Soap Bars
Regular price $8.75Artisan Soap Bars: Cold Process or Triple Butter Luxury
What is your preference? A traditionally crafted Cold Process bar or a super creamy Triple Butter delight? Our large, luxurious bar soaps use pure essential oils to deliver a rich aromatic experience with a wide range of nourishing properties. With a scent for every preference, you might just need to think about picking up a few bars!
We deliver on scents that include English and French Lavender but also lots of unique derivations.
1. Cold Process Soaps (140 g): Traditional & Botanical
Our Cold Process soaps use natural saponified vegetable oils to create a traditional, long-lasting bar with excellent conditioning properties.
English Lavender Focused Soaps
| Soap Name | Key Ingredients & Aromatic Focus | Skin Benefit Highlight |
| English Lavender Swirl | Classic English Lavender (L. Angustifolia), Vegetable Oils | Soothing and calming, perfect for use all year round. |
| English Lavender Castile | Saponified Olive Oil (Castile base), English Lavender. | Extremely gentle and mild, perfect for those with sensitive skin types. |
| English Lavender & Bergamot | Soothing Lavender with bright, balancing Bergamot orange rind. | A refreshing aromatic blend to start the day. |
| English Lavender & Rosehip Goatmilk | Goat’s Milk, Rosehip Oil, Shea Butter, Geranium, Patchouli, Clove essential oils. | Creamy, moisturizing, incorporating essential fatty acids. |
French Lavender Focused Soaps
| Soap Name | Key Ingredients & Aromatic Focus | Skin Benefit Highlight |
| French Lavender Swirl | Sharper French Lavender (L. Intermedia), Vegetable Oils | Invigorating aroma, made with the same conditioning base as the English Swirl. |
Other Aromatic Blends (No Lavender)
| Soap Name | Key Ingredients & Aromatic Focus | Skin Benefit Highlight |
| Cedarwood & Spice | Cedarwood Atlas, Patchouli, Rosemary, Lemongrass, Clove Bud, Comfrey Root Powder. | Intoxicating warm spice and woodsy scents; perfect for a grounding aroma. |
| Wheatgerm & Honey Almond | Wheatgerm, Fresh Honey, Shea Butter, Bitter Almond Essential Oil. | Enticing honey and almond aroma; wheatgerm provides gentle exfoliation. |
| Lemongrass Clay Shea | Lemongrass, Shea Butter, Kaolin Clay. | Kaolin clay and shea butter combine with a fresh, clean lemongrass aroma. |
Cold Process Ingredient Breakdown
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English Lavender Swirl / French Lavender Swirl / English Lavender & Bergamot: Saponified Coconut Oil, Saponified Palm Oil, Saponified Canola Oil, Saponified Sunflower Oil, Saponified Castor Oil, Water, Titanium Dioxide, Ultramarine, PLUS Lavandula Angustifolia for English Lavender or Lavandula Intermedia for French Lavender.
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English Lavender Castile: Saponified Olive Oil, Water, Lavandula Angustifolia Essential Oil, Ultramarine.
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English Lavender & Rosehip Goatmilk: Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Shea Butter, Water, Goat’s Milk, Geranium Essential Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia Essential Oil, Patchouli Essential Oil, Clove Bud Essential Oil, Rosehip Oil, Rosehip Powder.
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Cedarwood & Spice: Saponified Coconut Oil, Saponified Canola Oil, Saponified Palm Oil, Saponified Olive Oil, Water, Cedarwood Atlas Essential Oil, Rosemary Essential Oil, Patchouli Essential Oil, Lemongrass Essential Oil, Clove Bud Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Comfrey Root Powder.
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Wheatgerm & Honey Almond: Saponified Sunflower Oil, Saponified Coconut Oil, Saponified Palm Oil, Saponified Shea Butter, Water, Bitter Almond Essential Oil, Fragrance, Wheatgerm, Honey.
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Lemongrass Clay Shea: Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Water, Shea Butter, Sodium Hydroxide, Cymbopogon Citratus Leaf Oil, Kaolin, Titanium Dioxide, Annatto Extract.
2. Triple Butter Soaps (135 g): Super Creamy Luxury
Enjoy the luxury of a super creamy, gentle cleansing experience. Our Triple Butter soaps are formulated with three deeply nourishing butters for a soft, rich feel: Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, and Mango Butter.
| Scent Name | Primary Essential Oils | Mood Focus |
| Morning Meditation | English Lavender, Patchouli, Neroli, and Chamomile | Focused and centered calm. |
| Forever Zen | French Lavender, Peppermint, and Cedarwood | Calming with a refreshing, clean spice. |
Triple Butter Ingredient Breakdown
Water, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate, Propylene Glycol, Socium Oleate, Sodium Myristate, Sodium Chloride, Glyceryl Mono Laurate, Betaine, Cocoa Seed Butter, Shea Butter, Mango Butter, Sodium Thiosulphate, Socium Citrate, Titanium Dioxide, Citric Acid, Trisodium Sulfosuccinate, Pentasodium Pentate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, PLUS pure essential oils
Lavender is not simply a single scent. For most of us, we pick products based on both scent and use.
If using around the house (our linen spray, room spray, sachets, house cleaner ... see house collection ... then we tend to use the French Lavender (Lavandin). This is a sharp scent that is robust and so will linger longer. Sometimes we'll soften the French with a bit of English Lavender (e.g. our room spray) and if using dried flowers for decoration -- you'll find we carry both English and French lavender ... see dried flowers
When using as a cream, soap, etc. ... you can choose based on scent ... e.g. the lemony / fresh scent of French Lavender (Lavandin) or the softer / sweeter scent of English Lavender. If you are looking for a product that may have more therapeutic properties, then look for the English Lavender. Going for a hike or sitting in your garden and want to repel bugs? Then use one of our body mists with French lavender (or our outdoor mist). Wanting something for your purse with an antiseptic properties? Try one of our French lavender essences.
Explore our lavender for body and face.
Are you cooking? Answer is simple. Only use English lavender.
For culinary buds and delights click here.
What follows is a longer description of the differences between English and French Lavender.
Interested in knowing more about the oils we use in our products? Click here to go to the page on our oils. What we commonly refer to as 'lavender' is more than one species -- there are tons of them! There is much confusion over what is and is not lavender, including sorting through the many Latin names.
The two most popular varieties are Lavandula Angustifolia (what we call 'English Lavender') and Lavandula Intermedia (what we call 'French Lavender'). English Lavender is commonly referred to as English because historically it was developed for the English perfume industry. French lavender gets its name historically as it was developed for the the French perfume industry.
Do not let these terms fool you into thinking that only English grows in England and French grows in France! To the contrary -- both are grown everywhere. Each variety has a different scent and preference is a matter of choice. Both varieties:
- are believed to help you relax, sleep, relieve body aches, relieve anxiety, and may encourage blood flow.
- are considered to be an antiseptic and can clean the body and the home
- can help repel moths, spiders, and other bugs
English Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia
The most popular and hardiest garden lavender in North America. Lavender species (e.g. Munstead, Hidcote, Royal Velvet, Vera) are from the "true" variety and have the most medicinal properties. This is the better lavender for cooking purposes but not all varieties work well in cooking. It has sweeter scented flowers because it contains less camphor (than French).
English Lavenders are used more for therapeutic properties and are believed to help with digestion, tension headaches, bug bites, burns, and minor skin irritations. Some of these properties have been well studied -- others have just been observed and therefore the scientific evidence is lacking.
French Lavender, Lavandula intermedia
French Lavender (Lavandin) species (e.g. Grosso, Provence, Giant Hidcote, Phenomenal) are a cross between the English Lavender and spike lavender varieties. Abrialii was a mainstay of the French industry until 1970s when it was ravaged by a disease. Grosso was discovered in 1972 and is now the dominant cultivar. Quickly emerging however is Phenomenal. The French Lavender plants are bigger plants (producing more lavender per plant). Aroma is sweet with slightly camphorous scent. The French Lavender scent is used more for its aromatic properties and considered good in cleaning products and products designed to freshen your home. Because of their high camphor content, French Lavender may help with sinus and snoring issues. It is believed that essential oil from French Lavender should not be used by pregnant women in the first trimester nor by individuals with epilepsy.
What essential oils do we offer and/or use in our products, and from where do they come? First and foremost we are a small batch producer and we care about quality! We used to grow lavender and so we know a thing or two about what makes for a good essential oil.
We source all of our lavender essential oils directly from family run farms that properly test their oils and can provide us with a consistent volume year after year. We source our hydrosols from Ontario lavender farms.
Purchase oils by clicking here.
What to know more about the difference between English & French Oil? Click Here.
