Apparently I am now in the business of making custom handmade soaps! Yesterday I made a custom soap for a new customer who contacted me a few weeks ago looking for rosemary scented soap. She had bought about 20 bars from a company in California that is no longer in business, and like any normal person who loves a product they have gotten hooked on, she was majorly bummed.

After conversing back and forth via email, I agreed to make her an entire batch of Rosemary Soap, and she agreed to pay for it. She sent me a bar of the soap she loves so that I could attempt to re-create it:

It’s a decent soap – very simply made with olive and palm oils and added vitamin E with rosemary, peppermint and thyme essential oils. But I’m hoping she will like mine better:

I used my “basic” recipe of olive, coconut, palm kernel, rice bran, apricot kernel and castor oils, with a healthy dose of shea butter. I didn’t have any thyme essential oil, so I used four parts rosemary to one part peppermint since it seemed that the soap she loves is mostly rosemary (and that’s what she likes about it). Since this is a very simple soap, I am selling her all 25 bars for $3.50 each, plus flat rate shipping of $10.50, for a grand total of $98. Pretty good deal for your own custom handmade soap, huh?

I have no problem offering a deal like this to anyone else who would like to try it for themselves. Of course, adding goat’s milk, colored swirls, or other fancy stuff might cost a bit more, but ordering an entire batch of soap will always be less than buying by the bar.

Contact me if you want more information, or to get started with your custom handmade soap!