THE PRIZE:

2 bars of our beautiful soap (of your choice) that will be shipped to you (or any address you specify) for free!

WHAT TO DO:

All you have to do is email us your picture of any of the products you bought from us. Our email address is customerservice[at]magicsenses[dot]com

CONTEST RULES:

- technicalities: file type: jpg, gif or bmp, minimum size: 150×150 pixels;
- submit as many pictures as you want; please remember that not quantity but quality is the main criteria; be creative!!
- only pictures of our products can be submitted;
- you must own the copyright (which means the picture must be taken by you);
- IMPORTANT: when you email us your picture, you give Magic Senses the right to use it on the Internet, in printing, advertisements, email, newsletters, RSS feeds and any other publication;
- the winning picture and the winner’s name will be made public on our website, blog, newsletter, etc.
- some of the most beautiful pictures we receive will be published on the blog.

GOOD LUCK!!!:)

photo credit: Brandon Blinkenberg

Dancing in the Rain Glycerin Soap

This morning, we launched a new Soap Collection called Dance! We’ve been diligently working on it for the last four weeks and we are still testing a few more designs to be added soon…

We created the Dance Soap Collection exclusively for Dizzy Feet Foundation to support their mission of helping extremely talented but underpriviledged young people achieve their dream in becoming professional dancers. This Soap Collection is also available at the Dizzy Feet Store.

So far we have four designs:

- Cool Rhythm Glycerin Soap (Cucumber Melon fragrance)

- Dancing in the Rain Glycerin Soap (Rain type fragrance)

- Two to Tango Glycerin Soap (Sandalwood, Oak moss and Patchouli fragrance)

- Fragrance Free Glycerin Soap

Beautiful design! Same great quality! Great price! Get yours today!

Of course, if you’re the host, you want everything to be perfect, everyone to feel welcome and comfortable during their time with you. By incorporating some handmade soaps into your preparations, you can ensure that everyone who is a guest will feel special during a stay at your home.  Nothing is more welcoming than being greeted by fresh towels adorned with a beautiful bar of handmade glycerin soap after a long day of travelling, shopping, visiting or attending other festive events.

With so many different colors, styles and scents to choose from, you can provide a unique handmade glycerin soap for each of your guests. You can choose a soap based on the person, or with the wide range of holiday soaps, you can easily find some that will match with your overall decor. Peppermint, cranberry, cinnamon, orange clove and myrrh are just some of the different soaps you can choose from. There are even snowmen and snowflake shaped soaps if you have children visiting or you want to add a little whimsy to a stay with you.

No matter what you decide, not only will the handmade glycerin soaps be appreciated when they are first received, but they will act as a subtle reminder of this special time of year throughout the following months.

Orange Clove Glycerin Soap

It’s really no surprise that the Orange Clove Glycerin Soap is one of our most popular holiday soaps, if not the most popular. In 2007 and 2008, it was the top selling soap for the holidays and when you breathe in the fragrance of this soap, you’ll know why. The combination of cloves with oranges, and a hint of nutmeg and cinnamon, are traditional scents used during the holiday season. If you hold this soap under your nose, close your eyes and inhale, you’ll think it’s that time of year already.

Although some soaps and candles have an orange fragrance that can be a bit sweet and overwhelming, this isn’t the case with the Orange Clove Soap. By using orange scented fragrance oil, the soap has a fresh, sharp orange smell. It’s almost as if you had peeled an orange yourself or poured a glass of cool Florida orange juice.

Saying that, the sharp zing of the orange scent, makes this an ideal soap for starting your day. While the cloves have a smooth, sultry fragrance, especially when combined with nutmeg and cinnamon, it’s the orange that will get you moving. The combination of scents used in this soap is something to experience, as the initial smell is of the cloves and it ends with the orange.

As with all our soaps, this not only smells great, but it’s handmade using vegetable glycerin, so it’s pretty to look at and great for your skin. But remember, this is a seasonal soap, so it isn’t made all year round. We currently only make it from September to March, so don’t miss out on your chance to enjoy this popular glycerin soap!

Note: It is our Featured soap of the month in November. It is also featured in our Mini Holiday Gift Set, next to Myrrh. On the website, it can be found under our Holiday Soap Collection or Fruity Glycerin Soap Category. Buy yours today!

“If you’re one for luxurious, sweet-scented body products that come in funky-shaped designs, you’re sure to swoon over the delicious Cranberry Designer Glycerin Soap by Magic Senses. So yummy smelling you want to nibble on it (it’s hard to resist!), this handcrafted cranberry soap is twisted into a unique trapezoidal shape and is translucent to see the bright swirls encompassed within its red base. Because I’m a girly girl at heart and a sucker for scented products, I fell in love with this tangy soap and ended up spending half an hour more than usual in the shower (my flat mates weren’t too happy about the situation)!

A soap bar handcrafted to perfection, the Cranberry Soap is one of the many specially-designed body products by Magic Senses that have their own personalities and a certain allure that makes a girl want to grab them and run her hands all over them. I say, rub all over and savor the smell in the shower all you can ladies, because you don’t want to be caught secretly whiffing yourself in the elevator!

The Cranberry Designer Glycerin Soap makes a great gift, and with the holidays coming up, you just found yourself an amazing deal! A reasonable price of $6.75, the Cranberry Soap as well as other creative Magic Senses bath and beauty products can be ordered online on www.MagicSenses.com.”

Thank you, Sana, for such an awesome review!! We are glad you loved our product!

photo courtesy of foxiq

What is Glycerin?

Glycerin is actually a by-product of the industrial soap making process. It is a colorless, odorless liquid that is very thick at room temperature with a sweet taste. It has a high boiling point and it can be frozen to a paste-like substance. The industrial process of making soap involves reacting a fat or oil, such as olive oil, with lye. During this process, glycerin is produced, which is often removed to add to lotions and creams. Most handmade soaps differ from industrial as the glycerin is not removed, and in some instances further glycerin is actually added.

Why Add Glycerin to Soap?

Glycerin is known as a humectant, which means that it attracts water. It is said to be hygroscopic as it can absorb water directly from the air. Pure glycerin will remove water not only from the air, but from anything it is placed on. Should you place pure glycerin on your skin, it would actually dry out the area since was removing the water.

When glycerin is diluted with water and other products, it has the opposite effect on skin. Instead of drying out the skin, it acts as a moisturizer. It is unclear whether the additional moisturizing results from the fact that glycerin attracts water to your skin or it is due to some other unknown property of glycerin. Either way, the result is that glycerin is highly moisturizing, which is why many companies remove it from their soaps and add it to their higher priced lotions and creams.

So, the key benefit to using soaps that contain glycerin is that they will cause your skin to be softer and smoother, and even improve its appearance. Also, glycerin soaps are an excellent choice for those with sensitive or delicate skin as they dissolve a lot easier and are not as hard on skin as other soaps can be.

Mountain Rain Glycerin Soap

I am happy to introduce one of our latest additions to the Glycerin Soap Collections. It is called “Mountain Rain” and is very refreshing with a “green feel” to it. You would never guess but it has light flower notes of Gardenia and Lavender, with refreshing citrus notes of Mandarin and Lemon plus a touch of Patchouli and Vanilla. This is the type of fragrance that you would smell again and again and never want to let go.

The design is very simple but beautiful at the same time: blue and green “rain drops” falling down in a white bar.

You can purchase it online at MagicSenses.com for $6.75.

About the soap: this is the quintessential berry as we experience it. Fun and whimsical. Definitely for the strawberry lover. A bar weighs approx. 6 oz. Handmade in a smoke free but animal friendly environment.

If you can’t wait to see if you won, or would like to purchase this gift for someone else, please visit MagicSenses.com.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Open to US residents only.

Winners: 2 (1 bar each)

How to enter (required): Visit MagicSenses.com and then come back and leave a comment telling us the name of your favorite product.

For additional entries (leave a new comment for each additional entry):
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The giveaway ends on May 31, 2009 at 5pm, Pacific Standard Time. 

*Please make sure you leave a comment for each additional entry so you get credited.
*Also, please make sure you typed in the correct email address.
*The winner will be announced via e-mail and has 2 days to get back to us or other name will be chosen.

Thank you! Good luck!

This glycerin soap is not only gorgeous, it is wonderfully scented. Before I even unwrapped the soap, I could smell the fresh, floral scent.

This is now proudly displayed in my kitchen. My girls love it and have taken a renewed interest in washing their hands (which is always a good thing). Although they KNOW they need to wash their hands, I constantly find my self asking “Did you wash your hands?”. No more! Now I do not even have to ask… read more!

If you’d like to participate in the Giveaway, please visit BlogMania. Thank you, Mary Beth!

“I’ve added a bit of spring time to our bathroom. I’ve added a Cheerful Butterfly glycerin soap from Magic Senses in our shower. It’s almost too cute to use! I don’t know how they did it but the wings are really swirls of other soaps. It’s like they took a beautiful lavender soap and a lovely pink soap, shaved off some pieces, curled them and then added them to the butterflies wings. Even the body of the butterfly is made from a creamy yellow soap. They are all held together with a clear glycerin soap. It’s scented with Pulmeria and it smells SO GOOD!

As silly as it might sound having the Cheerful Butterfly soap in the tub makes me feel happy. I guess that is why it’s called the Cheerful Butterfly. I guess it’s the pretty colors and lovely scent that makes me feel that way.

I LOVE the soaps from Magic Senses! They are so funky looking. I love how they take different colored soaps and twist them and do unusual things to them to create colorful works of ART.”

To read the whole review, please visit SheScribes.com!

GIVEAWAY: We are also offering 2 Cheerful Butterflies from our Collection as a Giveaway. For a chance to win, please visit SheScribes.com and submit your entry!