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Handmade in Forest Town, Mansfield

5 minutes that belong to you.

Small-batch, cold-process soap made with tallow, natural clays and pure essential oils. Every scent is meant to take you somewhere: a warm afternoon, a garden after rain, an old apothecary, a quiet evening.

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  • Small batches
  • Palm-oil free
  • Pure essential oils

The range

Find your five minutes

A woodland walk on a warm afternoon

Sunlit Grove

Orange, citronella, cedarwood, patchouli

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A birch wood in late autumn

Nordic Walk

Citronella, white birch, lavender, cedar

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An old apothecary

Old Apothecary

Patchouli, Atlas cedar, lavender, clary sage, may chang

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A quiet evening

Quiet Hour

Lavender, frankincense, cedar

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Our story

Back at the soap pot

After a creative break, The Forest Town Soapery is back, with every recipe rethought: from the ingredients to the feeling each bar creates when you use it.

Every ingredient is there for a reason. The colours are there because soapmaking should be fun, but wherever possible they come from things that do something for the bar, like clays, charcoal, calendula and moringa.

And the scents aren’t just meant to smell nice. They’re meant to take you somewhere, for those five minutes when you stop thinking about everything else.

Meet the whole range
  1. An artisan chocolate shopChocolate & Orange
  2. A woodland walk on a warm afternoonSunlit Grove
  3. A birch wood in late autumnNordic Walk
  4. A hard day’s workWorkhorse
  5. A sun-warmed Mediterranean gardenMediterranean Garden
  6. An old apothecaryOld Apothecary
  7. A quiet eveningQuiet Hour
  8. A walk outdoorsBamboo

Two kinds of soap

One for your hands, one for you.

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Bath & shower soaps

Still properly cleansing, but gentler and more conditioning. Designed with dry, mature and sensitive skin in mind.

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Hand soaps

Made with cleansing in mind, for hands that need a proper clean after cooking, gardening, working or simply getting on with life.

How it’s made

Cold process, slowly cured.

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    Choose with purpose

    Tallow, oils and butters, each picked for what it brings to the bar.

  2. 02

    Colour & swirl

    Natural clays, charcoal and botanicals, swirled by hand, so every bar is a little different.

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    Scent that takes you somewhere

    Pure essential oils, blended to bring back a moment or a place.

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    Cure

    Bars rest for weeks until they’re hard, mild and long-lasting.

How to order

Local, and made to share

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Message to order

Send a message on Facebook with the bars you’d like. Batches are small, so orders are first come, first served.

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Collect in Forest Town

Pick up your order in Forest Town, Mansfield. We’ll arrange a time when we confirm your order.

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Local delivery

If you’re local to Mansfield, we can deliver to your door. Just ask when you order.

Good to know

Questions

Anything else, or a scent you’d love us to make? Tell us on Facebook.

Why tallow?

Tallow is a traditional soapmaking ingredient that has been valued for centuries. It makes a hard, long-lasting bar with a creamy, conditioning lather, which is ideal for dry, mature or sensitive skin. Ours is locally sourced from our butchers, David Boot’s, and makes use of something that would often be thrown away.

Is the soap vegan?

No. Our new recipes are built around tallow. We moved away from palm oil because, even when it’s responsibly sourced, we couldn’t reconcile the miles it travels. Tallow made sense both for the soap and for sustainability.

Is it OK for sensitive skin?

Our bath & shower soaps are made with dry, mature and sensitive skin particularly in mind, so they cleanse without stripping away more of your skin’s natural oils than they need to. Quiet Hour, made with organic oat milk, is the gentlest. If you’re unsure, patch test first.

What does “cold process” mean?

The traditional way of making soap from oils, butters and fats. Every batch is left to cure for several weeks before it’s sold, which makes a milder, harder, longer-lasting bar.

How do I order and pay?

Message us on Facebook with the bars you’d like, or build a list on this site and paste it into a message. We’ll confirm stock, price and payment personally. Collection in Forest Town, or delivery if you’re local.