{"product_id":"oak-holly","title":"Oak \u0026 Holly - Made with fresh fallen snow | Winter Collection","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis soap began a year ago, when, as the Oak kings power started to wane and the Holly King took over a howling wind blew a snow storm through our forest.  The kind with fat flakes that make it seem like the sky is falling.  I collected bowls of fresh fallen snow as it fell and distilled it to produce the soap I would use to represent the falling snowflakes in this bar.  The base of the bar being made with mineral rich, nourishing goat milk from our own boreal herd of woodland goats.  Fuzzy with their winter coats once again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwirls of dark and light battle through this bar inspired by the push and pull between the light and dark months of the year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScented with a magical essential oil blend of eucalyptus, lemongrass, wintergreen, rosemary, balsam fir, oakwood, and vetiver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe battle for light and dark, abundance and scarcity, warmth and cold plays out between two Kings; the Oak King and the Holly King. A personification of the seasons.   \u003cbr\u003eDuring the height of Midsummer the Oak King is at the height of his power, bringing birth, crop renewal and growth.  As his power wanes the battle shifts power and the oak king finally yields to the Holly King with a turn inward into darkness, and rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The root king’s winter is sleet and snow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eO moon as stark as an old cracked bone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe root king’s winds are an iron plow,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eheavy they drive me over and down.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe root king’s winter is cold and pale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eO moon as bright as a silver apple.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe winds so sharp and the days so gray,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe ground so hard — all warmth away.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe root king’s winter is quiet and still,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe moon as clear as an icicle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUntil he wakes, all flurry and squall —\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003equail my heart and hush my soul.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ePart of one of my favourite poems\u003cbr\u003eby Jessica Wick\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients\/ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; background: white; mso-highlight: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eCaprae lac, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Grapeseedate. 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