Sharings

Because Sharing is Caring …


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21. NEWS/AWARDS

Tasmanian Soap Farm are humbled and grateful to be recognised in our wider community for championing our 100% Tasmanian provenance soaps. Thank you very much for your support as we grow our little Tassie business to greatness!

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20. Meet You at the Markets!

Tasmanian Soap Farm sets up a booth at select markets and events in Tasmania to give you the opportunity to come and meet us. It’s an ideal way for locals and visitors to see our products in person and make purchases directly …

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19. Let Soap Be My Mouth Medicine

This sharing puts mouth care centre stage. The title is also a pun on ‘Let food be thy medicine’. Of course you’ll be the judge once you start using the toothsoap . . .

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18. Let Soap Be My Skin Medicine

The title for this sharing plays with the adage, ‘Let food be thy medicine’. The images below let the known nutraceutical attributes of our soap ingredients speak for themselves . . .

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17. Devils in Distress

I heard that the dreaded Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) afflicting Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) for more than 20 years was practically curable. Unfortunately, . . .

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16. The Elephant in the Room

What’s all this about then? I’m using the metaphor of the elephant in the room as a starting point to discuss the use of animal products in many of our handmade soaps . . .

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15. Eco-friendly Packaging

Because we care, and wanted Tasmanian Soap Farm to have a light footprint, we’ve gone to considerable effort to source eco-friendly, high-quality, cost-effective packaging . . .

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14. Soap vs Virus

Happy New Year for 2021! Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy New Year of the Ox! In these weary days of COVID-19, ye olde bars of soap have stood the test of time! Medical experts have . . .

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13. Which Soap?

This sharing addresses which of our soap bars I recommend for different skin types. To start off, let’s look at the five common skin types. Which one are you? Please be aware that our skin does change . . .

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12. No Nasties

You want to know that when you use Tasmanian Soap Farm’s skin care soap, or toothsoap, that it’s not going to harm you, but rather that it is going to help you, right? Good. That’s exactly the catalyst for . . .

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11. Planet Mouth

Our oral microbiome is a fascinating and complex topic. To date, science doesn’t have all of the answers. That means that there is actually a lot of guesswork going on . . .

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10. On Country

Today I have been reflecting on portents that have led me to where I am today. Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist called them omens. It means that we should pay attention to what life is trying to teach us . . .

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9. Unconditional Love

My first near death experience was when I was 13 years old. I was on my way to school, racing downhill to catch my brother, on a dragster pushbike I’d never ridden before. It got the speed wobbles . . .

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8. Canola Conundrum

I have a British friend who is a ‘thinker’ personality type. She played the devil’s advocate with me about the canola oil we use in our soap. I’m so grateful she questioned me thoroughly . . .

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7. A Light Footprint

More people today are concerned about the lack of sustainability on our planet. To do our bit, at Tasmanian Soap Farm we ensured that our soap products and their packaging are as eco-friendly as possible . . .

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6. Happy Feet

As a horse lover from way back, I know that the saying ‘No foot, no horse’ is a truism. We humans are able to keep going without any feet, thankfully, but I think you get my meaning: feet are important . . .

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5. vegan Toothsoap

The previous sharing on our milk & honey toothsoap provided information on why I honestly think our toothsoap is simply marvellous. I’m not going to repeat what I said there . . .

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4. milk & honey Toothsoap

I started my toothsoap quest by making milk & honey. My research led me to believe that the combination of ingredients I used in my self-made recipe was the best for my mouth care . . .

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3. Our Toothsoap Origins

I visited a dentist in Tasmania in 2019. He’d finished off some work started in Cairns, Queensland: dental implants for my two front teeth. (When I was 14, I’d been kicked in the mouth by a horse . . .

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2. Perfect Skin

Everyone would love to have perfect skin. I guess that’s why we go ga ga over a newborn baby and how beautiful and soft their skin is. While we were all babies once, our skin has changed since then . . .

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