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how did you get started with blessed juno soaps?
a friend of mine gave me some handmade soap for my birthday, and since i'd always wanted to learn about soapmaking i begged
her to teach me. luckily, she agreed!
how do you decide on scents for your
soaps?
honestly--i think about what i like! i've also been known to experiment with suggestions
from others ~ that's how baby love was born.
why do you use essential oils instead
of fragrance oils? aren't there more scents available in fragrance oils?
there is a wide variety
of scent available in synthetic fragrance oils, and they are much less expensive than pure essential oils, but essential oils
are more predictable in soapmaking. i also appreciate the natural gifts of flowers and herbs and don't believe
their scents can be satisfactorily reproduced.
what
vegetable oils do you use in blessed juno soaps?
our main soap blend contains olive, coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils. we "superfat" our soaps with luxury
emollient shea butter, and add vegetable glycerin, a humectant, to draw moisture to the skin.
why are some varieties, like hand knit,
more expensive than others? the ingredients
that go into hand knit are more numerous as well as more costly, and the process of
creating this special bar is more complicated and time consuming. but the final result? a luxury bar that promises
a spa experience!
what's the good cause mentioned
on your label?
i started blessed juno soaps to support the legal costs of a divorce, and a
primary purpose of the company is to continue to promote knowledge and understanding of the issues of verbal and emotional
abuse.
what's the meaning behind the name of your company, blessed juno?
the name "juno" has several connotations. in roman religion and mythology, juno was the principle goddess of
the pantheon and protector of women, concerned especially with their sexual lives and childbirth; also juno, divine
spirit, intuitive essence, a woman’s soul. in astronomy, the third asteroid to be discovered, in 1804.
i read somewhere that juno was the feminine counterpart to the masculine genius, words that were used to
mean "the soul of a woman" or "the soul of a man." unfortunately, there was a time in early christianity when it was believed
that women had no souls, and the word juno was lost (though of course genius is still in use, though with a
different meaning).
the name of the company celebrates the sacred feminine in all her incarnations.
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