FAQs
What is artisan soap?
Answer: A hand made soap made by a craft person. The craft is honed to a high degree of quality, distinctive in form, and often created in small batches. This means that soap created by an artisan has been crafted by skilled hands to be high in quality.
What is artisan soap used for?
Answer: Bathing or hand washing. The oils gently cleanse your skin without stripping like detergents in commercial soap, since they do not contain any harsh surfactants or sodium lauryl sulfates.
Is this natural soap?
Answer: Yes it is, in a sense. When fragrance oil is added instead of essential oils, it changes the term “natural “ although we do use essential oils in some of our bars.
I see you post soaps on Instagram but I do not see them on the website, why is that?
Answer: Once a soap is complete and cut its takes 4 to 6 weeks for it to cure. Although they are safe to use they won't last long in the shower. Curing makes for a harder bar to last longer for you. You will find them on the coming soon portion on the website.
Why are some bars discounted?
Answer: Discounted bars are mostly due to design, if the design was not up to our standards we discount it. Its still a great bar of soap with beneficial oils, they just didn't make the cut! Other reasons would be, low in stock and clearance,
Do you do custom soaps for bridal parties or baby showers?
Answer: Yes, but I would need at least 3 weeks notice to work on it. The base used would be glycerin and not cold processed. Email at thesoapy5@gmail.com
What is cold processed soap?
Answer: This is what is listed on the website. All soap is the result of a chemical reaction called saponification that occurs between lye and oil. Cold-processed soap, in particular, allows the lye to be neutralized without any outside sources of heat, called curing. It can take 4-6 weeks.
What is glycerin soap?
Answer: Also know as Melt and Pour Soap , is a process often used by soap makers . The process differs from the cold process or hot process in that no soap is in the process; a melt and pour soap base has already gone through the saponification process and ready to use.
Why is it so pricey?
Answers: Artisan soaps use primarily natural oils, colorants , glitters and fragrance oils. It’s about quality not quantity. Time and design go into every bar made.
Why is shipping so much?
Answer: Shipping is based on shipment method which is priority mail and your zip code.
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