I didn’t set out to start a soap brand.
At the time, soap making was just something I had learned — a quiet, practical skill. Something creative. Something useful. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t yet see where it could lead.
That changed in a single moment.
I was standing in a well-known store that proudly marketed itself as “natural.” It was a place I trusted, a place I had shopped at many times before. I loved the scents, the presentation — it all felt wholesome, reassuring.
On that day, I picked up four bars of soap.
Sixty dollars’ worth.
While I waited at the counter, I turned one of the packages over and, for the first time, really read the label. Not just a glance — I actually stopped and took it in.
The ingredient list didn’t read the way I expected it to.
Names I couldn’t pronounce. Compounds I didn’t recognise. Additives that sounded more at home in a lab than in something I would use on my skin every day.
I remember standing there thinking:
“What exactly am I about to use on my body?”
Because I knew what went into the soaps I made at home. Oils. Lye. Natural colourants. Simple, purposeful ingredients. Nothing hidden.
And suddenly, the difference felt impossible to ignore.
I didn’t feel angry.
I felt clear.
I quietly placed the soaps back on the counter, walked out of the store, and went home.
That was the moment everything shifted.
That was the beginning of Rawsoaps. 😊
From that day forward, I made a commitment — not just to make soap, but to make it with intention.
I returned to traditional methods: hot and cold process soap making, the way it has been done for generations. These methods aren’t the fastest, and they aren’t the easiest, but they preserve what matters.
One of those things is glycerine — a natural by-product of soap making that helps the skin retain moisture. It’s something your skin understands. Something it responds to.
In my soaps, it stays.
I also carefully superfat each batch, leaving a portion of nourishing oils within the bar itself. The result is a soap that doesn’t just cleanse, but feels gentle, conditioning, and balanced on the skin.
Because soap shouldn’t leave you feeling stripped.
It should leave you feeling cared for.
Every bar I make is built from thoughtfully chosen ingredients — olive oil, coconut oil, apricot, macadamia, sunflower, cocoa butter, mango butter, shea butter.
Nothing rushed. Nothing unnecessary.
Sometimes I add oatmeal for softness, clays for texture, silk for feel, or herbs and spices for character. Each addition has a purpose.
There’s no need to overcomplicate something that was never meant to be complicated.
Rawsoaps exists because of a moment of awareness.
A pause. A question. A decision to do things differently.
Not louder. Not trendier.
Just simpler. More honest. More intentional.
Raw soaps was born 2014
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