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Leslie's Garden Handmade Soap

Leslie's Garden Soaps can be purchased by mailorder or at the craftshows found at this link.

 

Handmade Soap that's Simple
Smooth & silky, rich, superfatted 4 oz bars with lots of creamy lather for your bathing pleasure.
All Leslie's Garden Soaps contain
Shea Butter.

Click picture for larger view Bay Lime
Refreshing herbal/citrusy aroma.  Contains saponified oils of coconut, olive, palm, shea butter, castor oil, essential oils of lime, bay, vetiver, ylang and black pepper and tinted with oxides.
Click picture for larger view Belize Bar - Lemongrass Soap
I wildcrafted my first lemongrass while living in Belize -- we sat on the veranda each evening sipping a tea made from the lemony herb. This refreshing bar contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil and essential oil of lemongrass.
Click picture for larger view Easy
A cocoa butter soap with no added scent or color. Contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, cocoa butter, shea butter & castor oil.
Click picture for larger view Greenman Bliss Bar
Named for the Greenman --the spirit of the wood and the garden. An exotic, formulation of saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, chrome oxide and essential oils of sweet orange, lemongrass, ylang ylang, cedar and cistus.
Click picture for larger view. Lavender Mint
Herb lovers can’t resist this herby blend – come into the garden! Contains saponified oils of coconut, olive, palm, shea butter, castor oil, essential oils of spearmint, lavender and patchouli and tinted with oxides.
Click picture for larger view Lovingly Lavender
An old-fashioned favorite. Saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, cocoa butter, shea butter, castor oil and essential oil of lavender.
Click picture for larger view Pine Tar Soap
Our grandparents favored this old timey soap for skin and scalp problems. Smells like medicine but what a great lathering bar! Saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, pine tar, castor oil, neem oil and essential oils of lavender and tea tree oil.
Click picture for larger view Viriditas
Mystic Hildegarde of Bingen spoke of "Viriditas" -- the greening power. To me this power is exemplified in cool, dark, evergreen forests where the energy of creation and regeneration saturates the senses. Viriditas contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, oxides and essential oils of fir, tangerine, bergamot, cedar and patchouli.
Windsor Bar
At the turn of the century, a version of this soap was on every soapmaker's list, with its special scent that smells a bit like rootbeer! This is my take on that old-time recipe. Saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, cocoa butter, shea butter, castor oil and essential oils of bergamot, caraway, clove bud, cinnamon leaf and sassafras.
Click picture for larger view Woodstock
Flower Child, this one's for you. Contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, cinnamon and essential oils of patchouli and lavender.

Handmade Soap that's Filled
These 4 oz bars are filled with ground herbs from my garden, spices or cosmetic clays.
 Gardener's Soap, Embraceable You, Goatsmilk & Rosewood and Herb Walk,
offer a gentle scrub.
  All Leslie's Garden Soaps contain Shea Butter

Click picture for larger view Amour
Dusky brown and filled with scents that symbolize love. Lavender for sweetness, patchouli for passion, clove for spice and bitter cinnamon bark for longing. Contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, jojoba oil, ground cinnamon and essential oils of lavender, clove bud, cinnamon leaf, ylang ylang and patchouli.
Click picture for larger view Comfrey Comfort
Herbal healers speak of the curative nature of comfrey and aloe vera. I bring them together in a synergistic blend of saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, aloe vera gel, ground comfrey root, essential oils of tea tree, lavender, rose geranium & patchouli.
Click picture for larger view Gardener's Soap - with Ground Luffa
Very scrubby bar for your tired, sore, hardworking hands; contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, ground luffa and essential oils of lavender and rosemary.
Click picture for larger view Herb Walk
Imagine ... cicadas humming, the warm sun spilling through the trees as you amble through the garden, pinching leaves, savoring each heady scent. It's a celebration of the senses, just hinted at in this sweet soap, full of ground chamomile, elderblow, and rosemary and made of saponified olive, palm and coconut oils, shea butter, castor oil and essential oils of palmarosa, rosemary and oakmoss.
Click picture for larger view Mint Magic
Refresh mind and body with the cool, green, magic of mint. Contains saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, shea butter, castor oil, essential oil of peppermint with a touch of patchouli, and oxide, ground nori.

Goatsmilk Soap
These 4 oz bars contain goat's milk.
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  All Leslie's Garden Soaps contain Shea Butter

Clary Sage & Vetiver
Think deep woods ~ a musky, sweet scent with a bit of mystery in its dark swirls. Contains saponified oils of olive, coconut, palm, cocoa butter and shea butter with goat’s milk, castor oil, ground rosehips and essential oils of clary sage, sweet orange and vetiver.
Click picture for larger view. Goatsmilk & Rosewood
Make new friends but keep the old - an old fashioned goat’s milk soap updated with a sophisticated essential oil blend. Contains saponified oils of coconut, olive, palm, shea butter, castor oil, goats milk, calendula petals and essential oils of rosewood, lemongrass and patchouli.

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Springtime
 A lovely, light citrusy goat’s milk soap containing saponified olive, coconut, and palm oils, cocoa butter, shea butter,  castor oil, goat’s milk, calendula petals and essential oils of lavender, lime and lemongrass.

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Updated 04/27/2014
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