Hand made Soap

Our Grannies always told us never to wash our faces with soap and to a certain extent, they were right, coal tar soaps and the like were pretty harsh.  But we've gone back to real traditional methods with our soaps and you will notice the difference, rich creamy lather in a sweet-smelling bar that will leave your skin soft and clean, not stripped.

For those of you that are really techinically minded, have a look at the foot of this page for the science behind why our soaps are truly different.

Chamomile - soothing, healing and gentle with ground chamomile flowers because they're pretty

Cinnamon & Orange - warming and uplifting

Tea Tree & Peppermint - healing and revitalising 

Chamomile & Geranium - total relaxation

Black Pepper & Ginger - deeply warming for tired muscles, helps fatigue

Tantra - Rose, Ylang Ylang & Patchouli, indulgence in a bar

Gardener's Soap - Lavender & Marjoram with exfoliating pumice powder and poppy seeds

Lavender - simple, healing, sweet smelling Lavender

Ylang Ylang & Lime - indulgent Ylang Ylang & zingy Lime

Boy's Blend - earthy Clary Sage & sharp Lime

Unscented castile - mild and creamy, made with 80% olive oil

Egyptian House Blend - invigorating Basil & Rosemary

NEW Fennel & Celery - a fresh herby smell, good for all the family

Each slice of soap weighs min 100g (bars are hand cut so this may vary slightly)

Ingredients: elais guineensis; cocos nucifera; theobroma cacao; olea europaea; aqua; sodium hydroxide (converted during saponification to leave no traces); essential oils; mineral clay & dried herbs for colour.
(the exception beding Castile Soap: 80% olea europaea); cocos nucifera; theobroma cacao; aqua; sodium hydroxide (converted during saponification to leave no traces)

Soap making explanation for the technically minded...

We use oil as the base for our soaps and then add a teeny bit of water and caustic soda (bear with us here, as scary as that sounds, no traces are left in the bar after the 8 week curing process).  In our method, none of the raw ingredients (the oils basically) are ever boiled or cooked so that all of the beneficial properties are kept during the process.  The function of the caustic is to alter the oil molecules to effectively change them, making them into two totally new things altogether, soap (saponified oil) and glycerine.  Commercial soaps have been famous for drying out our skins because the glycerin has been removed to sell to you in a moisturiser instead.  We leave the glycerin in - then, crucially, add extra moisturising oils - so you're skin isn't at all stripped by the process but is instead cleaned and moisturised.  This is why we choose this long winded, labour intensive and time consuming way of making soaps instead of using brightly coloured cheap melt and pour soaps; traditional soaps really are better for you.  Tell your Granny.