Bubbly Ellen DeGeneres Soak Up Some Soap

Señoritas, did you get to watch Ellen DeGeneres’ soap opera on her TV show? It’s hilarious! If you want to have a good laugh, better watch it on YouTube. It was a week long performance she did in one of her segments last September. I am not an avid fan of soap operas because I don’t like watching TV shows that leaves me hanging but this segment on Ellen is really funny!

Ellen's soap opera : As The Tides Turn

Let’s go to a different kind of soap… the one with bubbles! Do you know that you can make your own liquid soap? It’s a nice gift to giveaway this Christmas season!  Here’s an easy way to make liquid hand soap:

Ingredients

1 bar soap (6 oz)
1 tbs honey
1 tsp glycerin
water

Directions

• Grate bar of soap into small flakes, pour in blender.
• Add 1 cup boiling water and whip.
• Add 1/2 cup room temperature water and stir in blender.
• Add honey and glycerin, stir.
• Allow mix to cool (15 minutes) then whip again.
• Mixture should be 2 cups at this point. Top with cool water until mixture measures between 5 and 6 cups, whip.
• Pour into containers and allow to cool (do not put lids or caps on yet).
• After an hour, close containers. Soap mixture will thicken up.
• Shake before using as needed.

Optional: You can make this with herb infused water, just strain before using.

Source: Adapted from Pearls of Country Wisdom by Debora S. Tukua

For señoritas who are NOT into the do-it-yourself (DIY) thingy, there’s an alternative --- Human Nature Anti-Bacterial Hand Soap. This affordable 100% Triclosan-FREE hand soap comes in two different scents, Lemongrass  and  Mandarin.   


NOTE: TRICLOSAN, classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a probable carcinogen, is  linked to cancer, developmental defects, hormone disruption and more. 


Both are combined with Acapulco or Candle Bush. What’s with Acapulco? The antioxidants and antibacterial properties of Acapulco will keep your delicate hands clean and the mandarin or lemon scent will keep your hands smelling fresh and moisturized!

Have you thought of your Christmas gifts for your friends, señoritas?