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Maximizing the Longevity of Your Bar Soap: A Comprehensive Guide

Bar soap is a classic, cost-effective choice for maintaining personal hygiene. However, the longevity of a bar of soap greatly depends on how it’s used and taken care of. Various methods can influence how quickly you go through a bar of soap, including using your hands, a washcloth, a sponge, or rubbing the bar directly on your body. Let’s delve into each method and explore how it affects the lifespan of your soap. 1. Using Your Hands: When using your hands to lather the soap, you have direct control over the amount of soap you use. This method is generally Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago

The Transformative Power of Daily Self-Care: Nuture Your Well-Being

In the hustle and bustle of our modern lives, it’s easy to neglect our own well-being in favor of our myriad responsibilities. However, the practice of self-care isn’t just a luxury reserved for special occasions or moments of extreme stress; it’s a crucial investment in our physical, emotional, and mental health that should be integrated into our daily routines. In this article, we’ll delve into the importance of practicing self-care daily and provide actionable ideas to help you create a sustainable self-care routine. The Case for Daily Self-Care Imagine a plant that’s watered and nourished only sporadically. It might survive, Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago
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Sisal Soap Saver

Corporate Gifts: Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Coworker and Employees

Corporate gifts don’t have to cost an arm and a leg to to have a big impact! Choosing a good yet inexpensive gift for your coworkers can be quite the task. You don’t want to pick something that is too personal, not personal enough, or spend too much. But, that doesn’t mean you have to vie boring gifts! Toliver’s Handmade has several great options for coworker and employee gifts. Sisal Soap Saver filled with soap samples Made of natural sisal fiber, this exfoliating soap saver is a great alternative to the typical plastic loofah. Finally you can use your soap Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago

Layering: The Secret to Supple Winter Skin

Winter skin can be a force to be reckoned with, but with the right products, you can keep your skin in tip top shape regardless of the season. Are you a body butter person or a lotion/cream person? What if I told you that the secret to keeping supple skin is to use them together? Body butter and lotions have the same purpose – moisturizing dry skin – but their role in accomplishing total moisturization is different. A lotion or cream is created primarily with water or other hydrating ingredients. They may also contain humectants (ingredients that attract water) like Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago
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Spotlight On Our Bestseller: Luxurious Body Cream

Benefits of Luxurious Body Cream Are you looking for an inexpensive way to pamper yourself? Try applying our Luxurious Body Cream. Our high quality cream works wonders on scaly, dehydrated skin and has a whole host of benefits including those outlined below. Supports the skin barrier – Your skin barrier is the skin’s front line of defense. Hydrating the skin helps to keep skin soft and balanced. Rehydrates skin – Applying our Luxurious Body Cream after each shower or bath can help to seal in moisture to keep your skin soft and supple. Keep a jar directly outside of the Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago

The Low Down On Preservatives In Our Products

Toliver’s Handmade – Natural & Naturally Derived Skin Care One of my main missions is to use natural and naturally derived ingredients. Many of these will be ingredients that you can pronounce. These ingredients have a whole host of benefits. So, what about preservatives? Phenoxyethanol and Caprylyl Glycol – What Are They?   You may have noticed phenoxyethanol and caprylyl glycol on your labels. So what are they and why are they in some of our products?   Phenoxyethanol and caprylyl glycol are the two components of the preservative Optiphen. Optiphen provides broad spectrum protection against bacteria, yeast, and mold. Read more…

By Tera Toliver, ago

Hand Hygiene During a Global Pandemic – Soap Matters

In light of the global pandemic, there has been an increased focus on hand hygiene, and for a good reason. Hand hygiene is critical in preventing the spread of infection.

In 1860, Florence Nightingale demonstrated an early awareness of the effectiveness of hand washing writing that nurses should wash their hands frequently throughout the day. Before Florence brought attention to the importance of good hand hygiene, no one, not even nurses and doctors routinely washed their hands…

By Tera Toliver, ago
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