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'Ale & Arty' - I pinched some of my husband's 'Old Hooky' beer for this one (he was wondering why the bottle seemed to empty so quickly). Enriched with shea and cocoa butters as well as delicious carrot tissue oil for natural colouring and skin conditioning. Coconut milk, kaolin clay and honey are also added for the gentle properties they bring. With the men in mind, this is fragranced with an essential oil blend that includes bergamot, ho wood, geranium, patchouli and grapefruit, but don't be surprised if the ladies want to use it too. There are two options for packaging.  Please choose from: Basic packaging: The soap bar has a cigar band label with full ingredient details and is packed in a compostable glassine bag Gift box packaging: The soap bar is wrapped in a translucent vellum sleeve with a handmade paper band and tied with a fine satin ribbon.  It nestles in fine ivory shredded paper in our bespoke ivory ribbon-pull matchbox-style gift box.  Except for the ribbon, all packaging is recyclable. Price is for one bar, 95g approx / naked bar. Packaged product weights (NB these weights are an approximation only) Basic packaging - 95g approx Gift box packaging - 120g approx. Please note: as this is a handmade product there will be slight variations between individual bars and different batches; generally speaking, no two bars are exactly the same.  The product image displayed is only an example of the design.

'Athena' is our version of a Castille soap: a true Castille is made with olive oil alone; 'Athena' includes a tiny amount of castor oil as well to help boost the lather (traditional Castille soap lather being very thin). Added to these two oils is lashings of soothing goatmilk and pure lavender essential oil. The colour comes from a natural botanical macerate of alkanet root in olive oil and pink French clay and it has a beautiful patina of pale ash (naturally formed and commonly found on soaps with a high lavender content).  The ash will gradually wash away as the soap is used. And that's it. The result, our most gentle soap. As is the case with a true Castille, this one needs at least 9 months to cure fully, otherwise the lather can be 'slimy'. As we want to make sure it is as perfect as can be, we add the additional three months to make it a full year before offering it for sale. The name comes from the Greek goddess, Athena, who, in her wisdom, gave the gift of the olive tree to the people of Athens. There are two options for packaging.  Please choose one of the options from the drop down list further down the page: Basic packaging: The soap bar has a cigar band label with full ingredient details and is packed in a compostable glassine bag Gift box packaging: The soap bar is wrapped in a translucent vellum sleeve with a handmade paper band and tied with a fine satin ribbon.  It nestles in fine ivory shredded paper in our bespoke ivory ribbon-pull matchbox-style gift box.  Except for the ribbon, all packaging is recyclable.    

'Bergander Peacock' - soothing and conditioning goat and coconut milks, luxurious tussah silk, shea butter and sesame seed oil, gently fragranced with bergamot, lavender, orange and frankincense essential oils. The price stated above is for a single bar of soap. The design will vary slightly from soap to soap.    

Bombus lucorum, the white-tailed bumblebee, is one of the more common of our native UK bumblebees.  It is also one of the first to emerge from hibernation in the Spring. 'Bumblebee Lucorum' is scented with an essential oil blend that includes lashings of lavender supported by cedarwood and mandarin, and a lilac/purple swirl beneath the bees to represent fields of lavender. With local cold-pressed rapeseed oil, olive oil and sunflower oil, shea and cocoa butters and creamy coconut milk (which means that Bumblebee Lucorum is now vegan-friendly). 20% of the sale price of each bar will go directly to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. There are two options for packaging.  Please choose one of the options from the drop down list further down the page. Currently out of stock - a new batch will be ready at the end of January.    

Please welcome 'Bumblebee monticola' (Bombus monticola) more commonly known as the bilberry bumblebee; we have tried to keep the colouring of this lovely bee as close to its natural colouring as possible. As with 'Bumblebee lucorum', 20% of the sale price goes directly to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust; the bilberry bumblebee is the focus of a special conservation project in Derbyshire, 'Pollinating the Peak', https://bumblebeeconservation.org/…/o…/pollinating-the-peak/ As well as our usual lashings of olive and sunflower oils, shea and cocoa butters, we have added beautiful apricot kernel oil and given the soap a lovely citrus patchouli aroma, courtesy of sweet orange, lemongrass, cypress and patchouli essential oils.  Additionally, Bumblebee Monticola is now vegan-friendly. There are two options for packaging.  Please choose one of the options from the drop down list further down the page. Very low in stock - a new batch will be ready at the end of January.  

Perfect for dry or sensitive skin, this is packed with creamy, soothing goat milk and has a beautiful blend of essential oils that includes chamomile, neroli, lavender, geranium, frankincense and tea tree. It also contains raw shea butter, chamomile infused olive oil, calendula infused sunflower oil, sesame seed oil, sea buckthorn oil, balancing jojoba oil and mineral-rich Dead Sea salt.  The calendula flowers used for the oil macerate and included as petals in the soap, as well as the lavender buds, are grown on our allotment without the use of pesticides.   There is a choice of packaging.  Please choose from the following using the menu: Basic packaging: The soap bar has a paper cigar band label with full ingredient details and is packed in a compostable glassine bag Gift box packaging: The soap bar is wrapped in a translucent vellum sleeve with a handmade paper band and tied with a fine satin ribbon.  It nestles in fine ivory shredded paper in our bespoke ivory ribbon-pull matchbox-style gift box.  Except for the ribbon, all packaging is recyclable.

Green Fingers has a new look!  This has exfoliating crushed walnut shells to help remove that stubborn soil and plant sap from busy green fingers, with lots of conditioning raw shea butter, sesame seed oil and avocado oil to nourish those hard-working hands. The soap is coloured with ground peppermint and parsley leaves, spirulina and green clay and boasts the soothing properties of aloe vera, oatmeal and hops. It is scented with a fresh combination of citrus and herbal essential oils with just a hint of mint. There are two options for packaging.  Please choose from: Basic packaging: The soap bar has a cigar band label with full ingredient details and is packed in a compostable glassine bag Gift box packaging: The soap bar is wrapped in a translucent vellum sleeve with a handmade paper band and tied with a fine satin ribbon.  It nestles in fine ivory shredded paper in our bespoke ivory ribbon-pull matchbox-style gift box.  Except for the ribbon, all packaging is recyclable. Price is for one bar, 95g approx / naked bar. Packaged product weights (NB these weights are an approximation only) Basic packaging - 95g approx Gift box packaging - 120g approx. Please note: as this is a handmade product there will be slight variations between individual bars and different batches; generally speaking, no two bars are exactly the same.  The product image displayed is only an example of the design.