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GIVEAWAY: The Joy of Soap

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The Joy of Soap features natural soaps that are hand crafted, hand cut and hand wrapped in small batches, using certified organic oils, therapeutic grade essential oils and ingredients that are gentle on your skin. I recently had the pleasure of sampling several soaps, all featuring fun names. My favorite was Elizabeth’s Wild Hair Shaving Soap which left my skin feeling so smooth. I also enjoyed Feeling Frisky which smelled fantastic and my husband loved the Manly Man soap. Due to high demand, The Joy of Soap is working to develop bath and body products that help you to develop your own daily cleansing and bathing rituals using gentle and nourishing oils and botanicals that leave skin clean, refreshed and rejuvenated. The Joy of Soap is a certified cruelty-free and vegan soap company – approved by PETA standards. They also maintain a set of Green Practices and continually strive to become more green as they grow and find new suppliers and partners.

*GIVEAWAY – Closed – Congratulations Claudette Soucy: The Joy of Soap is generously offering one lucky winner a $40 GIFT CERTIFICATE. To enter, visit The Joy of Soap website & leave a comment on this post noting at least one product you would like to try. Giveaway ends at Midnight EST, Monday, March 1st.

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  1. Gorgeous soaps!
    I would love the Elizabeth’s Wild Hair shaving soap. The willow bark extract is a fabulous addition.
    I would also try the Manly Man and All Night Almond soaps for their exfoliating qualities.

  2. I’d love to try the Lay Me Down Lavender and All Night Almond soaps. I would also like to try their creams when they become available.

  3. I’d like to try the “Lay Me Down Lavendar” soap but I’d also love to see their lines that are coming in the Spring.

  4. I love lavender so the “lay me down Lavender” seem the first one I’ll like to try but it is exequo with the feeling frisky who seem energising.

  5. The Elizabeth’s Wild Hair Shaving Soap seems awesome, especially with me being ridiculously hairy! I’ve been hoping for a decent green alternative to shaving creams.

  7. OOOOO, with that generous gift I could try the peppermint and the tea tree soaps and still have enough left over for the Manly Man soap which I think my man might have to fight me for! Thanks for the chance!

  8. I would like to try Feeling Frisky Soap and i think that the Two in the Shower Tea Tree Soap sounds nice too:)

  13. I’d love to try the peppermint passion, rosy cheeks rosemary, or lay me down lavender. They all sound delectable!

  16. I’d love the all night almond! I use an oatmeal and almond soap, but I’d love to try this one!!

  19. Well I think that I’d love to try the Feeling Frisky soap a.) because I HAVE been feeling frisky lately and b.) because I love grapefruit mixed with other citrus. Quality soaps are one of my favorite things!

  26. I would love to try “Elizabeth’s wild hair shaving soap” since I usually use a bar of soap to shave with to save money!

  27. I love the sounds of her soaps :>) I would love to try the Feeling Frisky or the Lay Me Down Lavendar. Dont know what the first one smells like, but I do love the smell of lavander. Thank you for offering this

  29. I am looking forward to the scrubs coming in Spring of 2010 – luv to try the sea salt & sugar scrubs.

  33. I love Lavender, so the Lay Me Down Lavender appeals to me greatly. Thanx for the wonderful giveaway.

  37. I too think the wild hair shaving soap sounds interesting! the pepermint passion bar looks great as well!

  44. I can’t help but be intrigued by the wild hair shaving soap…wondering how it works…might just have to try regardless of winning the giveaway or not….

  46. I would most like to try their ‘Elizabeth’s Wild Hair Shaving Soap’. Sounds really nice. Thanks for the chance to win.

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