Handcrafted, handcut bar soap! 

Man-sized and long lasting. 

We’ve been told, and we’ve read and researched that the Aniseed essential oil that scents this soap is both a mask of human scent for hunters and an attraction to fish for fishermen. This has a licorice scent and is pleasant in and of itself with its own beneficial properties from the 100% pure essential oil.

Handmade, cold process bar soap

Ah – nothing like the scent of true honeysuckle. Although considered an invasive weed in the south, I miss it here in Nebraska. Knowing what honeysuckle SHOULD smell like, I searched for a few years before I finally found a fragrance that actually smells like honeysuckle on a soft summer’s evening. You’ll love it. Plus we’ve added Turmeric for it’s skin-healthy benefits plus it makes a natural yellowish color just as I remember honeysuckle.

A classic and powerful synergy of real frankincense and myrrh powders with enormous skin benefits. We no longer use the essential oils of Myrrh and Frankincense because the price has gone sky high for these two precious oils and frankly I think they can be better utilized in pure blends for therapeutic use. If you see someone saying they do use these oils in a soap I'd think twice about believing that. Which is also why you don't see us selling rose soap using essential oils - rose absolute and rose otto both sell for well over $200 for 1 oz. You will, however, love the subtle fragrance of this gentle and unique soap. The certified organic botanicals of Myrrh and Frankincense do have health-giving and skin-healthy properties. By adding these powders we also give this soap a gentle exfoliating property that you will enjoy. 

The first batch we made of this soap was in the fall – I’ve used this fragrance before in candles and absolutely loved its fresh, warm, homey, inviting fragrance. Reminds me of our wassail that we make each Thanksgiving, but really better. I’ve come to love it’s fragrance year round and so have our customers. We use real organic cranberry seeds frankly because we like the way they look, but truly they contribute a gentle, but effective exfoliating property to the soap.

I probably wouldn’t have thought of Chocolate Raspberry all by myself – it was a special request by a wholesale customer, but it’s really wonderful – thank you Jeanne! And - I was thinking very seriously of discontinuing this particular fragrance but several things happened along the way that made me change my mind. My husband and one of his best friends celebrated their birthdays together at our house. His wife was to bring the salad and dessert. Well, she outdid herself as she always does and we had a truly amazing decadent dessert of hot fudge and fresh (yes - in January!) raspberries placed over what we call "Magic Bars" (very yummy) and topped off with whipped cream. See - I don't always eat salads!  It occurred to me then that I not only loved the combination of raspberries and chocolate, but I loved the smell. Then I kept getting orders for this soap! So - here it is and we still have it and love it. It also has the extra antioxidant benefits from the organic cocoa powder. Think you will love it too. As with all of our soaps it contains 100% certified organic oils and certified organic shea butter.

If you like the fragrance of almonds and if you like “scrubby” soaps that are extremely beneficial for your skin as they clear off that dead layer of skin, you will love this soap. The beauty of handcrafted soap, especially with the high percentage of shea butter we add, is that the pH of your skin is balanced and not stripped as it is with commercial soaps. We’ve added organic oats to contribute to the scrubbiness, as well as organic ground almonds. The oats have their own contribution to these skin-healthy ingredients.

I have to tell you, we've tried very many almond fragrance oils but none of them gave me that same pleasant aroma that real almond extract does - you know the kind you use in cooking. I always add almond extract to most of the Christmas cookies I make because I love the taste. Well - we recently tested a new almond fragrance that is, if possible, stronger than almond extract.  And the even better news is that it came through in the cold process soap very nicely - good, strong, but not overwhelming, warm fragrance of almonds. This is definitely a keeper.