Yunquera Gold, winging its way to NYC

I packaged up 40 litres of our Yunquera Gold olive oil to go to New York City today. And some Lujos goodies too.

My cousin regularly buys oil from us. I was really shocked when she first suggested it, as I thought the postage would make the whole idea uneconomic. However, she says that she loves our oil, as do her friends – and even with postage, our oil works out just a bit more than a really good oil at her local shop. Wow.

I think she splits the oil with her friends. I know that some of it goes to a friend who sells it informally in his shop. I am so pleased and impressed that so many people love our olive oil! I know we think it’s the best oil in the world, but then we would, wouldn’t we!

Yunquera Gold oil also goes to friends and family in the UK, and to people here. So it’s a well traveled oil.

Yunquera Gold olive oil (photo by Kenton @ imagenary.co.uk)

 

Lujos rose soap

So far, we have limited the soap scents on the Lujos site to just a few popular choices. Then one day, our tenant in the village asked if we could make her a bespoke log of soap.

This is the first time we have fulfilled an order like this, but we were all too pleased to oblige! This lady is a wonderful person who is one of the bubbliest women I have ever met – she has had many problems in her life, but nothing seems to faze her.

Anyway, she wanted a rose-scented soap. Well, that’s easy – there are many varients of wonderful-smelling rose essential oils out there. After much sniffing, I decided on an intriguing mix of rose absolute and palmarosa. (the palmarosa keeps the rose absolute from becoming too sickly sweet) I can’t tell you the proportions – that’s the part that makes the scent so “Lujos special” !!

The lady also wanted some real rose bits in there. She was in luck – over the summer, when my roses were in bloom, I took the petals and dried them. (as an aside, it takes an amazing number of roses to produce a ziploc bag full of petals!!)

The end result was splendid. We have just cut the log into bars for her, and in 2 more weeks, it will be lovely, rosey soap! And…we have just received our second order for a full ‘log’ of Lujos soap, this time Double Orange & Chamomile!

Lujos rose soap (photo by Kenton @ imagenary.co.uk)

 

Men love Lujos products, too!

Honest, they do! Guys who have tried our soaps and creams range from their 30’s to almost 70 years old, and they have all re-ordered. I have created a nice, manly scent with vetiver, patchouli and black pepper, which has gone over very well.

I guess that not all men in all countries are the same, though. For example, I gave a gift pack to the nice lady (Natalia) at our local gas station – she is unfailingly helpful and cheerful, and keeps the whole gas station immaculate.

I’m never sure when giving people gift packs if they will actually use the products – after all,  you can’t force them to try new things! But she very much did try them. She reported back this week – she said her boyfriend has eczema on his back, and using the Lujos soaps and creams has improved his skin.

Now, before you jump on your high horse, I am definitely not claiming that Lujos products can cure eczema, but I believe they are so mild and natural that at the very least, they will do no harm to overly sensitive skin. I could go on and say that I believe that a big factor in the huge increase in skin problems is the huge array of chemicals in soaps and moisturizers – I’m no chemist, but that just seems logical.

Anyway, I digress. Natalia asked Kenton last night if men buy and use Lujos products. When Kenton  said “most definitely”, she was surprised – apparently Yunquera men are fairly unreconstructed. But then, if Natalia’s boyfriend is willing to borrow her Lujos products, and likes them, maybe we will get the men of Yunquera there eventually!

Men's gift pack (photo by Kenton@imagenary.co.uk)