A little about me and my range

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy”
~RUMI~

Who I am

And how Africa’Zone sort of happened

I am Laura Christmas and I very seldom ever wear shoes. I am African.

Being peopley and living in suburbia is not what I would necessarily consider one of my strengths. The need to rewild, sadly occurs more frequently than my bank account caters to, but I’m off into the African bush as often as I can to restore my soul and reconnect to the underlying spirit and energy of all life itself. Being surrounded by nature fills me with a peace unsurpassed.

Love Africa, wine, plants, gardening, animals, cooking, creating, imagination, reading, firebaths in the bush and am fascinated by medicinal healing indigenous plants. I am also somewhat eclectic.

Decades in the corporate financial environment have, after extreme and largely ever-increasing non-productive government control, succeeded in suffocating my free spirit and squashing the life out of what I used to enjoy so much. I needed a hobby, an expression of creative energy and doing what I love.

Since childhood, I have always had a deep love of nature, the African bush and an interest in medicinal healing plants. What began as a way of rebalancing my soul in a field that fascinated me, has led me down a path that encompasses all that I love.

All my products are made in my home.

Creation and rekindling imagination, both of which are present in each and every one of us, seem to have led to a closer relationship the Greater Creation of all that is around us and on which we so depend.

What joy at the age of 60, to discover that I am not too old to change, nor am I trapped in a world that seems to have gone mad.

Prof Mncube is a genius, a wood craftsman of note, is my go-to man and a source of endless support and help. He’s made all my wooden moulds and helps me with making the silicone moulds too, when we have to work fast.

He’s also busy making you all wooden handcrafted soap dishes suitable for handcrafted soaps in order to keep them dry between use, so keep an eye on the shop and our social media pages. Prof and I are a great team, so it makes sense establishing a 50/50 joint venture, which enables him to earn an extra income.

26 Seconds is all it takes for the chemicals in your personal products to enter into your bloodstream.

What is in your products?

What you can expect from my luxury hand crafted products

My soaps and skin products are packed full of ingredients and all inspired to bring you a step closer to nature and for you to experience the remarkable difference and benefit for your skin.

My soaps are handcrafted and there is no factory process. There will ALWAYS be a visual differences from what you see in the photographs. The photos should be considered a reasonable guideline.

  • Good quality oils, botanicals, mostly essential oils and mostly natural colourants.

  • Some products are not 100% natural.

  • Treating our earth with care means that if a plant or habitat is under threat, the only choice is not to pillage; to use a nature identical fragrance as opposed to the essential oil. I import Phthalate Free fragrances. Additionally, some essential oils like rose, at R350,000 a kg are simply too expensive.

  • I make use of mica occasionally only in some soaps as natural colours often are altered in an alkaline soap batter environment, generally to an insipid brownish shade. Mica is a natural stone mineral, but is chemically altered in a lab to produce various colours.

  • Global products that it occurs in are bronzer, highlighter, lipstick and lip gloss, eye shadow, mascara, concealer, foundation, makeup primer, facial serum (not mine), blush and facial powder, nail polish, daily use SPF, men’s shaving cream, baby shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, body wash, brightly coloured bath products like bubble bath, Fizz balls.

  • I don’t think a little in soap on occasion, would add much more than what most humans already include in a large variety of products. The Nurture mica’s I import and use are sulphate free.
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