Essential Soap

Shampoo Soap: Gardenia

Get rid of the plastic in your life. No need for bottles when you have a shampoo bar! Rub this rich soap into your scalp (and beard if you have one.) It is super bubbly, makes rich lather, cleans thoroughly and leaves you feeling refreshed with the...

Soothing Shaving Soap

All you need is a bowl and a shaving brush and you can lather your face up just like your great grandfathers of old did. Our shaving soap is smooth, makes a nice rich and slick lather and will clean as you shave.  Makes a great shampoo bar as...

Golden Censer Soap

If you love our  Three Kings Soap, you will like this one too. The recipe is identical minus the ground myrrh of our Nativity style soap.  The Golden Censer is an image of our Lady, the Theotokos. And like a censor, this soap is full of...

Eucalyptus, Rosemary and aromatic Litsea Soap

A new technique in swirling enables us to create these very fine lines of fantastic colors: blues, greens with accent colors of red and black. Aromatic Litsea (Cubeba), a powerful citrusy essential oil, blends well with refreshing eucalyptus and earthy,...

Grapefruit Rosemary Soap

The clean herbal aroma of rosemary is matched with the light refreshing citrus of grapefruit to make a delightful soap that is perfect for face, hands and body. This is a soap for those who want the benefits of essential oils without being overpowered by...

Patchouli Oil Soap

Earthy, fragrant and stunning with a blue-green swirl, if you a fan of patchouli, this soap is for you. The essential oil of the patchouli plant--a relative of mint-- has been used throughout south and southeast Asia in incense. It is famous throughout...

Cypress, Pine and Cedar Soap

A perfect blend of woodsy scents from essential oils of the cypress tree, pine tree and cedar--all trees which still grow in the Holy Land. The mention of these woods in Isaiah is seen as a prefiguring of the True Cross. The swirl of forest colors is...

Candy Cane Swirl Soap

**SEASONAL SOAP** Christmas brings to mind peppermint and candy canes. This soap brings those together with a red and white swirl. Minty fresh and cooling. Some will want to use it all year round.  The soap base is made from scratch, using Olive,...

Basil Milk Soap

This is a whole milk soap made with all vegetable oils. It is very mild, gentle and nourishing to the skin. Full-fat cow's milk adds natural alpha-hydroxy acids which help clean away dead skin while providing vitamins, minerals and cream to your skin...

Mary's Gold Calendula Soap

Calendula or "Pot Marigold" gets its name as a tribute to Mary, the Mother of God. The brilliant orange and yellow flowers brighten up the whole corner of our monastery garden each year. Calendula has been used since ancient times as a remedy for skin...

Three King's Soap

**SEASONAL SOAP** This is a soap worthy of kings! We finely grind pure myrrh from the "Horn of Africa." This is worked into the soap with pure essential oils of frankincense and other botanicals, the top of the soap is decorated with gold mica. Perfect...

Cedar-Orange Soap

Now with Atlas Cedar Essential Oil. We have improved our recipe for this soap. It gets its light orange color and strong orange aroma from an Essential Oil that is 10 times distilled in order to concentrate its scent, together with fresh orange zest...