Appalachian Natural Soaps:
A Blue Ridge Mountain Luxury
Body Happy Products Health and Wellness LifestylePublished June 3, 2010 at 8:07 pm No Comments
From calming lavender soaps to skin-friendly green tea and chamomile, the handmade bath and body products from Appalachian Natural Soaps are offered in more than 2-dozen intriguing varieties and contain the best natural ingredients available. These simple mountain luxuries (handmade in beautiful Asheville, NC) have been regional favorites since 1995 and are now available to consumers across the nation.
The Process
Following family traditions, Appalachian Naturals starts their soapmaking process with a special blend of pure South African cocoa butter, moisturizing vitamin E, virgin coconut oil, luxurious essential oils, and natural botanical extracts. The soaps are made in small batches, prepared in several stages, to keep these premium ingredients as pure and beneficial as possible.
Once a batch of soap is mixed, it is cured until a healthy, balanced pH level is reached. The soap is inspected for quality, molded into an easy to hold 4.5-ounce bar, hand wrapped and sealed. The process ends when the Appalachian Natural Soaps label, printed on recycled paper, is placed around the bar.
The Products
This careful process yields luxurious soaps that provide a rich, foamy lather and offer healing, moisturizing benefits to your skin. You can enjoy Appalachian Natural Soaps in a variety of scents, whether you need to relax or invigorate. Options include:
- Unscented oatmeal with cocoa butter and organic oats, ideal for babies and super sensitive skin.
- Granny’s original lye – the original family soap made by the company’s inspiration, Grandma Nova.
- Honey almond oatmeal, Appalachian Natural’s signature soap.
- Clove and oatmeal, or cinnamon and oatmeal.
- Refreshing peppermint, herbal basil, or energizing spearmint.
- Relaxing lavender, or the intriguing combination of lavender and mint.
- Blue Ridge inspired Appalachian forest (spruce, fir, and lime), mountain apple (cinnamon, clove, and citrus), or mountain breeze (lavender, patchouli, and ylang ylang).
- Green tea and chamomile, packed with vitamins and essential antioxidants.
- Exotic jasmine, mood-lifting patchouli, or rosemary lemon poppyseed.
- Pumpkin spice, tangerine supreme, or lemon bay.
- The floral scents of rose geranium or wildwood flower.
Appalachian Natural Soaps is more than luxurious handmade bars. Protect and moisturize your lips with all-natural Nova lip balm, an enriching combination of tea tree oil, vitamin E, shea and cocoa butters, and almond, jojoba, grape seed, and hemp seed oils. You can also find pure virgin coconut oil, spa quality salt scrubs, soothing lavender bath salts, essential oils, and creamy shea butter. Locally handmade shaving mugs with natural bristle brushes are also available.
How to Buy
If you’re lucky enough to live near the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, you’ll find Appalachian Natural Soaps in most gift shops and health stores. You can also visit the home store in Asheville, located in Biltmore Square.
Other US residents can contact the company for information on retail locations in their area, or you can shop directly at the Appalachian Natural Soaps website. The website also offers quantity discounts, like the Soaper’s Dozen (13 bars for just $52), as well as seasonal specials. The Summer Package – 8-ounces of coconut oil, lip balm, summer snow cooling body powder, and 4 bars of handmade soap – is currently available for $40.
