The Karma Soap Company {Review & Giveaway)
Every now and then, right when I am in need of a solution, something amazing happens.
The day we brought our tiny baby boys home from hospital we didn’t even have cots to put them in. Just a hand me down bassinet that they would have to share.
They had come early and with 6 weeks in the hospital there had been no time to prepare for them, not to mention that after 6 weeks of travelling back and forth between three different hospitals our funds were completely exhausted.
We ended up having to borrow money from Pal’s Mum to buy just one cot for the Two to share.
And then I got home, with our tiny people, and checked my bank account before sending Pal for groceries. Where there was more than enough money to pay Pal’s mum back straight away and go and get a second cot after the baby bonus had come through.
Luck? You could say so.
But I like to think that the world decided that for once, we needed a break.
That we’d racked up enough good karma and we deserved some relief.
I ended up sleeping the Two together for another 3 months, but what the second cot allowed me to do was have a cot in our room for quick night feeds, and a cot in the loungeroom for day sleeps so that I could still check on them with ease, spend time with Roo without having my mind elsewhere (seeing as she was only 18 months old when we brought them home) and get my jobs done without panicking that I wouldn’t hear if something was wrong.
I honestly don’t remember much from those few months apart from breastfeeding, nappy changes and doctors appointments. Except that having that second cot in the loungeroom made me feel safe and connected to my babies in a way that hospital life doesn’t allow for. I didn’t want to have to be apart from them for more than a minute, and I didn’t have to be.
The universe provided.
Lately, I’ve been getting more and more concerned about the Two’s eczema. It flares up in reaction to washing powders, different materials, different foods and heat. And while we are still eliminating the ingredients that are causing reactions, we have to manage the flares.
Oscar’s is much more prominent than Fraser’s, and we have been prescribed a medicated steroid cream for the really bad spots.
I don’t like to use the medicated stuff if I don’t have to – I worry about the long term effects on their skin and I find I only use it if the skin is about to crack. And it does work, the cream clears the patch for a while – but then we inevitably come across something new and Flares’R'Us.
I’ve been looking for a more long term solution – something that I can use daily without worrying about long term effects. Something natural and affordable.
And then the universe provided.
When I heard from Felicity, the founder of The Karma Soap Company, I was more than interested.
After I went to the website, I was positively ecstatic.
Not only does Felicity handmake natural products, all ingredients used in The Karma Soap Company’s soaps are locally sourced, she also uses effective packaging and recycled boxes and fill for shipping to limit contributions to landfill.
My products for review came in a shoe box, with recycled packing nuts.
To say I’m chuffed to have The Karma Soap Company on board as a sidebar sponsor is an understatement.
But I’m even more excited about the goat’s milk soap and moisturizer.
For the past week I’ve been using the plain goat’s milk soap in the children’s bath, and the moisturiser twice a day (in the morning when we get dressed, and in the evening after their bath) – and although the Two’s eczema isn’t completely gone, it HAS calmed down and we haven’t had as many flare ups and itching as we usually would in winter (thanks to the necessary indoor heating).
I’ve been using the Coconut Ice Goat’s Milk Soap for myself. I’m in love. The scent is DIVINE and the soap also has ground up pumice and is exfoliating. I’ve been using it to remove my make up as well. This is the kind of soap you make an excuse to have a shower so you can go and use it!
I love this stuff, I love this company and their philosophy and I LOVE that you get the chance to experience The Karma Soap Company products for yourself.
I’ve got a $30 gift voucher for The Karma Soap Company to give away to one of you beautiful people!
To enter:
Answer the following question in the comment section of this post:
Has the universe provided for you lately?
Make sure your email address is valid – I’d hate for you to win and then not be able to collect this awesome prize!
You can also like The Karma Soap Company on Facebook or Twitter for brownie points.
Terms and Conditions:
1. You must be an Aussie resident to enter.
2. Competition opens 9am Sunday 8th July 2012, and ends 7pm Thursday 12th July 2012.
3. This competition is based on skill, not chance. Winner will be chosen on the basis of their answer.
Disclosure: I was provided with samples from The Karma Soap Company for the purposes of review, and have taken them on as a paid sidebar sponsor. However, these are my honest opinions regarding these products and this company. I don’t spruik stuff I don’t like.
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No I’m afraid it hasn’t, my husband just racked up a $2200 dentist bill last week and is still in pain, so I am forever the optimist and ‘hoping’ the universe might provide soon.
Also I have liked the karma soap people on facebook
The universe has provided friends and blogging buddies to help me get on the track of starting my own business! I was completely stumped until a little call out on facebook and a whole heap of advice and messages and help came in and now I am on my way to fulfill my dream!
What a great product for your sons! I am so glad you have found something so good for their skins!!
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Hello,
The soap and moisturiser certainly seem to do the job for you. Everything is Ok with life here at home so the Universe is providing the stability I need to crochet sew garden and love my family.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo
Yes the universe has certainly provided for us just found out this week I’m pregnant with baby number 3 after only trying for one month we are over the moon and still in shock after it taking over 2 years with the first and 8 months with number 2 of trying then needing surgery from having Endometriosis.
I’ve a roof over my head and food on the table, of course I would love to have awesome things like an i-pad or go to fancy restaurants all the time, but I get by with what I have which is alot more than others have. So yes the universe has provided for me lately
I like to think if you live your life with honesty, integrity and positivity that good things will come to you. We have been really struggling financially and my husband has really been feeling it being the sole source of income (as I’m at home with ourlityle Miss)at the moment. Finally, as we hit rock bottom his work has picked up again so hopefully now we can get on top again. Thank you universe!!
Our little one also has ‘reactive’ skin (like her mum) would love to try these products, looks like what we’ve been after too!
I’m very grateful for the beautiful life Australia and its people is giving me. Every day I thinking to myself “I’m such a lucky girl”, I have a loving man in my life, a job and more importantly I am in good health and do everything I can to remain this way (including using natural and organic skin care). Thanks for giving us a chance to win!
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I wish!! Talk about timely. Yesterday I broke out into itchy welts. My throat is scratchy & my face swollen.
It has to be environmental, because I have not ingested anything new. You could practically taste the air yesterday that the wind stirred up.
I am on medication which deals with it from internally, now I need something to use externally to soothe.
Yes, the universe has provided for me lately. I am blessed with an amazing husband, and three beautiful children. Also, my niece was born three weeks ago and brings me so much joy. I have my health and many things to be grateful for. Also, being able to drive my children to places during these school holidays has been brilliant because up until late last year, I was afraid of driving, but finally overcame my fear, and now I have my license I can take the girls to places we always had to decline in the past – the cinema, bowling, play centres and and play dates are all things we can now do.
Have liked Karma Soap Company!
For decades there has been a school of thought that ‘positive thinking’ can influence the outcome of everything from recovering from an illness to getting a job. So much so that thousands of books have been written about the topic. The amazing thing is that this belief is now backed up by research into neurobiology. It seems that having an open-ness to the possibility of the universe providing is enough for it to actually do so and this can be explained neurologically (alas, but not by me!). I am at a crossroads currently, and whilst I may still be waiting for the universe to provide, I am creating the right psychological conditions to ensure that I see the opportunities when they are presented to me.
The universe has provided me some much needed rain and sunshine so now my plants are looking mighty fine!
The Universe always provides for me. It may not always be what I want or what I expect but it’s support is always there. As a mother of three without friends or family around me everyday is blessed with my ability to survive and provide for my children.
The universe seems to be one my side at the moment. We found a house we loved about 3weeks ago and decided to put in an offer which was accepted (a bit lower than we thought they would come at) and then scrambled for a week to put our house on the market (yes not exactly a well planned out move) and we sold our house in 5 days!! Its all happened so perfectly. The move is obviously meant to be
I planned for a baby in two years time, which would have made me 38. However one random night the universe told me to try earlier, and randomly I did and was blessed with a pregnancy. Funny how sometimes the universe aligns all the stars, and you are provided with something when you least expect it.
The universe had provided me so much and one of those would be my current work. I was so desperate to have a job and my friend just randomly texted me if I wanted to apply at their office and voila! I was employed! So I guess, my friend is included with the universe’s present.
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Fresh fruit and veges daily to feed my beautiful family
The universe has given me so far:
a stud of a boyfriend, he’s a star;
a ball of fur (my cat, Dunbar)
Now I’m just waiting on a new soap bar!
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It has, my mum has finally after a year found a doctor whom has taken her pain levels from an 8 all day everyday to a 5. She can spend more time out of bed!
The universe always provides for us in so many ways – we just have to realise that the universe provides for us in often so many small ways that we usually take for granted. i have had an ongoing undiagnosed medical condition for 6 months now which has cost me a lot in tests and natural medicine (not to mention stress etc). the good thing out of it all is i have done lots of research/reading and worked out the best way to eat for me and my family with getting lots of healthy goodness into us and i am learning about meditation and trying to slow down and enjoying all things in life as life is too short not to. I too have a 2 yr old son with eczema and asthma and am still trying to work out what works best for him too in terms of natural products etc.
My scout group’s hall needs refurbishment… With just one phonecall, the universe provided a reconditioned kitchen fit-out, saving me hours of cooking sausages for fundraising!
A child who is sleeping a lot better- just what this mother needed!
I make sure that my skin is will taken care and the Universe helps me a lot to achieve the soft skin I have right now. I let my kids used this soap as well.
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My whole family is using this Universe and our skin is now softer and more delicate.
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