New Soaps in Stock!

Daytona Beach Scrubby Sand Soap  This is a hard hand soap for super dirty hands.

We have lots of new soaps in stock.  Some have been on the site for a couple of weeks and others are new today.  This is the first time we've shown them off here on the blog.  I hope you'll find one you like.  Find all our soap on the main Aquarian Bath website.

Orange Clove Soap with red Moroccan Clay.  Hand or Body Soap

Root Beer Soap lightly scented with a pure essential oil blend.  Nice body soap!

Jasmine Rose Soap.  Must have for floral fans.  Get ready to swoon.

Orange Patchouli Hand Soap Made with a high concentration of Coconut oil,
 this  is a long lasting, strong lathering bar of soap.  Naturally colored, of
course, with red Moroccan Clay and Organic Cocoa Powder

Wool Dryer Ball Giveaway from Bog Berry Dryer Balls

Aquarian Bath is pleased to host a giveaway from one of our favorite handmade shops Bog Berry Dryer Balls.  Two winners will receive a set of 6 dryer balls in the color set of their choice.  These needle and wet felted dryer balls come packed in a cotton bag.  The balls are handmade in Pennsylvania by Brooke who is an herbalist and mom.

I love the soft colors available in her line of dryer balls.  She even has undyed dryer balls.  We use Bog Berry Dryer Balls here to soften up laundry after it has nearly dried completely on the line.  You can add essential oils to the dryer balls to freshen up the laundry, or just use the balls alone.  They help reduce static and wrinkles in the laundry and are a great alternative to unhealthy chemically fragrance laden dryer sheets.  For more tips on natural laundering please visit our blog post from earlier this year. 

You can enter this giveaway sweepstakes below using the Rafflecopter form.  If the form is not visible to you right away, try reloading your browser, or try from a different web browser.  This giveaway is open to US residents age 18 and over.  Winners will be contacted by email and will have 2 weeks to provide their address to claim their prize.  You may enter now through 08/23/2013 at 12 a.m.

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Aquarian Bath Welcomes Bitcoin

Aquarian Bath has recently added bitcoin as payment method in our main online store at AquarianBath.com. All product prices are now listed in USD and Bitcoin.  

Shop now for for ecofriendly handmade bath and body products.  We ship internationally within 1-4 business days, but usually next day.  Our products have been featured in the book Plastic Free by Beth Terry and British Vogue.

If you haven't heard of bitcoin, check out this trailer for the new film The Rise of Bitcoin.  And here is a little introduction from Wikipedia:

"Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital currency first described in a 2008 paper by pseudonymousdeveloper Satoshi Nakamoto, who called it a peer-to-peer, electronic cash system.   Bitcoin creation and transfer is based on an open source cryptographic protocol and is not managed by any central authority. Each bitcoin is subdivided down to eight decimal places, forming 100 million smaller units called satoshis.  Bitcoins can be transferred through a computer or smartphone without an intermediate financial institution."

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day is coming right up and we have a few special offerings in limited quantity.  These "I Heart MOM" soaps are scented with  Bulgarian Rose wax, and essential oils of Rose Geranium,  Lavender , and Blood cedarwood.  

 Purchase these soaps singly or in a boxed gift set together with a cedar soap deck to extend the life of your soap and a 4 oz after bath Lavender Massage oil.  

Our hot or cold therapy neck pillows are available year round but we have many new fabrics in stock for Mother's day as these are popular gift items.  This blue and white floral flaxseed pillow reminds me of my grandmother and mother's Blue Willow China.  Find more pillows to choose from in the Neck pillow section.

We also have many new Facial Pillows in stock.  These pillows are designed to cover the eyes, forehead, and TMJ area.  They can be used hot out of the microwave or cold out of the freezer and come with a matching washable pillow cover.  The gold leaves fabric used in the pillow pictured above was designed by Daytona Beach area illustrator BJ Lantz.  Shop for more facial pillows here.

Orangutans – victims of "sustainable" palm oil

Photo by Adrian Van Leen 

Once again another "sustainable palm" oil company, Butmitama Gunajaya Agro, has been caught deforesting endangered Orangutan habitat.  

Orangutans – victims of "sustainable" palm oil
"Perched atop the remains of the last tree, an orangutan looks helplessly on what was until recently the forest he was living in but is now only ruins. Armed with chainsaws and bulldozers, workers of Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA), a palm oil company, have completely destroyed the rainforest for miles....This may seem hard to believe, but the palm oil producer BGA has been a member of the RSPO, the label for sustainable palm oil, since 2007. "

Please help spread the word, "sustainable palm" is not sustainable.  Palm oil is a common ingredient in baked goods and handmade soaps.  You will never find this ingredient in Aquarian Bath products.  It is possible to make bath and body products with out palm oil.  You can follow this link to ask governments and big industry to put an end to rainforest deforestation and palm oil imports.  

3 Perfect Last Minute Gifts with Priority Shipping

Shipping Deadlines are fast approaching, but you still have time to pick up some nice handmade gifts.  My top three suggestions are my DIY Lotion Bar Kit.  This is a great little starter kit and it includes everything you need to make 12 lotion bars. 

Next, up this ecofriendly bath set with 2 cedar soap decks and your favorite soap, shampoo bar and lip balm from.  The kraft box comes wrapped in a ribbon is ready to gift.

These Flax Microwave pillows are very popular gifts and have been receiving great reviews.  I just received this note from a customer today with a second round of pillow orders for holiday gifts:  "Loved the other three I purchased, so I'm getting three more." 

My AquarianBath shopping cart always offers priority mail service which is 2-3 day service as an option if you are a last minute shopper. 

Shop Local for Christmas with the Daytona Beach, Florida Etsy Team

If you are looking for Local and Handmade gifts for the Daytona Beach, Florida area, then check out this selection of items from the Daytona Beach Etsy Team. This great collection was curated by The Wooden Bee.

'Winter Finds from the Worlds Most Famous Beach' by thewoodenbee

Shop local for quick delivery! Handmade Daytona Beach Florida Facebook.com/DaytonaEtsy

Blue Natural Aquama... JHPoriginals $6.00	Margarita Soap - Le... AquarianBath $5.50	Tornado Swirl Lampw... beadloverskorn... $17.00	Night Heron Notecar... KristinHeron $3.50
Be Calm Salt Scrub ShantiAromathe... $10.00	ON SALE Snowflake H... SharingAPassio... $4.46	Green Silk Necklace... DelicateAdornm... $50.00	The Odyssey Hand Wo... Funkyarns $85.00
Women's Green B... trulysanctuary $32.00	Shabby Shelf re des... DistinctiveByD... $30.00	art greeting cards,... ablazeincolor $9.00	Blue Beaded Angel ... Ladyswan $5.00
Resin Mold BROKEN H... JeweledLizard $7.50	Bronze- Nice Big Se... BlackSparrowSu... $33.00	Reclaimed Wood - Cr... TheWoodenBee $17.00	Vintage hand embroi... houseadorned $15.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Need more ideas?  Check out this collection, also by TheWoodenBee from the Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST).  Many items are also from Daytona Beach Etsy Team Members.

'Winter Blues from Florida' by thewoodenbee

Shop local to get your gifts on time! 100% Team Fest - Happy Holidays some of my favorite FEST shops. Thank you for supporting the team all year!

Flaxseed Neck Wrap ... AquarianBath $17.00	Tie dye wire star o... AntsyArtist $20.00	Pastel Glass Christ... creationsbyjdb $15.00	Beach Photography O... AspiringImages $33.00
Angel of Hope MoreThanColors $29.95	Blue Topaz Glass Eu... beadloverskorn... $8.00	Fused Glass and Dic... uniquenique $25.00	Sterling Flower Rin... cyndiesmithdes... $35.00
Bicycle Basket Line... GypSeaBlueBags $20.00	Holiday Sale 20% Of... Studio47hundre... $32.00	Steampunk Vacuum Tu... MadScientistsD... $95.00	Crochet Long Scarf ... CinfulArt $38.00
Ethnic Style Sun Di... MonasCreations... $39.00	Heirloom Fish Peppe... MoonlightMicro... $2.50	Men Osprey Tee, Ris... Seventy1Percen... $16.99	Charm Anklet Blue T... ReneeBrownsDes... $16.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house