Get yours at the Minnesota State Fair!  We’re in the i like you booth at the Grandstand!  Check out our photos below, documenting the fun hand made process!

Not going to the fair?!  That’s o.k., lifes hectic and we’re devoted to making it simple, you can get this great new delight right here on bodylish.com!

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Now, for the first time, Minnesota State Fair goers can experience Bath-On-A-Stick, an artisan crafted bath treat for the Eco bather with a hankering for a fresh and soothing bomb for the body.

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PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 25, 2010 – Now, for the first time, Minnesota State Fair goers can experience Bath-On-A-Stick, an artisan crafted bath treat for the Eco bather with a hankering for a fresh and soothing bomb for the body. This fizzing bath confection, also called a bath bomb, is a combination of plant and nut oils swirled together with skin softening household agents such as Baking Soda and Cornstarch mixed with a beneficial essential oil blend and served on a stick. This natural bath treat is made by local artisan bodycare company, Bodylish.

Bodylish is committed to making bodycare that is good for you, and good for the earth. Using all carefully sourced and selected ingredients, Bodylish believes that what you put ON your body is as important as what you put INTO your body thus making bodycare that is good enough to eat. As part of the ever increasing buy local, buy fresh movement, the Bodylish mission supports sustainability making bodycare products to meet the needs of daily family life in a fun, natural way.

Bath-On-A Stick, the bodylish creation for the fair, is an enticing ball of pink and white swirled together artfully with ingredients including Sweet Almond and Jojoba oils, and an aromatic essential oil blend of lemon, rosemary, cinnamon, lavender and sage … making a bomb that is sweet and fresh smelling, and just as delicious to use. Bath-On-A Stick is a delicious treat, leaving a body feeling great and skin tenderly soft.

Bodylish products have long been a favorite for shoppers at the local handmade boutique, i Like You, in Northeast Minneapolis. When the i Like You owners, Angela and Sarah, got a booth at the State Fair, Bodylish was quickly selected as a contributing artisan. The i like you Handmade Market at the Fair will be located in the lower level of the Grand Stand. The market will feature other local handmade stars including Adam Turman, Giraffe, and XO Handworks to name a few. Other Bodylish products at the Fair will include Bath-On-A Stick as well as the Bodylish classic thePEACE bomb, a calendula and jasmine iLikeYou bomb, a shampoo bar called Down To Earth, and a capable and dependable liquid soap, FarmHand.

Jay and Nora Schaper began Bodylish in 1999 by combining Nora’s desire for natural and healthy daily care products with Jay’s entrepreneurial farm experience and zest for business. They have been making and selling their hand crafted soaps, bath products, oils, and creams as they share tips for naturally living and promote good living on their website. Bodylish sells directly to consumers online at Bodylish.com as well as Farmers’ Markets and Craft Fairs.

Nora, Jay and their two boys live in Kingfield, Minneapolis, on their urban farm complete with free roaming chickens and a large vegetable garden. They live as naturally as possible and share their lifestyle tips with the world via the Bodylish blog at www.Bodylish.com and www.posterous.bodylish.com.

If you would like more information about Bodylish or Bath-On-A-Stick, or to schedule an interview with Nora or Jay Schaper, please call Jay at 612-825-6994 or email Nora at Nora@bodylish.com.

If you would like more information about the i Like You Handmade Market, or to schedule an interview with Angela or Sarah, please call Angela at 651-230-2446 or email at Angela.iLikeYou@gmail.com.

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Bodylish is an all natural bodycare company located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and run by couple Nora and Jay Schaper. Bodylish has been making hand crafted, artisan quality bodycare for over 10 years.

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This bomb says it all. No need for words.  It is made to gently caress and moisture kiss every body, with a combination of honey, avocado oil and sandalwood powder. Prepare to be loved from head to toe and to leave the bath smelling good and feeling silky. This bomb will posses your heart.

Dry Ingredients: Sift dry ingredients in large bowl and set aside.

• 4 cups baking Soda
• 2 cups citric acid
• 2 cups arrowroot powder (corn starch will work as well)
• ¼ cup honey powder (arrowroot powder can be substituted for the honey powder)
• 1 tsp. red sandalwood powder (or dry colorant)

Wet Ingredients: Mix wet ingredient in a glass jar and mix well before adding to dry ingredients.

• 5 Tbl. sweet almond oil (any oil can be used here, including olive oil)
• 5 Tbl. avocado oil (any oil can be used here, including olive oil)
• 3 Tbl. distilled water (for a special treat I sometime substitute a floral water such as rose water or lavender water)
• 1 tsp. borax
• 1 tsp. EO blend (we use a bodylish blend of sandalwood, rosewood, ylang ylang, and patchouli)

Directions: Slowly drizzle wet ingredients into dry ingredients while constantly mixing.  Try not to let it fizz up too much.  When mix is slightly sticky and dry, gently push into mold filling each half then pressing together.  Holding one end of the mold in the palm of your hand, slightly tap the mold to release the bomb.  Repeat on other side. Place on cookie sheet and let cure for a few hours or overnight.

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Today is the big day.  It is the relaunch of bodylish.com into a whole new way of doing business. Our little company is growing up fast!  We are so proud.  In honor of this we have shot our inaugural video, I’ll be making the bodylish favorite … the I (heart) You Bath Bomb.  (Aww … how sweet).  Jay (my chief technical officer and partner in all things bodylishious) will be behind the camera and I will be front and center.

In some ways I’m nervous about the first video and I wonder what I’m going to say and how it will look … in other ways I don’t think I’m nervous enough.  This seems to be my way about the world, I jump in first and figure it out as I go (it’s worked for me for this long).  Don’t tell me if it looks silly, I only want the good news.

Because you care enough to be here reading this, and because I am willing to divulge my bodylish life to all of my closest friends (and fans) let’s meet here, at bodylish.com and watch as life unfolds.  I promise to share the good and the bad, the fun times and the rough … I plan to provide tips and recipes, resources and links and all things that make life a little better in the living.

Here at bodylish, we believe in savoring every moment.  You can start by taking a bath.

I Heart You Bath Bomb from bodylish on Vimeo.

The first video from bodylish! Enjoy!

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