BLACK CROW SOAP INVENTORY

  

Current Inventory

Black Crow Homemade Organic Soaps

January 17, 2012

www.BlackCrowSoap.com

1.      Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

·         Made with all the sage, rosemary, and thyme in my garden at summer’s end.

2.      Face Kiss

·         Hypoallergenic scentless complexion soap made with strong tincture of chamomile flowers, walnut oil, apricot oil, lanolin, vitamin E, and glycerin

3.      Face Kiss with oats!

·         Hypoallergenic scentless complexion soap made with strong tincture of chamomile flowers, walnut oil, apricot oil, lanolin, vitamin E, and glycerin.  A light distribution of organic steel-cut oats provides a very non-abrasive yet effective ‘scrubbing’ surface.

4.      Sweetgrass

·         A traditional Lakota scent.

5.      Lily and Pear

·         Light and lovely

6.      Heather

7.      Hyssop seed scrub soap

·         See Psalm 51:7 for Biblical reference.  Hyssop smells like anise, and the seeds are fantastic  if you want to wash and exfoliate at the same time.  Seeds all organic and from my garden.

8.      Lavender

9.      Chai soother

·         Made with chai tea and extra emollient oils for a masculine scent that sooths winter skin.

10.  Rosemary and mint

·         Mint and rosemary from the garden in two layered soap that is really beautiful.

11.  Herb garden

·         I put every last herb from my garden into this, including basil and mint.

12.  Coriander Rose

·         Coriander from the garden.  Rose color with white starbursts—very pretty!

13.  Honeysuckle almond

·         The honeysuckle mellows the almond.

14.  Bergamot

·         This is the herb that makes Earl Grey tea distinctive.  The bar is a visually appealing swirl of blue and yellow.

15.  Bamboo

·         So what does bamboo smell like?  GREAT, and indescribably ethereal.

16.  Mandarin clove

17.  Heliotrope

·         Spooky violet, black, and iridescent swirls for natural skin-friendly mineral mica

18.  Coffee and cream

·         Coffee is a natural deodorizer

19.  Coffee and cream SCRUB

·         Great for kitchen soap.  The coffee lifts odors, and the creamy “scrub” part cleans off just about anything.

20.  Rosemary & mint SCRUB

·         Great for kitchen or shop as the rosemary is another of nature’s deodorizers, and the minty scrub part. . . scrubs

21.  Happy skin! Lavender & Heather

·         Large shower bars designed to be the ultimate antidote to dry winter skin.  Bar is layers of lavender and of heather; the heather layer is infused with steel-cut oatmeal for skin-friendly exfoliating.  Every possible emollient oil has been put into this soap, including lanolin, glycerin, vitamin E, apricot oil, and walnut oil.

22.  Happy skin! Tea & Pear

·         Same as the Happy Skin! Described above but made with super-strong anti-oxidant green tea and topped with a creamy layer of pear-scented soap that makes the bar look like a cross between a granola bar and a cupcake!

23.  Black Hills Forest, Meadow & Sky

·         Designed to look like an impressionist painting from the side, it combines rich pine and balsam fir scents and light floral scents

24.  Dakota Sunrise

·         This one you just have to see. . . .  if only to PROVE that sunrises in The Hills are really this intense.  Take a look at these striking Dakota Sunrise art-bars to see for yourself.

Black Crow Soap is currently sold local retail only through Dakota Thyme in Rapid City, opening February, 2012.  Contact Kate at BlackCrowSoap@gmail.com or 605 373.5487 for direct sales and special and non-local orders.  

"DAKOTA SUNRISE" BARS

Well, it had to happen sooner or later.  Kate has taken this notion of "soap as art" to a whole new level.

Each early morning Jane and Kate grab a stiff coffee to chat about the coming day.  There they sit in our living room during pre-dawn darkness like theater-goers, peering expectantly out the huge picture window to the infinite rolling-prairie ranch lands. Then right on cue another great South Dakota sunrise explodes upon the horizon.  Roy G Biv could just cry.  

So what does one do to memorialize this daily "routine"?

Make soap.

Yup.  Dakota Sunrise soap.

And that's just what Kate did. She and the Black Crow put their heads together.  Kate poured some random soap-mixin's in to a tray and set the tray on the window sill during sunrise  Then she let Black Crow caw-caw his special sunrise incantation, the way only crows can.

And this is what developed.  What do you think?  Did The Black Crow get it right?

 

Dakota Thyme Signature Soap

Dakota Thyme will be opening this winter.  To help celebrate this great new addition to the Black Hills way of life, Black Crow Soap created this surprise "signature soap" which re-creates the store's branded color scheme.  Not to mention the special aroma of Black Crow's ponderosa pine-scented soaps.

BLACK HILLS EXPLORERS FIND GOLD AT SILVER CITY

Golden wintry scenery, that is.  On December 10, thirteen Black Hills Explorers went in search of outdoor adventure on Deer Creek Trail near Silver City.  What they found was a bitterly cold trail with a silver lining that evolved as the day went on, to a toasty golden sunny landscape that was seasonally decorated with beautiful ice formations of all shapes and sizes along Rapid Creek.

The trek crisscrossed six impressive heavy-timber pedestrian bridges, and passed between deep, vertical canyon walls of rock warmed by the direct rays from a low winter sun.

The entire trail is on an old railway bed, with smooth surface and gradual slope.  However, that did not prevent having to deal with slippery footing on ice and snow.  As part of the day’s adventure, trip leader Lee Alley provided a short seminar on how to select and use snow shoes on various trail conditions such as found that day.

To learn of next month’s program, see the Black Hills Explorers’ web site, www.BlackHillsExplorers.org or call group leader Lee Alley at 605.863.0806.  To receive activity announcements, and to get last minute alerts on travel changes, send your email address to Lee@LeeAlleyRealEstate.com. 

We Found a Golden Winter's Day Near Silver City

The purpose of the Black Hills Explorers is to explore new knowledge, activities and places in the Black Hills in order to better appreciate where we live.  The group normally meets the second Saturday of each month by 8:15AM at the Canyon Lake Center (but check each time, for occasional re-scheduling).   Sign up at least two days prior, in the Canyon Lake Center office.  Van seating is first-come/first-served for pre-signups. Be sure to read the special Participation Guidelines for each trip when you sign up. 

No Exploration Activity for November

Sorry to say, we will not have a monthly Explorers activity this month of November.  

We -will- meet on December 10 at CLSC.  Please sign up in the CLSC office at least two days before, by 5PM Wednesday, December 7 if you want to reserve space on the van (first-signed...first-seated).  We've had a number of recommendations for checking out the Little Devil's Tower area.  If you have an alternate suggestion please let me know.  See you all on December 10!

-Lee

PS:  We've had a number of folks indicate an interest in snow-shoeing in January - March some time.  If that interests you, then you may want to get your request in to Santa for some snow shoes, and (I highly recommend) two adjustable-height hiking poles.