Every bar is unique. Our soaps are hand poured into molds and hand cut. We try to be as accurate as possible. Bars are cured for 8 – 10 weeks before selling. As the bars sit, they will continue to lose water weight and shrink. Many of the recipes varies using different types of liquids, along with the dry weather it can cause the bars to shrink.

Our products do NOT contain petroleum based chemicals (Mineral Oil, Petrolatum, Paraffin), chemical emulsifiers, chemical preservatives (Parabens, Urea) or Propylene Glycol.

Although there are many natural preservatives, they are nowhere near as potent as the synthetic preservatives. Our products are not made to sit on store shelves for years.

To begin with, let’s define “lye”. Lye, also known as caustic soda or Sodium Hydroxide, is a corrosive alkaline substance used (among other uses) for the production of solid soaps. In older times, “lye” referred to Potassium Hydroxide which is a substance with very similar properties (and is used in the production of liquid soaps).

Non-industrial soap CAN’T be made without using lye as a raw material. Once the saponification procedure is complete, however, and if the soap maker has done their job properly, no traces of lye are left in the soap: it has been entirely transformed into soap!
Therefore, the expression “soap which does not contain lye” is accurate and correct (for a properly produced soap), whereas the expression “soap made without lye” is inaccurate and misleading.