The Soap Shed makes 130 varieties of handmade soap including natural soap, herbal soap, goat milk soap, lye soap, shea butter soap and castile olive oil soap. Our handmade soap is created from scratch from raw ingredients imported from around the world, and uniquely combined with recipes created by us.
The handmade soap tradition is still well known in the Appalachian region, with many families still sharing first-hand memories of family members making their own soap in this geographically isolated and financially poor region. Not surprisingly, we heard requests for old fashioned, handmade lye soap for several years before making it! Handmade lye soap has been eagerly sought here for the wide-ranging uses revered and shared via word of mouth through generations of Southerners: eleviating the itch and rash of poison ivy, cleaning clothes, or repelling bores in dogwood trees. Because they recognized and valued handmade soap, our efforts to create handmade vegetable oil soap or handmade goat milk soap were well received, and The Soap Shed has grown and prospered.
Scented with 100% Tea Tree Essential Oil, our Tea Tree Soap is a natural anti-bacterial soap to be used on minor cuts and scrapes, acne-prone skin, or as a deodorant or foot soap.
When we found a scent blend that recreates that 70s classic shampoo, 'Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific', we couldn't pass it up in a handmade shampoo bar of our own.
If you like nut fragrances, almonds in particular, or anything with a touch of vanilla, you will enjoy our toasted version in our wonderful goat milk recipe.
This hand repair soap is made with stoneground cornmeal grits for removing grime and oil, and scented with tomato fragrance that smells like the vine, not the tomato.
Our Turkish Mocha has a creamy top notes of milk, cardamom, cocoa and a touch of nutmeg. The complex blend winds down to heady scents of vanilla and honey run, and of course, Turkish Coffee.
Our basic Goat Milk Soap recipe made with coconut, palm, olive and castor oils and, of course, wonderful goat milk for its skin soothing and lathering qualities.
A couple weeks ago I came into your store needing directions back to Asheville. It was a very foggy day, and my husband who just had angioplasty last month was not feeling well. I was near panicking, and you were so nice to help me and make sure I got back on the right road and back to our hotel. I was so upset I didn’t even look at your soaps when I was there, although they certainly smelled wonderful. I looked you up on the Internet when we returned home so I could write you this letter. You were so kind to someone who wasn’t even a customer of yours..YET. I’ll be placing an order soon.