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The Isla Suds story

Made in our kitchen. Named for our daughter.

A family recipe, handed down.

It's been in our family for generations. We still make it the slow way, by hand, in our kitchen. We just added a few notes of our own.

Margin notes by us. Crayon by Isla.

Family Soap

  1. lye + water (go slow!)
  2. warm the oils+ goat milk
  3. stir till it traces+ essential oils. NO added fragrance.
  4. pour, cover, wait6 WEEKS. No peeking.

Isla's edit

Made by hand. Then we wait.

  • A dairy goat in a sunny pasture by a wooden fence
    Goat milk from a farm nearby
  • Hands pouring creamy soap batter into a wooden loaf mold
    Poured by hand
  • Hands pressing a wire cutter through a soap loaf
    Cut with a wire, one bar at a time
  • Rows of soap bars curing on wooden racks
    Six weeks on the rack

6 weeks

Fresh soap is soft and doesn't last. Six weeks on a wooden rack makes it hard, long-lasting and gentle. We've asked it to hurry. It won't.

One table. Then two. Then shops.

  1. A market table of Isla Suds bars with a goat standing behind it

    Booth staff. Unpaid. Mostly napping.

    It started with one farmers market booth.

  2. Two market tables of Isla Suds bars, the same goat still in charge

    Then two.

  3. A real Isla Suds shop display: whole soap loaves behind rows of labelled bars

    Then local shops asked to stock us.

  4. Find us at Odd Duck Market, Sewee Outpost, Art of Health Chiropractic, and Shirley's Mercantile.

    Odd Duck MarketSewee OutpostArt of Health ChiropracticShirley's Mercantile
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Why Isla Suds?

Isla is our daughter. When she came along, we wanted a soap gentle enough for her skin that still got her clean. So we kept it simple: goat milk, plant oils and essential oils, with no added fragrance.

The new boss, by Isla
A rubber duck in tiny glasses

Head of Quality: one rubber duck, hired by Isla.

Every batch still has to pass one inspection.

Inspection report

  • Goat milk
  • Essential oils, no added fragrance
  • Cured six weeks
  • Gentle enough for Isla
Approved

If we wouldn't use it on Isla's skin, we don't sell it.

Made for her, made for you

Small batches, cured six weeks, sold by the people who made them.

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