Join Us at the Savannah Pine Tar Music Festival
Lord’s Soap & Skin | March 14 We’re excited to announce that Lord’s Soap & Skin will be a vendor at the Savannah Pine Tar Music Festival this year, and we’d love to see you there. This festival is a…
LORD'S SOAP & SKIN
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When the Lord Is Like Lye
Refined, Washed, and Made New Malachi does not use gentle imagery. “For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap.” (Malachi 3:2, NKJV) The Complete Jewish Bible sharpens it: “Like the soapmaker’s lye.” (Malachi 3:2, CJB) And The…
Shipping, Access, and the Cost of Careful Production
One of the great strengths of large marketplaces is simple and undeniable: They make shipping feel effortless. Fast delivery. Predictable costs. A few clicks and something arrives on your doorstep within a day or two. For many households, that convenience…
Where a Product Is Sold Changes What It Becomes
Not because the ingredients change.Not because the label changes.But because the context changes. Where something is sold quietly shapes what it becomes in the hands of the buyer. A product placed on a clearance rack speaks one language. A product…
What Feedback Actually Changed (And What Didn’t)
When people talk about feedback in product-making, it’s often framed as correction. Fix this. Adjust that. Add something new. Remove something old. That hasn’t really been my experience. Aside from one early, humbling lesson involving chamomile powder, the feedback on…
The Part of Product-Making No One Talks About
There’s a part of product-making no one talks about much:the moment after you’ve made something that works, and before you decide how to offer it to the world. That moment is heavier than people realize. Making the balm was not…
The Balm That Taught Me to Stop Trying So Hard
This balm began with love.The kind that wants to fix everything immediately. A dear friend’s young son was struggling with serious skin challenges. Watching a child be uncomfortable in his own skin does something to you. It wakes every nurturing…
Why Our Balms Exists (and Why It Was Never Supposed to Be “A Thing”)
This balm began as a companion to my natural soapmaking. I was already deep into making soap, learning restraint, learning chemistry, learning when less truly is more. Soap has a way of disciplining you. It teaches patience. It teaches respect…
Reformulating My Signature Soap: Choosing Function Over Fluff
For a long time, I did what many handmade soapmakers do. I added beautiful things to my soap. Herbs. Purees. Infusions. Powders. Ingredients with lovely reputations and even lovelier stories. And then I paused and asked a harder question: What…
How Soap Savers Help Your Soap Last Longer
A soap saver is one of the simplest and smartest tools you can add to your bath routine. Whether you’re using a handmade bar from Lord’s Soap & Skin or any quality natural soap, a soap saver dramatically extends the…
Is Natural Soap Is the Better Choice
And Why Plain Still Works Just Fine The Antibacterial Soap Question For years, antibacterial soap has been marketed as the gold standard of cleanliness. Stronger. Smarter. More powerful. If regular soap was good, antibacterial soap was apparently holier. But here’s…
Natural Colorants & Marketing
What Does “Natural” Mean, Anyway? To me, natural means ingredients that come straight from God’s creation. Not optimized. Not enhanced. Not corrected for consistency. Just materials as they were made, quirks included and performance reviews politely ignored. I choose natural…