Simple Ingredients
Our Bar Starts Simple
Each bar we make begins with simple ingredients. All of our bars will contain a base of natural ingredients such as Olive oil, Coconut oil, lard, castor oil, sunflower oil. We avoid making products that require intense emulsifiers or preservatives.
We are transparent about every ingredient on every product label.
Our Goat's Milk
We source our goat's milk from a local farm., visiting each week to ensure herd health and sanitation. Fun fact, the milk we source is expressed by hand with care, not with painful machines.
The milk is stored properly and carried back to our farm where we then follow careful preservation methods to ensure the beneficial properties in the milk are preserved using sanitary methods for each batch of soap we make.
Fragrance Responsibility
There is much to debate about the use of synthetic fragrances and essential oils. At Sipsey Creek Soap Co, we use a little of both.
If we want to create a bar with specific properties, we will use ethically sourced essential oils.
For fragrance alone however, we choose to use skin-safe phthalate-free synthetic oils. and here's why:
-We feel, that just because an oil is natural, that does not mean it will not cause a reaction. Essential oils used in amounts required for soap fragrance can be quite potent and cause skin reactions. Fragrance oils were formulated to be gentler than essential oils in many cases.
We do not take fragrance responsibility lightly. We will always ensure we are using the safest fragrances available, and our usage rates are well below what is recommended.
If you are interested in our most natural, ethical and sustainable products that do not contain any fragrances, essential oils, or additives, you can find those here.
We promise to always be transparent about the fragrances, additives and ingredients and include them on every label.
Colorants and Additives
We use cosmetic grade mica powders for color. These are the same micas used in makeup, but in lower concentrations. This allows us to create the beautiful swirls and colors in our soap.
If you are interested in our most natural, ethical and sustainable products that do not contain any fragrances, essential oils, or additives, you can find those here.
We promise to always be transparent about the fragrances, additives and ingredients and include them on every label.
About
in 2020, Andrea made her first batch of soap with milk from her own herd.
What started as curiosity blossomed into a business after a friend's special request:
"My husband refuses to use anything else. I need you to make more."
Since then, Andrea has been reinvesting, experimenting, learning, and developing her craft into Sipsey Creek Soap Co you see today.
When she's not in the soap barn, Andrea makes time to get lost in Bankhead National Forest or the high country in Pisgah National Forest. She also enjoys growing and tending to her small generational family farm in Alabama.