Uglies

Every soapmaker ends up with some soap that doesn’t look quite as nice as we’d like. Pieces cut from the ends of a mold, soaps that have crumbly or broken edges, soaps that get a powdery residue on them from the saponification process for whatever reason (humidity levels in the air, heating or cooling at a slower or faster rate than is optimal, etc.) These soaps are still wonderful, good-quality, skin-loving, perfectly good soap, they’re just “ugly!” Always eager to reduce waste and utilize everything… we generally keep these “Uglies” for our own personal use or cut them up in smaller pieces to give out as free samples at craft shows…

Well, the Uglies have been building up with our increased production and sales, and we came up with the idea of doing something more productive with them… so we’ve grated them all down, mixed them all together, added some ingredients to add super-moisturizing qualities, and created a new soap…

Uglies are re-milled with a potpourri of fragrance and the same quality ingredients found in our other soaps.

Want to have a soap named after you? April will be “Name That Soap” month. Place an order of $10 or more in April and receive a free “Ugly” soap to try. To have this new soap named after you, submit your idea for a name for this new soap through our website “Contact Form.” On Friday, April 30, the winner of the contest will be chosen based on the creativity and originality of the entry. The winner will receive a gift basket featuring their new soap!