The soap is made from saponified vegetable oils and natural additives and essential oils. The only colouring matter is natural materials. The soap is made in small batches and the variety changes frequently. Regular offerings are lavender, mints, some goat milk, including one with olive oil only and no scent for those with sensitive skin. Herbal teas and herbal oil infusions are often used in crafting the soap. Silk and honey is often included in the soap. Special soaps may be made for special people. The soaps often have lavender, rose, wood scent, citrus scent, or exotic scent. Some soaps have seeds, oatmeal or other scrubbing additives.
Current soaps: Aloe vera soap with lavender and patchouli or lavender and orange. Shampoo bar with castor oil, coconut, olive, jojoba and essential oils of geranium, lavender, pine and orange. Birch sauna soap, oatmeal soaps and many others. Ask if you are looking for special additives in your soap, or if you want a simple soap with no additives.
Classes are available on a regular basis so call to register. Several classes can be arranged during the Fall 2006 from September to November in order to have soap for Christmas. Along with that are classes in bath products such as massage oils, fizzies and bath salts.
These photos were taken by Erica de Ruiter.
Oils and fats being melted for 3 batches of soap.
Pouring lye into the fats
Finished soap being poured into the mold.
Soap is now set and ready to be removed from mold.
The three batches of soap waiting to be cut into bars.
Cutting the soap into bars.
The finished soap, cut into bars, waiting to be labelled and aged.