Lemon essential oil.  A couple more drops of grapefruit seed extract.  1 tbsp of organic citrus rind, and some crushed organic Sunflower and organic Calendula petals.

Note:  measurements of oils are weighted on scale (not by volume).

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