Created in small batches to insure quality control, once crafted, poured, and allowed to set up for 24 hours, the soap logs are then removed from their wooden molds and cut into bars, each bar weighing between four and five generous ounces (after curing they will weigh slightly less due to evaporation).

The bars will remain on drying racks for a minimum of four weeks to "cure", which completes the saponification process and assures a more durable product. Once cured their edges are beveled and the bars are wrapped in environmentally-friendly papers for shipment.

Unfortunately for all of us, oils are commodities sold on the open market, and as such are subject to the volatility of supply and demand. The price of olive and other oils have increased dramatically, with olive oil more than doubling over the last year. (And you thought it was only the price of crude oil, right?)

As a result, I've considered eliminating olive oil from my recipe, but I can't bring myself to sacrifice the quality it imparts to the soap. That being said, it becomes a choice of either offering a smaller-sized bar at the original cost or keeping the original size and raising the price.

Over the years, clients have given me a lot of feedback, and one of the things they always mention is that other bars feel too "skinny" in their hand...they like the more ample size. So I'm choosing to raise the price instead of lowering the bar, so to speak, to $6.00.

As an offset to the price increase, I am offering a flat rate for shipping...the cost will now be $8.00 per order (maximum of ten bars). Since soap is heavy, the more bars ordered the more the savings on mailing costs. In addition, I will only be shipping by US Mail from now on...and as before, I am unable to ship to Canada or other international addresses.

Thank you for both your business and understanding...these changes are necessary if I am to continue to offer the highest quality of products and customer service.