why the black stuff

I started making soap in my kitchen. 250,000 people later, here's why they stay.

No factory, no white label, no fragrance oils. Real soap, made by hand in our Dublin workshop. These are the reasons people switch and never go back.

Pick your bundleShips from Dublin, London, Tennessee and Toronto
100k+ happy customers5th year in businessHandmade in Ireland
The reasons

What we do differently

Everything we sell, we make. Apart from the soap dishes.

Scented with essential oils, never "fragrance"
No. 1

Scented with essential oils, never "fragrance"

Every scent comes from essential oils. You will not find the word fragrance anywhere on our labels, because there are no fragrance oils in the building. It costs more to make and you can tell the second you lather up.

read any of our labels
We put the expensive half in
No. 2

We put the expensive half in

You are not meant to go past 2-3% shea butter. At scale, those percentages are the whole margin. Nobody told me, so I put loads in. Our bar is more than half olive oil and shea to this day. Five oils, each with one job. Nothing there for the label.

five oils, each with one job
Made by hand, 54 bars at a time
No. 3

Made by hand, 54 bars at a time

Cold-processed in our Sandyford workshop, cut by hand, labelled by hand, then cured on racks for weeks before a single bar ships. Slower for us. Harder, longer-lasting soap for you.

54 bars a batch
No factory ever touched it
No. 4

No factory ever touched it

I tried to order from soap factories when I started. They took my money and shipped nothing. So I learned to make it myself, and we never looked back. Every bar we have ever sold was made by us, in our own workshop.

no white label, ever
The soap maker still runs the place
No. 5

The soap maker still runs the place

I made every single bar myself for the first 18 months. The people making them now were trained in the same room, on the same recipes. When something is not right, it does not ship.

same room, same recipes
“The only thing better than the soap is the deodorant. I've been using these products for about 3 months and I'll never go back to shower gels”
Verified customer

Still hand-cut. Still ours.

I made every single bar myself for the first 18 months. These days a team in Sandyford makes them the same way, in the same building. Pick a bundle below and see for yourself.

John
Founder & Chief Soap Maker

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our promise

The No Duds Guarantee

Don't love something? Tell us and we'll send you a new product free of charge. No hassle, no returns needed. Still not happy? Ask for a refund.

Questions

What if I don't like a scent?

That's what the No Duds Guarantee is for. Let us know and we'll send you something else free of charge. No hassle, no returns needed.

Is this a subscription?

No. Everything on this page is a one-time order. No subscription, no commitment.

Where does it ship from?

We keep stock in Ireland, the UK, the USA and Canada. Your order ships from the closest warehouse.

What's actually in the bars?

Our base is olive oil, shea butter, coconut oil, castor oil and sustainably sourced palm oil. Every scent comes from pure essential oils. No synthetic fragrance, and every ingredient is listed on the label.

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