Plain Jane Giveaway!

Plain Jane Candles & Soap is run by a very sweet homeschooling mommy who makes a large assortment of items for her Etsy store. She sent me a sweet gift box full of items to try, and I've enjoyed getting to use some of the items!

The items included in the gift box were:

Homemade Laundry Detergent

Soy Candle

Lye Soap

Chapstick

Owie Stuff

Body Butter

Sugar Scrub

Soy Wax Tarts

One of my favorite items that were included in the gift box was the laundry detergent. I had previously been using a laundry detergent ball, and I haven't been pleased with how it was cleaning. Getting to try this laundry detergent was wonderful! It actually cleaned really well, and took out the yucky smell my clothes had been having. I've tried some homemade powder that I have made myself, and this one worked far better!

I also really liked the homemade soap that we tried. Personally I prefer lye soap over glycerin based soaps. My husband is prone to poison ivy and his occupation is lawn care. Whenever he comes home feeling "itchy" I would tell him to make sure and use the lye soap, as I've always heard it was good for your skin if you thought you ran into poison ivy! The soap lathered up very well, and a small bar lasted a long time!

Here is what Karen had to say about why she started her business:

"A few years ago we started a tradition on our family, that we would only give homemade gifts for Christmas. Let me rephrase that a little bit - I give homemade gifts to the mommies and girls, daughters and grandchildren. My husband gives Walmart cards to the daddy's and older boys :) I usually knit them something, but last year I wanted to do something different. I remembered that I used to make soap and how much we loved it. We were already making our own laundry soap and loving it, so I devised a gift basket with some handmade soap, chapstick, candles, and a few other things, and gave those to the ladies in our family and they were a big hit. After they used them up, they wanted more! So, with one thing leading to another, you know how that goes, I ended up making lots more and opening an Etsy shop. It's nice to bring in a little bit of extra income and it's something my husband can help me with, which leaves me lots of time to sew, which is my first love in the crafty world. We'll usually set aside a day and make several batch's of soap and candles, body butter and sugar scrub. When I make Chapstick and Owie Stuff, I normally make about 50 at a time, so that lasts a good while."

Karen has graciously offered to send one of you a gift basket containing all of the same lovely items she sent to me! To enter the giveaway, tell me which you would be most interested to try!

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This giveaway will end Saturday, June 18th at midnight and a winner will be announced on Monday.

*Please note, I was not paid to write this review. I did receive products to try, but these thoughts are all my own.*