Nature's Trace Soaps

Honey Rose Soap: This recipe starts by steeping rose petals for rose water. Next I add raw honey for delicious lather, and lastly pink clay and rhubarb for color. This bar might transform your shower to a rose garden. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Rose Water, Raw Honey, Madder Root, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Extract, Fragrance and Essential Oils Charcoal Sea Salt: Inspired by the wilds of Michigan, rose hips were added to these bars not only for their long list of skin care attributes, but also for the gorgeous color they lend in cold process soap! This soap might be your new favorite. Smells like Almond and Vanilla Bean. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rose Hip Powder, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Fragrance and Essential Oils Lemongrass Rosemary Soap: This soap is packed with ground pumice stone for that perfect amount of exfoliating all over scrub. Great to use as a hand wash bar or all over body bar. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Pumice Stone, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Essential Oils Charcoal Sea Salt Soap: Inspired by the wilds of Michigan, rose hips were added to these bars not only for their long list of skin care attributes, but also for the gorgeous color they lend in cold process soap! This soap might be your new favorite. Smells like Almond and Vanilla Bean. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rose Hip Powder, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Fragrance and Essential Oils Birch Bark Tea Soap: Inspired by the Adirondacks, this soap is scented with Cedar, Tea Tree, and Leather to give you all kinds of sultry, earthy tree bark smelling goodness. Black Caraway seeds are added to give just the tiniest scrub. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Birch Bark Tea, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Black Caraway Seeds, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Fragrance and Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Almond Rose Hip: Inspired by the wilds of my childhood home, rose hips were added to these bars not only for their long list of skin care attributes, but also for the gorgeous color they lend in cold process soap! This soap might be your new favorite. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rose Hip Powder, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Fragrance and Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Wild Orchard: These bars were born in the foothills of the Adirondacks when I pulled two not-quite-ripe apples from a branch and tucked them into my coat pocket. They were wild, not really fit for eating, but I wanted to keep them for always and remember the magic of that place. So I turned them into an apple puree and made my first ever batch of Wild Orchard soap. This year they got a little upgrade by adding Red iron oxide for a dramatic swirl!  Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Apple Puree, Kaolin Clay, Red Iron Oxide Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Sodium Lactate, Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Honey Beeswax: Our bees are part of what inspired my soap making, by helping me realize my backyard was full of amazing ingredients. The slightest scent of toasted honey lingers in these bars, combined with beeswax for a nice hard, long lasting bar, and colloidal oatmeal to give your skin a gentle scrub. Smells like: Lavender, Orange blossoms, and warm honey Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Castor, Beeswax), Water, Colloidal Oatmeal, Raw Honey, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Lavender Honey: Smells like: Lavender and Juniper. Honey contributes to fluffy lather, sandalwood powder gives them a pretty purple swirl, and lavender buds are sprinkled on top, reminding me of the fields of wildflowers where I grew up.  Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Sandalwood Powder, Kaolin Clay, Honey, Lavender Buds, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Cucumber Mint: Cucumbers, Spirulina and Chlorophyll create the beautiful green in these bars for 3X the green power. This soap was born one night after I finished making dinner and had a pile of cucumber peels left over...could they go in soap? Yes! yes, they can. Cucumber in soap = great soap color and feels great on your skin! Scented with Peppermint and Spearmint and a bit of Eucalyptus. The perfect summer soap!  Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Cucumber Puree, Chlorophyll, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Pumpkin Bastille: Lather up with the best of fall with this super gentle soap made with Pumpkin Puree. Cinnamon, Nutmeg and clove are here too for some extra fall goodness. Bastille soap is almost 100% olive oil. This combined with milk makes for a very gentle bar, topped with marigold petals hand harvested from my garden. Enjoy! Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Castor), Water, Milk, Pumpkin Puree, Fragrance and essential oils, Kaolin Clay, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Nutmeg, and Marigold Petals Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Eucalyptus Sea Salt: Sea Salt gently exfoliates the skin and is packed with minerals like calcium, magnesium, and potassium. These bars defy soap science, having a high "super fat" to balance out the salt, so they are moisturizing, hard, and will last a good long time. Use this soap to leave the shower feeling like you just left the ocean. I was playing around with colors in the studio so there's 2 varieties I am selling "naked" - no label. They use the same classic Sea Salt recipe but instead are colored with Kelp or Sea Clay. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Coconut and Sunflower), Water, Sea Salt, Indigo Powder, Spirulina, Kaolin Clay, Fragrance and/or Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Mocha Mint: Smells like: Thin Mint Cookies These bars are loaded with coffee grounds for those who are looking for a vigorous scrub! Cocoa powder adds color as well as a subtle scent of chocolate, and finally I poured in the Peppermint essential oil for an invigorating morning wash! Your biggest problem with this soap will be trying not to eat it. Ingredients: Saponified Oils (Lard, Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Sunflower, Castor), Water, Coffee Grounds, Cocoa Powder, Sodium Lactate, Rosemary Oleoresin Extract, Essential Oils Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions North Pole: This soap will send you on your way to a Winter Wonderland packed with peppermint, spearmint, and eucalyptus. These scents were combined with red and white stripes to celebrate a magical place far, far away, and invigorate your shower with a delightful peppermint blast. Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions Isle of Islay: This soap smells like whiskey, leather and bonfire. Named for the Isle of Islay, "The Queen of the Hebrides." Located off of the western coast of Scotland, Islay is known for it's whiskey using the island peaty malt. Pour a glass, take a shower and enjoy. Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 1" Materials: See above descriptions  Nature's Trace Co Independence Park Nature's Trace Co. is the passion of Rachel Sloan, a small batch soap maker using honey and beeswax from her hives on a Chicago micro-farm. Combining a love of handmade soaps and all things outside, Nature's Trace Co. uses hand harvested ingredients and creates soap designs inspired by my garden, hikes, and nature rambles. Recipes are formulated to give you a hard, long lasting bar with great lather, nourishing ingredients, and gentle soothing scents.