About Bryn Mawr Soap
Bryn Mawr Soap Company was founded in January,
2000 by Karen
Soderberg and Stephen Harvey. The business evolved from a pseudo-hobby of making soap to relieve our own dry skin problems. We knew
that handmade soaps were the best way to manage dry skin and wanted a simplified
product that focuses on good ingredients for skin, at a reasonable
price.
We originally had no intention of developing a
business, but the market demand led us down that path. People LOVED our
soaps!!! We're pleased to continue to provide high-quality soaps at
affordable prices so your skin can feel as good as ours!
Bryn Mawr Soap is based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Soaps are distributed directly (online/mail order, farmers
markets, holiday events) and through a growing
list of stores, primarily cooperatives and natural food stores.
What makes our soap unique from other natural soaps?
In a general sense there isn't too much difference. Our focus is on the
base recipe, which includes extra conditioning oils to help skin. We don't
focus our efforts on creative scenting and packaging.
We have a mission: to get people to USE natural
soap. It seems to us that many people buy natural soap to give away as
gifts, or to put on display in their bathrooms. Or, they simply don't buy
because the soap is too hard to find or too expensive. We want you to buy our
soap and use it; to enjoy the skin-conditioning qualities that natural soap has
to offer... at an affordable price.
We encourage you to try all types of natural
soaps. Many other soap makers put more effort into scents or
packaging than we do. We're dedicated to expanding the market's use of the
product, and hope we can stay in business by selling higher volume of a
excellent,
but not highly-packaged, product.
To find out more about the benefits of natural soap and how it differs from
commercially-produced soap, or to learn more about us, please visit our Frequently
Asked Questions page.
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