Our hope & dream was for a more simple quality life, and the necessity for natural, non-toxic quality products (with ingredients we can actually pronounce) for our babies, children, family and ourselves. As a mother with a medical background, Leslie was increasingly concerned over the tormented state of her families' skin. It seemed that each new chemical filled product intended to help; a new set of problems arose.

As we both come from a long line of artisans, it was not surprising when we took measures into our own hands. Leslie began the research and Cory began whipping up handmade batches of soaps and body care products. He made them with goat’s milk, local wild harvested honey from our Farmer’s Market, and other herb and botanical ingredients, commonly found in the garden, long known by our grandparents to soothe and comfort our precious skin. Since we have started, the awful eczema and adult & baby acne are gone, sensitive skin has been at peace and our skin has never looked healthier. Since we couldn’t keep those pesky relatives & friends (and good humored guinea pigs) from begging, we decided to share with everyone!

All of our natural artisan bath & body products are handcrafted in our country kitchen from the very finest ingredients available to us. We use only the best of everything from the oils, scents and to the packaging. Sometimes when others ask why we make our smooth herbal soap it is like trying to explain why we bake cookies from scratch with lots of added goodies instead of buying a package at the grocery store, why we brew our Community coffee instead of drinking instant... 
 

You may be surprised to learn that most commercial soaps you buy are not really soap at all but technically chemical filler, lard (aka tallow or sodium tallowate found in most commercial soaps and bought cheaply as by-product of the beef industry) based detergent often referred to as body bars! Detergent based soap got its start in the industrial era when oils such as olive, sunflower, safflower, and coconut where scarce & detergent vs. oil-based soap could be made and processed though machinery quite cheaply. Detergent commercial soaps can be linked to an array of skin conditions including dry & itchy skin, eczema, & psoriasis. As with all our products, they also do not contain harsh detergent, foaming agents, or petroleum products.  The skin is our largest organ, absorbing 60% of what we put on it. What are you putting on your skin?

Essential oils & botanicals are used to naturally scent, for their wonderful aromatherapy effect and the additional naturally occurring beneficial properties they provide.

Our soaps are made of natural plant based oils and butter (organic & Louisiana when available) ingredients and retain their natural glycerin (a humectant and natural soap byproduct often removed by commercial soap makers for resell). They are not made with animal fats, nor are they animal tested (just family & friend tested!). Our goat’s milk comes from free-range non-hormone treated goats, and our honey comes from local wild roaming, non-medicated honey bees.

Some of our older Market customers laugh and tell us milk & honey was the beauty regiment Grandma would use & how she "had the skin of Cleopatra", then quickly make their purchase. You are sure to fall in love with the soft, silky spa quality feeling our products will leave your skin just as we have.