About the service
I make soap the cold process way, and I start with the oils, because the character of a bar is set by the recipe and not by the mould. Hard fats give firmness and a quick lather, olive and rice bran oils give mildness and a creamy feel, castor holds the foam together, shea and cocoa butter add body. The recipe is calculated for your order: I work the lye out against your exact blend of fats, keep a superfat margin so the finished bar stays gentle, and write everything down before I go anywhere near the scales.
The lye stage is chemistry, not cosy craftwork. I work in gloves, goggles and an apron under extraction, and children and animals leave the room for that part. Then comes patience. The loaf sets for a day, I cut the bars by hand, and after that they cure on racks for four to six weeks while the water leaves them: the bar hardens and lasts far longer in the dish. I do not hand soap over before the cure is finished, whatever the deadline. Colour comes from clays, cocoa, spirulina and infusions, and I show honest samples first, because natural pigments give muted earth tones rather than bright ones.
One thing stated plainly: this is a washing product and nothing more. I make no medical claims and will never say that a bar treats anything. Skin conditions are a doctor's business, not a soapmaker's. Essential oils cause reactions in some people, so an unscented version is always available, the full ingredient list is printed on the label, and before first use it is worth testing a bar on a small patch of skin.
— recipe work: hard fats, liquid oils, castor and butters, lye and superfat calculated per batch
— cold process loaves and individual moulds, hand cutting, bevelled or plain edges
— solid shampoo bars and a solid conditioner bar as a matching pair
— natural colour: clays, cocoa, spirulina, madder; no synthetic pigments
— unscented line for sensitive users and a scrub bar with ground fruit stone
— kraft wrapping, band label with the full ingredient list, batch date and ready date
— favours for guests at a wedding or party, and a small run for a local shop
— storage notes: dry, airy, on a draining rack so the bar dries between uses
The lye stage is chemistry, not cosy craftwork. I work in gloves, goggles and an apron under extraction, and children and animals leave the room for that part. Then comes patience. The loaf sets for a day, I cut the bars by hand, and after that they cure on racks for four to six weeks while the water leaves them: the bar hardens and lasts far longer in the dish. I do not hand soap over before the cure is finished, whatever the deadline. Colour comes from clays, cocoa, spirulina and infusions, and I show honest samples first, because natural pigments give muted earth tones rather than bright ones.
One thing stated plainly: this is a washing product and nothing more. I make no medical claims and will never say that a bar treats anything. Skin conditions are a doctor's business, not a soapmaker's. Essential oils cause reactions in some people, so an unscented version is always available, the full ingredient list is printed on the label, and before first use it is worth testing a bar on a small patch of skin.
— recipe work: hard fats, liquid oils, castor and butters, lye and superfat calculated per batch
— cold process loaves and individual moulds, hand cutting, bevelled or plain edges
— solid shampoo bars and a solid conditioner bar as a matching pair
— natural colour: clays, cocoa, spirulina, madder; no synthetic pigments
— unscented line for sensitive users and a scrub bar with ground fruit stone
— kraft wrapping, band label with the full ingredient list, batch date and ready date
— favours for guests at a wedding or party, and a small run for a local shop
— storage notes: dry, airy, on a draining rack so the bar dries between uses
