Packaging is critical to our mission here at Nordic Soap. It’s a detail that may seem insignificant, but actually it speaks to everything we’re trying to do. There are two main concerns we focus on when designing — and redesigning — the way we wrap and ship your soap. First, the “messaging impact”: how do …
Nov
17
Nov
08
Your Nose Doesn’t Always Know
Interesting story on NPR today: that which smells good might not actually be good. The use of synthetically scented soaps, shampoos, air fresheners, and candles does much more harm than many people realize. Over this past weekend, allergist Dr. Stanley Fineman gave a talk at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & …
Nov
01
8 Things To Avoid in Shampoo
The blog site Natural Living, along with Anne Marie Fine, M.D., a Scottsdale, Arizona-based naturopathic skin specialist, put together a quick list of things to look out for on the back of a shampoo bottle. “We don’t know how things work together,” says Fine, “or what the total effect from all the products we use …
Oct
31
Event: Holiday Bazaar
Hej!
We will be supporting the Meadowbrook School Holiday Bazaar this year! We will be onsite for the bazaar with our own table, a full inventory of soap including the long-awaited Wintermint, and special pricing available only at the event. Stop by!
Oct
30
Your Soap, Your Body, Your Planet
We only have one planet. The choices we make on a daily basis, no matter how seemingly insignificant, effect everyone. The cheap bar of soap on sale at the supermarket may seem like a simple purchase where the only thing that matters is price and smell, but it is so much more than that. Ask …
Oct
28
Power of Peppermint
Peppermint is a powerful friend. Of all of the natural oils and herbs that claim to have medicinal and health benefits, peppermint actually has a lot of science behind it. Harvard Health Publications put together a very scholarly document detailing the many benefits of the herb. My own mother – a nurse – can remember …
Aug
31
What Is The Big Deal About Natural Soap?
Soap is just soap, right? When you break it down, all soap is basically some sort of salt of alkali metal like sodium potassium, or lye, and some type of fat. When these two things get together in the right combination, under the right conditions, a specific reaction occurs called saponification. The resulting substance is …