Luxurious Handmade Soap & Beautifully Scented Body Care Products Homepage Mystic Water Soap Calendar Stores that carry Mystic Water Soap products Contact Mystic Water Soap	About My Soap I’ve always loved learning old-fashioned crafts and skills, but soap making has been my passion for the last 15 years. I create products that combine beauty and utility with good value. Soap is a simple necessity that we often take for granted, but I believe a good handmade soap that doesn’t dry your skin and smells fabulous is a daily pleasure that we all deserve. People tell me that once they’ve tried my handmade soap they never want to go back to using commercial soaps again, because of the way their skin feels. All bar soap is made by combining oils and sodium hydroxide (lye) in a process known as saponification. Properly made soap contains no residual lye, but it is rich in moisturizing glycerin. To make your handmade soap last longer, please keep it in a dry soap dish that drains well, between uses. My handmade soap uses absolutely no alcohol, preservatives, sodium laurel sulfate, petroleum by-products or commercially prepared bases.
About my products Soaps Choosing a Soap Everyday Soaps Sea Salt Soaps Bath Soaps Specialty Soaps Natural Hair Care Body Care Products Gift Ideas	Choosing a Soap The choice of ingredients largely determines the qualities the finished bar of soap will have. For example, traditional Castile soap is made of olive oil and has a slick, slippery, sparse lather, almost like a cleansing milk. If you prefer your soap to make lots of bubbles, please choose any one of my other soaps. They all contain emollient olive oil, along with other natural oils and vegetable butters, formulated to be gentle and long-lasting with abundant creamy lather. I have tried to describe the various soaps and their characteristics to the best of my ability, but the descriptions are not intended to be recommendations for medical conditions. Got more questions about my soaps? Please see my Soap FAQ! ▲TOP	People frequently ask me what soap is best for their skin type. I have tried to describe what I had in mind when designing each soap, and what I think that soap is good for, but everyone’s skin is different - I recommend that you try a few over time to decide which one is best for you.
Want more information? Soap FAQ Shampoo FAQ All prices include 6% Maryland sales tax. Price will be adjusted for out-of-state mail orders.	Everyday Soaps for Face and Body My most “natural” soaps are scented with 100% botanical essential oils and colored using only clays and herbs. Avocado Castile: A gentle soap for very dry, sensitive or mature skin. The lather is lotion-like, with the typical “slippery” feel of authentic Castile. It is made of pure olive and avocado oils, with sunny yellow calendula flower petals but no added scent or color. $6.75 ▲TOP	Vegan
No medical claims are made for any product nor are they intended to cure or treat any medical condition. When using any new skin care product, do a patch test on a small area of skin first, and discontinue use immediately if any irritation occurs.	Dry Skin Soap: This rich bar is made with emollient olive oil that has been infused with a selection of herbs traditionally used for skin care, 20% unrefined shea nut butter, coconut milk, pure essential plant oils, a touch of clay and dissolved silk, and cured for a minimum of six weeks., to make a lovely naturally colored soap with dense creamy lather $7 ▲TOP	Contains cruelty-free silk made with shea butter
	Gentle Oatmeal: Soothing, very finely ground oatmeal with pink clay, lavender, rose geranium and tea tree essential oils for combination skin prone to occasional breakouts. $6.75 ▲TOP	Vegan
	Goat’s Milk: Creamy goat’s milk, essential oils of Clary sage, lavender & rose geranium with silk and a rose clay swirl. One of my favorites. $6.75 ▲TOP	Contains animal products
	Simply Soap: An unscented cocoa butter soap and a good choice for those sensitive to fragrances; a lather lover’s alternative to unscented Castile. $5 ▲TOP	Vegan
	Tea Tree Oatmeal: For oily and acne prone skin, with specially chosen ingredients to gently but thoroughly cleanse oily skin. Contains tea tree oil, oatmeal, honey, hazelnut oil, grapeseed oil, and bentonite clay. $6.75 ▲TOP	Contains honey
	Sea Salt Soaps Invigorating and unusual, made with a high percentage of mineral-rich natural sea salt - like bath salts for shower lovers! Original rosemary mint Sea Salt $6 Earthy Marrakesh $6 Unscented Simply Salt $5 DEAD SEA MUD, with activated charcoal and tea tree oil. $6 ▲TOP	The Sea Salt bar is far and away my best-selling soap! Vegan
	Bath Soaps All of my cocoa butter and shea butter bath soaps are formulated to be gentle and long-lasting with abundant creamy lather. Bath Soaps: An ever changing variety of pretty and colorful cocoa butter-based soaps scented with essential oils or fragrances. Give us your feedback: customer requests are always welcome! $6 Shea Butter Soaps: Bath soaps made with 15% unrefined shea nut butter for a luxuriously rich and creamy lather. These soaps often contain cruelty-free silk or coconut milk, and may be scented with essential oils or fragrances. $6.75 ▲TOP	Vegan Made with shea butter
	Specialty Soaps Hand Soap: Soap with gently abrasive ingredients like coffee, pumice, ground loofah gourd or poppy seeds: Ethiopian Coffee, Orange Blossom Scrub, Botanical Scrub, Lemon Poppyseed. $6.75 & $6 Old-fashioned “lye soap”: washday does not contain the extra oil that a gentle bath soap does so I don’t recommend that you bathe with it but it’s great for hand laundry and stains. This is a traditional, very hard soap made with lard. $3.50 Soapnuts (Sapindus mukorossi): A saponin-rich fruit native to India and Nepal that has many uses, from an economical laundry washing product to a gentle and effective sulfate-free shampoo! Only 4 of the dried ”nuts” will clean up to 6 loads of laundry! They are biodegradable and non-polluting: the ultimate “green” cleanser! $12 for 250g (over ½ lb.) and $22 for 500g (over 1 lb.) ▲TOP	Vegan Contains animal products
	Shaving Soap: The lather of tallow shaving soaps** is dense and creamy: our tallow comes from Groff’s Content Farm’s grass-fed beef, and the 4 oz. soaps are formulated with avocado oil, bentonite clay, and extra glycerin. A vegan alternative is also available. $7 ▲TOP	Contains animal products =or= Vegan
	We have Lemon Poppyseed and Chocolate Soap Cakes by the slice or whole (by special order): they make fabulous centerpieces and favors for bridal showers. Mystic Water Mermaids, Dragons and Goldfish are whimsical additions to our menagerie of specialty soaps. ▲TOP
	Natural Hair Care SHAMPOO BARS: Convenient and easy to use, popular with men and women. $7 More info here in my Shampoo Bar FAQ. HAIR CARE: To go with our new shampoo bars, we recommend a mild acidic HAIR RINSE, such as our infused herbal apple cider vinegars: CALENDULA & CHAMOMILE, RED ROSE & LAVENDER, or NETTLE, SAGE & ROSEMARY. Comb out the tangles with a NATURAL WOODEN COMB, and condition with a lavender-scented HAIR OIL made with Moroccan argan oil, virgin coconut oil, herbal infusions and shea oil: for daily conditioning and occasional hot oil treatments. Shampoo Bar $7 Hair Rinse $9.75 Hair Oil $12.75 Wooden Comb $5 Gift Sets available: Inquire ▲TOP
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