In our exhaustive search for the best handmade soaps,
we were lucky enough to find Karla, of Heart of Iowa Soapworks. She makes
the most fabulous soaps on the market! Karla began making soaps because
she cannot tolerate the chemicals, preservatives, fillers and other icky
stuff in commercial soaps. Consequently, her soaps contain none of that
junk (although she does use fragrance oils in a few of her soaps) - they're
just pure, natural bars of squeaky clean goodness. All of Karla's soaps,
EXCEPT the goat's milk soaps, are suitable
for vegans. And whatever you do, don't miss out on her amazing shampoo
bars!
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Soaps
are $6.50 each - purchase any 3 or more and save $.50 per bar! |
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Allie's Almond & Oats |
A WONDERFUL almond scent and
oatmeal for a gentle scrubbing texture. This is an instore best-seller
because of the fabulous fragrance. (Contains fragrance oils) |
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Baby Bubbles
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Made 'specially for the wee
ones - no scents, just pure, moisturizing soapy goodness, made with
goats milk, shea butter, and other rich oils. (psst.....adults, you
can use this too! Perfect for anyone with sensitive or dry skin, excellent
as a facial bar too.)
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Bay Rum Shaving Bar
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This heavily lathering soap
contains clays which help the razor slide smooooothly over your skin.
A delicious bay rum fragrance that both men and women enjoy. (contains
fragrance oils)
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Buzz OFF! Soap
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A wonderful bar that is scented
with pure lemongrass, lavender, and citronella to keep the bugs away.
Works wonderfully for us, hanging outside with the bugs in the garden.
(essential oils only) See our matching insect repellant here. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK
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Gorgeous Gams Shaving Bar
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Karla's shaving soap for men
has been quite popular, so she's created a more feminine smelling
version. This lovely soap contains all her regular lovely moisturizing
ingredients (natural oils, shea butter, and jojoba) as well as natural
clays to help make the razor slide oh-so-smoothly across your skin.
Smells delightful too - fresh, clean and herbal with a hint of sweetness.
(contains fragrance oils)
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Hand & Heels Scrubbie
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Contains six different essential
oils noted for their antibacterial and cleansing properties. Contains
ground pumice for heavy duty cleaning. Jojoba oil added for moisturizer.
Karla stresses that this is a HEAVY DUTY bar, not recommended for
all-over body use. Great also for getting grease and goo off your
hands, for those of you who are mechanically inclined. We like it
for getting that ol' black Iowa dirt scrubbed off our feet! (only
essential oils)
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Happy Hippie (Patchouli) Head to Toe Shampoo & Soap |
A perennial online best-seller!
Contains the essential oil of warm, earthy patchouli - a natural aphrodisiac
and great for dry skin. Please note, this is the same bar listed in the haircare page. (only essential oil)
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Herbal Harmony
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A wildly popular in-store and
farmer's market favorite cause it just smells GREAT. Fresh, herbal,
with a hint of sweetness, but overall just a nice clean delicious
scent. This bar is gently enhanced with flecks of herbs for a pretty
natural look. (Contains fragrance oil).
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Just Plain Goatmilk (Unscented) |
A gentle, unscented, creamy handmade soap full of rich, moisturizing goat's milk. Perfect for those with extra senstive, dry skin! (note: this is the same formula as our "baby bubbles")
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Lavchouli (Lavender/Patchouli)
Soap
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Our two far-and-away best-selling
scents, combined into one- WOW! Patchouli lovers note: this is not
a blast-you-away patchouli, but a really nice balanced blend. Patchouli
haters note: We made Donna blind-sniff this (didn't tell her what
is in it, as she hates patchouli) and she said "mmmm, nice!"
A nice, spicy-fragrant blend that defies description. This is one
of those synergistic instances where the sum is greater than the parts!!!
(Essential oil only)
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Lavender Creme
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Lavender essential oils teams
up with moisturizing goat's milk for a popular classic. Wonderful
for children - lavender is soothing and calming. (only essential oil)
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Lilac Creme |
This is a fabulously fresh
creamy goat's milk soap that has an amazingly realistic lilac fragrance.
(contains fragrance oil) |
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Patchouli & Spearmint No coconut oil formula! |
The earthy, sultry scent of
patchouli combined with the crisp, clean, minty scent of spearmint.
A really nice combo, and an excellent soap for our patchouli lovers.
This soap contains NO coconut-oil - great for those who are allergici
to coconut. (only essential oils) |
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Peppermint & Tea Tree |
A great facial bar. Contains
healing tea tree oil and peppermint essential oil (no fragrance oils).
Fuller's earth is added to help pull impurities from your skin. A
great bar to help clear up acne, or for oily skin. (only essential
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Sage, Cedar & Sweetgrass Head to Toe Shampoo & Soap |
Especially made for us (thanks
Karla!) to go with our other products of this scent. We love it! It's
woodsy, unisex, and very fresh and clean. (contains fragrance oils). Please note that this is the same soap listed on our hair care page. |
LUXURY SOAPS
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Shea Special soap is LOADED with a total of over 60% pure, unrefined Fair Trade Shea butter for rich, super creamy moisturizing lather. The scent is AMAZING - 5 fold sweet orange gently enhanced with Bulgarian lavender and dark rich patchouli. YUM.
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These are the soaps that the soapmaker uses herself; trust us, that means that this is the GOODS! :) Lather of Youth is chock full of every high-quality moisturizing oil (emu, jojoba, herbally infused olive oil, shea butter and more) Karla could get her hands on; and is very subtly scented with lavender, rose geranium, and tea tree essential oils. 4 oz. $9.00 each - purchase any 3 or more and save $1.00 per bar! |
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Soapdish To ensure the long life or your handmade
soap, it needs to be kept away from running water (out of the way
of the shower stream) and is also needs to dry in between uses -
not sit in a puddle of mushy soap-water. To facilitate that, a soapdish
works wonderfully |
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