Today I received a gift from my CEO, Kate. It’s a gift from Fiji! My boss went for a Christmas holiday and she returned to office yesterday. I dropped by her office to say hie and she surprised me today with this. “Darling, which would you like?”…she asked me this morning with both her palm extended in front of me. On both of her palm she placed a green and a pink flowery box. I thought it’s a box with something in it. Coincidently my other colleague walked by and she was stopped by my boss as well. As she asked me first, I got to pick the one I want. Of course I picked the pink one! Everyone knew I love pink =). My boss said that this soap is made from coconut oil and our skin will be very soft and hydrated after using. It’s for face and body.
I’ve been reading a blog on handmade soap a few weeks ago. From the blog I started to take handmade soap more seriously. This gift is PERFECT for me. Let’s hope I don’t get crazy with soap from now on. I knew how addictive this could be.
There’s a card at the back of the soap.
As you flipped over the card, you’d see the ingredient used. If you can see the price tag, it’s not expensive. I’d bring back a carton if I see this.
Up-close on the ingredient. It’s also certified for using organic nut oils. Notice the Green Earth logo?
Handmade paper and Pure Fiji ribbon.
Handmade paper is nice. Used to buy a lot of these type of paper when I was in high school.
I wonder if I could ever open this and use it. It’s just too nice to unwrap! I’d definitely put this in one of my Gelato Pique pouch.
I love the flower so much that I’ll leave you with the closed-up picture of the flower ehehe. Enjoy.
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Thanks Fiona! Sophia from Pure Fiji here…So glad you love the soap! The paper is handmade by a women-run collective in a rural village in the highlands of Fiji.
The paper is made utilising traditional Fijian techniques to make tapa. (A ceremonial cloth made from the bark of the mulberry tree) Here’s a link if you want to learn more about the Pure Fiji handmade paper initiative.
http://www.purefiji.com/infocenter/papermakers.html
Sophia =o)
Just to advise … the packaging has flowers and seeds in it and was confiscated by customs on my arrival back into Australia
Hi Sophia. Thanks for the explanation. I love the soap very much. Would like to buy some too 🙂
Hi Anonymous, so sorry to hear that your soap was confiscated. Perhaps ordering online is ok? Was thinking to buy some to use 🙂