Homemade Soaps

My mom, aka: "Mama K" makes the most amazing soaps!  And now they are available to purchase.  If you're looking for a natural solution to store bought soaps, want a better value for your money or are struggling with skin sensitivities or eczema, these are for you.  For $1.00 per ounce, you get a bar that will last much longer than a store bought bar.  In fact, I've found that one 4 oz. bar of this soap lasts me about 3-4 times as long as a similar size store bought brand!  This is because it is not filled with air, fillers or preservatives.

 

Lavender Soap Ingredients:

Olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, lavender essential oil, sodium hydroxide.

 

Lemon Soap Ingredients:

Olive oil, lard, coconut oil, castor oil, lemon essential oil, sodium hydroxide.

 

Plain (no scent) Soap Ingredients:

Olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, castor oil, jojoba oil.  (Although no scent is added, these bars have a fresh, natural smell to them.)  Too bad this isn't 'scratch-and-sniff'!!

 

Orange Sunrise Soap Ingredients:

Coconut oil, castor oil, orange essential oil, paprika infused in olive oil (for color), sodium hydroxide.

 

Grapefruit Soap Ingredients:

Distilled water, lard, olive oil, castor oil, grapefruit essential oil, sodium hydroxide.

 

Ylang Ylang Soap Ingredients: (only a few left of these!)

Olive, palm, coconut, jojoba and castor oils, and ylang ylang essential oil, sodium hydroxide.

 

Goat Milk Soap Ingredients:

Raw goat milk, Olive oil, coconut oil, sodium hydroxide.

 

Bug-Away Soap Ingredients: (Repels mosquitos and smells great!)

Olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, castor oil, also citronella, lemon, lavender and cedar leaf oils, sodium hydroxide.

 

*New* Orange Patchouli

Avocado oil, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, orange and patchouli scents, sodium hydroxide.

 

*New* Fresh Air

Beef tallow, olive oil, castor oil, coconut oil, fresh air scent, sodium hydroxide.

Beef tallow makes an excellent soap.  Read more about why here.

 

*New* Aloe Vera

Wonderful for the skin!  Read more about aloe vera here. 

Castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, aloe vera, sodium hydroxide.  (No scent and no color.)

 

*New* Woodland

The men in your life may like this one! 

Castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, sandalwood, patchouli, lavender and cedar leaf essential oils, sodium hydroxide.

 

Cost:  $2.00 - 5.00 for each bar  (Sold by the size, $1.00 per ounce.)

 

Each bar is approximately 4-5 oz.  We have a few smaller sizes occasionally available as well.  Typical grocery store bars of soap are less than 4 oz. 

 

We use simple packaging and basic, natural soap shapes.  By not purchasing expensive molds, we pass the savings along to you.

 

 

Why buy homemade soaps instead of commercial soaps?

 

It probably isn't a big surprise that the majority of soaps that are sold in stores contain a large amount of chemicals that most of us have never even heard of. If you are concerned about the toxins that your family uses in your home, then you might want to consider switching to organic soap as a healthier alternative.

 

We first learned about the need to eliminate these toxins as we struggled to improve my daughter's health conditions, one of which was eczema.

 

By using organic soap, we can potentially avoid, or at least reduce, many common skin problems. Organic soap contains ingredients that have been produced without using herbicides, chemical fertilizers, or pesticides.

Commercial soaps are hard on regular skin, and worse if you have sensitive skin. The chemicals used to make and enhance these products actually dry and damage skin. Regular soaps will remove naturally present glycerin and instead include harsh substances like dyes, synthetic fragrances and preservatives. Is it any wonder that some people are medically required to switch to natural soaps? Some of the possible skin conditions that may cause you to switch to natural soaps include, chronically dry skin, allergic reactions after a bath or an itch that scratching doesn't seem to relieve.

After using these natural soaps my mom began making, we never wanted to purchase a store-bought soap again.  There is really no comparison!

Read more about why to use "real" soap here.