Ray's Corner

  Over the last few weeks we’ve written briefly about Christmas traditions in both Wales U.K., and Southern Africa. Equally interesting are our very own traditions right here in America. And some fun facts about how these came to be.     On a personal note, our first Christmas in America, our new home, although far away from our loved ones, was magical! It was cold – snowflakes – beautiful, ornate, soft, white and fluffy, were falling and it was like nothing we had experienced before. We didn’t have gloves, boots, scarves or coats...we still had to learn about all...

At this special time of the year I thought it might be nice to share some of my Welsh memories/traditions with you. One of my favorites was Taffy making and the plygain service. Taffy - This sweet-toothed Welsh Christmas tradition takes place on Christmas eve and was a way to keep busy until the 3 am plygain service began. Families gather together in one home or another, and begin making tasty Christmas day treats for everyone. The tradition began when sweets (candy as we know it here) were a luxury few could afford and the joy of Christmas eve taffy making was born. These sweet treats...

Whether it’s becoming a Wimbledon champion, or winning a World Cup, you’ll always find individual ingredients that contribute to making things possible...although Borth Beach Soapery only formulates with proven 100% natural ingredients we still can’t claim that any one of our products will lead you to that elusive Fountain! We are however constantly reminded of the results our natural products achieve because of our ingredients. The first one we’ll introduce you to is ROOIBOS Herbal Tea – not your typical ‘morning cuppa’! Along with the history of Borth Beach over thousands of years, the medicinal origins of our Rooibos herbal...

Here’s an interesting thing to do ...Following through on our ‘big name’ personal items article, try Googling some of the brands that immediately come to mind, (you know who!) and check their ingredients. Then, search for how those ingredients are described, and see if they remind you of your chemistry class! Many of these ingredients by the way are the very items you do NOT want to allow anywhere near your skin. Our epidermis layer is porous and can act like a sponge absorbing whatever it comes in contact with. For economical manufacturing processes the majority of commercially made soaps...