I Stalked Lora of Yapp’s Cottage Decor for our wisteria exhibit and was thrilled when she contacted me and offered to do a product review and giveaway! She kindly sent me the wisteria travel soap that I’d admired.
Her travel packs are such a clever idea; you get 4 one ounce bars of soap, each individually wrapped in plastic and with it’s own printed label. That way you could give them away as a set of four or, more likely, keep one or two for yourself and still have a lovely gift!
(I find soap to be the ultimate teacher gift: it’s not fattening, won’t clutter up the house, and it’s so fun to choose a scent to fit a personality.)
If you get overwhelmed by scents, know that Lora’s packaging is a dream come true. It keeps everything fresh and contained. Once the plastic was opened, the true wisteria scent came through. The fragrance is definitely rich and floral, but without being girly.
At Yapp’s Cottage Decor, Lora starts with a glycerin base then adds all sort of good things like goat’s milk, Vitamin E, and oatmeal. After using it, my skin felt nice and soft and the scent lingered in a subtle way. (Just thought of another idea: the one ounce size is great for putting in a guest bathroom and the set would make a perfect hostess gift.)
I put the bar in the downstairs powder room and quickly got this review from my 9 year old daughter: “I like it and not just because it’s purple! It’s pretty and it’s smooth and it smells good!”
Lora’s labels are awash (pun fully intended!) with her cottage sensibilities. The packaging, like the soap, is sweet and gentle. These are not the kinds of soaps you toss in a drawer until you need them; you’ll want to set them out for everyone to see! These little bars are popular as party favors and Lora has a terrific selection of wedding and baby shower labels to pick from. Choose your scent, choose your label, choose your text and she’ll do the rest.
Lora was kind enough to send me two more four packs for two lucky Etsy Stalker winners! One is white tea and ginger:
and the other is Creamy Lemongrass. Doncha just love the ribbon detail on the packaging?
To enter, browse Yapp’s Cottage Decor and come back here with your favorite item. Make sure you check out her whipped soap and gift box sets! TWO lucky winners to be announced next Wednesday, May 27th at 5 pm PST.
Remember, cleanliness is next to Stalking(ness)!
Curator V.
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My fav is the Eucamint soap! Yummm. . . I can smell it now. Refreshing!
I really like the Creamy Lemongrass Facial soap.
The Lemon Frosting Whipped Soap sounds yummy!!
OMG the blueberries and chocolate rose soaps are so adorable and I love the colors!
OOH Cherry Vanilla…ok thanks so much for this site – I can almost smell it from here:)
Ok I checked out this shop and I am absolutely enchanted! Although everything in the shop looks amazing this is the one that stood out for me
14 Chocolate covered cherries soap shaped like cherry cordials in gift box
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23637882
Absolutely wonderful stuff!! ?
I love the Wedding Day Soaps–what a great favor idea!
Arabian Spice sounds wonderful, and not too girly for my DH to use as well.
Other than the Wisteria Soap, I love the Strawberry Rose and Vanilla Soap! —- I would love to win the wisteria soap because i would like to give some to my director and costume lady for a gift. We did this play called Enchanted April this year for drama club and the line most repeated in the play was “To those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine…” Also, the stage was covered in it
Other than the Wisteria Soap, I love the Strawberry Rose and Vanilla Soap! —- I would love to win the wisteria soap because i would like to give some to my director and costume lady for a gift. We did this play called Enchanted April this year for drama club and the line most repeated in the play was “To those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine…” Also, the stage was covered in it!
Orange Spice Whipped Soap–looks delicious enough to spread on toast!
For me, it’s the lilac soap. In the back of my yard are several very tall lilac trees. Each Spring they bloom and when I pull in my driveway I can smell them as I get out of the car. The smell is so amazing that I’m disappointed it only lasts a short while. When I was younger we had a home that had many lilacs. I loved the smell then too but my Mother was allergic and my stepfather cut them all down. It was devastating to me. I thought she should just suck it up for a few weeks.
(Teenagers.. it’s all about them). So, imagine how happy I was the first Spring in our new home to find that the trees lining the back of the yard were lilacs. 
She does a lovely job of packaging too. Really beautiful. I will definitely be buying (but hope to win!)
Oh god. The espresso rose soaps caught my eyes right away:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6862137
And mmm, creamy lemongrass sounds sooo good.
The pink whipped soap looks a little too good…almost edible!
I am a huge sucker for Lemon Anything, so I would most definitely go for the Lemongrass soap (although the Strawberry soap looks amazing also)!
14 Raspberries and cream bon bon shaped soaps in gift box looks sooooooooo pretty !
I like Blueberries and Chocolate, 20 Rose shaped soaps in gift box cause if matches my bathroom perfectly!
Strawberry!
Such a lovely selection – I love the Midsummers Night Soap, sounds heavenly.
I love the chai tea and the rose shaped. Such lovely gifts
Mmmm, wisteria! Sounds absolutely awesome!
Strawberry, Rose, and Vanilla sounds GREAT!
Whipped soap, Lemon Frosting
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I love the oatmeal soap! All her items are so cute and I love all the packaging!
I would love to have some of the light rose scented soap. I must confess… I love anything rose scented.
Eucamint!!!!
I’m going to be planning a baby shower soon and the baby shower soaps caught my eye!
I love this: 20 Rose shaped soaps, scented with Chocolate Espresso in gift box
My fave is Nag Champa! Ohh…or Midsummers Night…
Oh the white tea and ginger smell on anything!
I’m a sucker for vintage so I love the baby shower soaps!
I like the Whipped soap, Orange Spice, 4 ounce jar and the cherry vanilla soap. All of the soaps looked great it was so hard to choose.
Lilac smelling anything – love the lilac soaps.
It’s difficult to choose, but I love the lemongrass facial soap with a handmade facecloth!
I would like to try the vegan Dragons blood soap, it sounds very interesting.
They all sound just lovely but I chose lavender as my favorite. I love the pretty labels and I’ve always loved the fresh scent of lavender.
the whipped soap pink
I really like the Lavender,Litsea cubeba,Eucalyptus and Tea tree facial soap!
Thanks
The Chocolate Covered Cherries soaps would be fabulous in my country cottage bath!! Love everything else, too
I like the Lilac scented soaps.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I like the four bars of cherry vanilla soap.
madamerkf at aol dot com
cherry vanilla for sure: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24182512
ooooohhhh…and coffee!! COFFEE!!!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18762008
I love the Happy Spring soap set. Thanks!
I love goats milk soap, and lavender is my absolute favorite scent!
Violet, we met at purplegirl’s wedding. She pointed me in your direction and now i’m hooked.
I like the wipped soap orange spice
So hard to choose. I like the black amber and roses soap.
I like the Cherry vanilla soap
I just love the idea of the travel soaps! I prefer the citrus scents of lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit.
35 Baby shower soaps / custom listing for vintageaddiction is my favourite! Lovely!!!
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Orange Spice Whipped Soap.
My favorite scent is Lilac’s so I would choose the Lilac scented soap.
The *Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey 4-pk* sounds delicious!
I didn’t see any in the store, but one of the new scents is Birthday Cake, and I would LOVE that.
I have to echo the votes for the Whipped Lemon Frosting. However the Chai soaps would be a tasty second!
Wow, so many amazing choices!!
I have to go with the Chai tea soap (I love soap and reminds me of my times in India with the bf) and the Black Amber and Roses soap look amazing!
What a wonderful array of scented soaps! It was so hard to choose just one!
I finally have to settle on the strawberry rose- it just sounds so unique.
Lovely packaging and the travel soap idea is great.
wow, I’d love to smell the cut grass soap, that intrigues me!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15354441
Oooh! The Arabian Spice sound really romantic!
the skin soothing oatmeal soap with goat’s milk sounds like it would be wonderful for my dry and sensitive skin!
They are lovely! White Tea and Ginger sounds yummy…and they are so reasonably priced.
The Orange Spice Whipped Soap sounds just wonderful.
The Lemongrass and Tea tree oil facial soap looks wonderful!
The Dragon’s Blood soap in the wood box sounds wonderful. I wish that the gardenia was available in larger bars, not just in the travel sets.
The Turkish Mocha soap sounds lovely!
I love how beautifully packaged everything in her shop is! I love how natural and clean the goat milk soap looks! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7307857
The Lavender goat milk soap, sounds great!
I am intrigued by the coffee soap. Mmm, even more coffee in the morning, just what I need! (I promise not to eat the soap)
14 Chocolate covered cherries soap shaped like cherry cordials in gift box
Love this one! What a great idea!
My fav is the oatmeal, milk and honey soap.
Ooh, the lavendar goat’s milk soap sounds lovely! Thanks!
I have to say I’m drawn to the fresh brewed coffee soap, I’m not sure why… ; )
Everything looks so lovely! I think I would love the Midsummers Night soap for evening baths. Sounds soothing.
Nag Champa!
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