Let me start by saying that the products featured in this post were provided to me free of charge courtesy of Homegrown Collective.
Homegrown Collective August Box Review and Giveaway!!
I remember my first foray into crafts – it went something like “here is $50.00 and go get a hobby”. These fateful words were said by my father during one of my many groundings as a teen. I was being particularly annoying, hoping that would release me from my punishment, and I think I was pushing all my worn out fathers buttons. I was only 16 and honestly overwhelmed by the different sections at the craft store and all the unknowns that lie ahead of me. I decided on materials to redo my childhood dresser.
Even then I was a fan of a good DIY project and love the opportunity undertake something new. I was given an opportunity this month to review the Homegrown Collective box. The theme for August was “Let Us Make Soap” – all the materials needed to make your own soap. Soap making has always been something that I have wanted to try (Jason was surprised this was a first time thing for me), but have been apprehensive due to the lye and the caustic nature of the ingredients.
Homegrown Collective took this common soap making fear into account when they curated this box. The recipes include were charcoal soap, cacao chocolate soap and rosemary peppermint soap. The included soap was a simple base of three soaps that only needed microwave melting, still allowing the addition of my choice of ingredients. The three soaps included were goats milk soap, a simple clear soap and a simple white soap. Each of these 3 melted easy in the microwave (in about 40 seconds) and hardened just as simply, making adding ingredients easy.
The idea of the box is it is a do it yourself Eco friendly subscription box that promotes self sufficiency. The Homegrown Collective is a collection of members that enables them to use a ‘group buying’ strategy that results in seasonally curated boxes with savings that are passed on to the subscriber. The best part is that you can use ingredients from past boxes that could have included olive oil, coconut oil and rose petals.
The thing that struck me about this box was the sheer volume of supplies included. In this one box was everything needed to create soap and included a ball jar, a grater, cocoa and Shea butter, 2 stir sticks, 1 dropper for essential oils, 1 loofah (approx. 5 inches long), organic cacao powder with raw cane sugar, 3 molds with lids, 3 cinnamon sticks, 1 oz rosemary, 1 oz spearmint, 1 oz activated charcoal. If that was not enough also included was 3 essential oils including lemon grass, peppermint and cedar wood. Finally there were the 3 soap bases of goats milk, clear soap and white soap. The instructions included were comprehensive yet not overwhelming and easy to understand.
I like to think of this box as “Soap Making 101” with supplies and instructions included. I had so much fun with this box that Jason bought me more white soap base so that I can make more soaps. I plan to make these for stocking stuffer’s for the holidays! I can honestly say this was one of more inventive and unique boxes I have seen and would recommend it to everyone!!!
As for the dresser – I got un-grounded before I completed it.
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GIVEAWAY: Homegrown Collective is offering a box to my readers! (1) reader will receive one GREENBOX! Open to residents in the US only. I will be randomly choosing 1 person on October 6 (10/6/2015) to receive one GREENBOX from Homegrown Collective!! To enter complete the entries below! Winner will be notified by me by email and prize will be fulfilled by Homegrown Collective! Remember you have 48 hours to claim prize, or I will chose another winner. GOOD LUCK!!!
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My ideal soap smells like lavender and has extra moisturizing qualities. I love that scent.
My ideal soap would be made of coconut.
I love peppermint soaps.
My ideal soap would smell like vanilla and be made with sweet almond oil, shea butter, and coconut oil.
Honey Soap, love the smell and it’s so good for your skin
My ideal soap would be made with aloe vera.
My ideal soap would be made from coconut but smell more masculine
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My ideal soap would definitely have shea butter and lavendar mixed in it.
Mine would have honey in it, as I think honey can treat and help with all kinds of things!
My ideal soap would be made of Coconut Milk and Honey.
i would want it to be made of shea butter and coconut
Coconut oil so that it would be vegan friendly, smell amazing, and be good for my skin.
baked potato, green onions, bacon, cheddar, sour cream
I love soap made with honey and beeswax
I love the almond soap!
Thank You for the chance
Beautiful box of goodies
My ideal soap would have cocoa butter and coconut as ingredients.
mine would have to be coconut b/c I love the smell.
My Ideal soap would most likely be made gtom coconut.
I love shea butter soap.
My ideal soap would be made of lavender.
My ideal soap would be made of coconut and lavender.
I would love a soap made with almond, and ginger.
My girlfriend can only use all natural products. This would be the perfect gift for her
My ideal soap would be rosemary and cedar with sheep’s milk. 🙂
With Virgin Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Honey and lemongrass- richly hydrating and energising.
It would have a goats mild base and fresh lavender mixed in .
Shea Butter. I love that stuff.
My ideal soap would be Goat’s Milk Soap with Lavender Flowers embedded in it.
Mine would be made with lavender and chamomile!
It would be made of shea butter and smell like honeysuckle
it would smell as a lily of valley and made of goat milk and shea butter
Honey and coconut oil would be in my ideal soap
Goat’s milk of course!!
I like lavender and vanilla.
my ideal soap would be caramel and vanilla
Coconut and shea butter or maybe some almond
Coconut oil And shea butter
My ideal soap would be made of coconut. 🙂
My ideal soap would be made with orange and mint.
My ideal soap would be made with peppermint for a great pick me up in the morning.
If I made soap, I would want to put coconut oil in it!!
Lavender, coconut milk and honey! Thanks for the chance.
my ideal soap would be citrus-y and include some type of mint so that it refreshes and re-energizes me after a long day with the kids or to start my day feeling and smelling really good.
My ideal soap would be good for oily skin and would have peppermint to perk me up, and possibly some oatmeal to exfoliate.
My first thought was lemon. I like the citrus smells.
I would like aloe.
I would like to have cocoa butter in it.
Either coconut or eucalyptus.
My ideal soap would smell like almond and be a moisturizer! I love the almond smell!!