Metropolis Soap Company

Metropolis Soap Co sent me over one of their fabulous bars of handmade vegan soap for review
 The one I got was Mint, Lavender ad Citrus. This is not a fragrance blend that I had heard of before, but I find it delightful. It has a refreshing citrusy scent. I love that it has lavender as well since lavender is so good for your skin. Lathers very well and gets you really clean. No residue but the fragrance rests lightly on your skin after showering. I like that.

Description from Metropolis Soap Co.

Orange is Astringent
Lavender soothes
Rose Clay is gentle and good for sensitive skin

About Metropolis Soap Co.

Metropolis soap comes from simple ingredients. First we select 100% vegan oils like vitamin-rich coconut oil, luxurious sunflower oil, and moisturizing shea butter, which all are a part of our time-tested recipe.  We choose our oils for their skin-loving properties, as well as their ability to create a hard, durable soap that will last. Next the oils are mixed with a carefully measured amount of distilled water and sodium hydroxide, which causes the chemical reaction that makes soap! The oils and water are blended together and once the ingredients have officially made soap we add our own specially formulated essential oil blends. These blends are created for their aromatherapy properties as much as their scent abilities! The soap batter is then poured into our handmade wooden molds and colored with mica powder. After 36 hours the soap logs are released from their molds so that we can cut each bar by hand and set them on our curing racks. After a 4-6 week cure process we test each batch to ensure quality and safety (we have a lot of soap in our home!). Once the batch is proven up to our standards, we release it for sale.

Metropolis Soap Co. is not only vegan-friendly, but eco-conscious, too! Our products contain no palm oil, which contributes to deforestation and causes many orang utans to become homeless! Metropolis Soap Co. takes a strong stand against animal cruelty. Our products are NEVER tested on animals…just Mr. Metropolis! We are proud to be certified Cruelty-Free by P.E.T.A.

Beautiful Handmade Soaps

Metropolis Soap Co. sells products in all of these great categories:

• Shea Butter Soaps
• Lip Balm
• Gifts
• Herbal Spa Soaks
• Specials

Want to keep up with all things Metropolis Soap Co? You can like em on Facebook, follow em on Twitter, check out their blog and sign up for their newsletter.

Ready to buy? Head on over to Metropolis Soap Co and get ya some of this great soap or some of their other wonderful products. You can even check out their list of retail locations to see if Metropolis Soap is available near you.

Waterford Press Texas Pocket Guides

  Waterford Press sent me over a selection of their really cool pocket guides for review. Since this is Texas Kitchen naturally I received four guides about Texas. I love love love these guides.

Check em out:

Texas Birds

 An Introduction to Familiar Species

Author: James Kavanagh
Illustrations: Raymond Leung

Texas Birds is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide for the bird lover and nature enthusiast. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species and includes a map featuring prominent state-wide birding hotspots. Laminated for durability, this handy guide is a great source of portable information and ideal for field use by novices and experts alike.

 Texas Birds is a bird watchers dream. Pocket size and loaded with info. The detail in the pics is excellent.Not only do you get to figure out what bird you are looking at by illustration, it also tells you the name, scientific name, size and a snippet about most of the birds.

Texas Butterflies & Moths

An Introduction to Familiar Species

Author: James Kavanagh
Illustrations: Raymond Leung

Texas Butterflies and Moths is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide for the nature enthusiast. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar species of butterflies and moths. 

If y'all are like me. You see a really pretty butterfly or moth you have never seen before and you want to learn more about it. Where to start? What butterfly is it anyway? With Waterford s guide you can see exactly which butterfly or moth yours is. The beautiful full color illustrations show not only butterflies and moths but caterpillars and pupae as well. How cool

Texas Wildlife

An Introduction to Familiar Species

Author: James Kavanagh
Illustrations: Raymond Leung

Texas Wildlife is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide for the nature enthusiast. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and butterflies, fishes and includes a map featuring prominent state-wide wildlife sanctuaries. 

 This one is super cool. I actually found several species of animals in the guide that I have not seen before. Mom and I were coming from town the other day and saw and animal crossing the highway that we could not identify. She thought it was a nutria I was not driving so I got a better look at it. I decided it was a raccoon that had a serious defect (or had maybe escaped a nuclear facility lol) I actually got the Waterford guides in the mail the next day and we were able to see it was actually a white-nosed coati. This is an animal I had not been aware of before. I guess you never do stop learning. I can see these guides are going to be super useful.

Texas Trees & Wildflowers

An Introduction to Familiar Species

Author: James Kavanagh
Illustrations: Raymond Leung

Texas Trees and Wildflowers is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide to familiar trees, shrubs and wildflowers. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar species and includes a map featuring prominent state-wide botanical sanctuaries. 

 Ever wanted to know what kind of tree is so pretty in your neighbor's yard? Now you can. This guide shows the shape of the tree the seeds, flowers and leaves of lots of Texas trees. The flower section shows the entire plant with the bloom. Flowers are categorized by color. Beautifully illustrated as well. 

 Waterford press sells guides in so many categories:

Product Types

Pocket Naturalist® Guides

Pocket Traveller® Guides

Pocket Tutor^® Guides

DuraGuides™

Nature Activity Books

Field Guides

New Releases -September 2011

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By Location

All Titles By Subject

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or you can sign up for the Waterford Activity Zone to play and learn. They have

hundreds of free games and activities suitable for all ages.

Ready to buy? Head on over to Waterford Press and get you some of the awesome pocket guides. They even have a store locator to find guides near you.

Rubbermaid Easy Find Lids system – GLASS CONTAINERS

neatly nest for compact storage

Always on the hunt for the perfect containers for the fridge? I know I am. Rubbermaid sent me their  Easy Find Lids system – GLASS CONTAINERS for review and we put em to the test.

  This convenient eight piece set is oven safe and leak proof. You can even put em in the microwave with the lids lightly on to allow for ventilation without the spattering mess all over your microwave. I hate cleaning the microwave.

 I love that they come in many sizes. They are perfect for left overs, taking your lunch and for single people cooking for themselves. These little wonders are also dishwasher and freezer safe.

  The gaskets pop right out of the lids for super easy thorough cleaning... dry  pop em back in and your ready to use em again.

We really like the system and highly recommend it for everyone.

 Check out this video showing em off:

Description from website:

Glass with Easy Find Lids

Now, you can enjoy the organization benefits of the Easy Find Lids system with the versatility of glass. Like other Easy Find Lids products, Rubbermaid Glass containers have lids and bases that neatly nest for compact storage. Lids snap to bases and other lids to make finding the right lid a breeze. Glass bases are designed to stack neatly, which saves space and prevents them from getting stuck together. Rubbermaid glass containers are also ideal for reheating foods in the microwave and the glass bases are oven safe up to 425°F. Plus, a built-in gasket creates a leak-proof seal.

glass bases are oven safe up to 425°F

 Check out these great product categories also available from Rubbermaid:

	Beverage
	Cleaning
	Configurations® Customizable Closet Kits
	Coolers & Jugs
	Deck Boxes & Patio Benches
	Food Storage Containers

	Garage Organization
	Kitchen
	Non-Adjustable Closet Kits
	Outdoor Sheds
	Storage Boxes

stack neatly in fridge

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perfect for entertainin

Ready to buy? Head on over to Rubbermaid and get yourself or a friend some of Rubbermaid's great products. They have quite a selection. Make sure to check out the Rubbermaid Promotions and Special Offers page. The Rubbermaid Easy Find Lid system is also available at Wal-Mart, Target and grocery stores nationwide.