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Dear Alabu:Keep making Rich soap and Baby Face oil!! These products nourish, soften and comfort my mature, normal and sensitive facial skin in a very natural way. I tried the Monoi de Tahiti soap. It was excellent, but my skin preferred the Rich soap. I appreciate that both products are unscented. I use the Shea Butter Lotion Stick on very dry areas of skin, if needed. Note: I have tried other goat soaps and lots of other types of "natural products" with NO success. Thank you for all your hard work and "OUTSTANDING" products.
Bonita - Tucson, AZ (5/07)
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 The Alabu Story
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The Story of Alabu, Inc.
From peeling pears to Making Soap for Sensitive SkinI guess I was just one of those kids who always thought I was born a century too late. I always liked the old fashion way of doing things and sometimes doubted that "progress" was going in the right direction. I use to long for the horse and buggy days when life was slower and people lived with the rhythms of the earth. Listening to my folks and helping in our family garden, I learned about organic gardening - but of course in those days we never called it that. We all helped my mom put aside what we grew and enjoyed the profits of our hard work long after the harvest. Each fall my mother's uncle would arrive with a care package. He would bring bushels of small pears from his tree that we would laboriously peel and can for the winter. Oh, they were delicious, but boy were they small. He also brought us a big box of his homemade soap, all neatly wrapped up in brown grocery bag paper and tied with cotton string. I guess he thought that with six kids there was a lot of washing up that needed done. We never really cared for it much, except to wash after we had gotten into poison ivy. It was great for that, but it seemed a little harsh and didn't smell great either. But I thought it fascinating that he could make his own soap. I dreamed that I could be self-sufficient and make everything I needed. From there I developed an interest in keeping life simple and trying to avoid unnecessary chemicals in my life.
The years passed. I grew up, met my husband, and had two wonderful children, still dreaming of the simple self-sufficient life style. As the children grew, our son got chickens and our daughter milk goats (she really wanted a horse but they don't give milk or eggs). Our days were filled with maple sugaring, gardening, and sewing. We became deeply rooted in our rich but simple life.
One day a friend recruited our help on a soap making project. Her first attempts had failed and she thought that the project might make a challenging chemistry lesson for my home schooled children. Off we went. As we crowded into her kitchen equipped with goggles and gloves, she explained how lye combines with oils to make soap. This time it came out perfect. We were hooked. But best of all it reminded me of those special days from my own childhood when Uncle brought his soap.
Four weeks passed while we waited for the soap to cure. At first, I was a little afraid to try it, remembering my uncles' harsh soap. But trusting my friend's explanation on how handcrafted soaps today have really progressed and why old fashion soaps tended to be harsh (they were making their own lye from wood ashes and could never be sure about the strength of it), I put it in the shower.
I (actually my whole family) was amazed. I had never realized how drying to my skin commercial "soaps" were (most commercial "soaps" are actually detergents). No more coming out of the shower and having your skin feel like it shrank. No more flaking and itching. So I was definitely hooked on making my own soaps. I made it for my family and started giving it away as gifts. The response was overwhelming. Everybody loved my soap. My mom loved the scent so she kept them in her drawer. I told her I would supply her with all the soap she needed and finally persuaded her to try washing with it too. Another satisfied customer.
Eventually my husband convinced me that we should go into business and sell my soap. He had always wanted a family business. But I had no interest unless it was something I really believed in. And that 's how Alabu Inc. was born. I soon was searching and trying to learn all I could about making the best soap I could. The more I learned, the more I was sure I never wanted to use commercial "soaps" again. I started to read commercial soap labels. Yikes. I couldn't even pronounce the ingredients, and it really didn't fit my philosophy of the simple life and avoiding unnecessary chemicals.
Now, my husband and son take care of the web site and the "business" side of things and my daughter and I make soap, wrap and ship it. Alabu, Inc., the family business, is here to stay.
A side note:
Our family tests and uses all of our soaps and moisturizing products on a daily basis. Alabu soaps gently remove the soil leaving your skin soft and smooth. They are perfect for people with sensitive skin conditions. Once you have tried our soaps, you will never want to use manufactured soap again. We money-back guarantee it.
We like it so much, that I started making Travel bars for us to take when ever we are on the road. It is especially nice when staying in hotels and motels. The water in those places is frequently very hard and drying. Alabu soap not only improves the shower experience but makes us feel at home.
Blessings,
Maryclaire
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