Lakewood Soap Company's mission is to provide you with quality products
that you will always enjoy using.
that you will always enjoy using.
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How We Got Our StartMy name is Linda and I'm the Soap Mixtress at Lakewood Soap Company. I've always loved using handmade soap. Being an avid DIY'er and crafter, I was thrilled when found a book on how to make soap at a used book sale. I purchased it for $2, brought it home and stuck it on my bookshelf... where it sat for the next few years until we moved to Tennessee... where it sat on a new shelf until one day in the fall of 2010. On that glorious day, I pulled my soapmaking book from the shelf, dusted it off and started reading. When I was finished, I thought, “I can DO this!” And so I did. And again. And yet again. I was hooked.
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My soapmaking journey continued over the next year as I experimented with different combinations of oils and eventually settled on a recipe that I loved, and even more importantly, so did my testers. Lakewood Soap Company (formerly LJ Handcrafted Soap) was born in late 2011. My application was accepted for the 2012 Dandridge Farmers Market season and I've been there ever since. I love being a part of this market. The vendors are a great group of folks and we have a community that is wonderfully supportive of the market.
Because I believe in keeping things simple, most of my bath soap is made from a blend of just four oils: olive oil, lard or tallow, coconut oil and castor oil. This combination of oils makes a soap that gently cleanses and has a rich, creamy lather. I use high quality fragrance oils that are made specifically for bath and body products, essential oils, and approved colorants. All of my bath soap is made by hand in small batches using the cold process method. Whenever possible, I use local ingredients from area farms.
My shaving soaps were developed over a period of about two years and involved extensive research and numerous failures. But, perseverance paid off and I now have vegan-friendly and tallow based shave soaps that my customers love to use.
It's my hope that you will enjoy using my products as much as I enjoy making them.
Linda Morris
Because I believe in keeping things simple, most of my bath soap is made from a blend of just four oils: olive oil, lard or tallow, coconut oil and castor oil. This combination of oils makes a soap that gently cleanses and has a rich, creamy lather. I use high quality fragrance oils that are made specifically for bath and body products, essential oils, and approved colorants. All of my bath soap is made by hand in small batches using the cold process method. Whenever possible, I use local ingredients from area farms.
My shaving soaps were developed over a period of about two years and involved extensive research and numerous failures. But, perseverance paid off and I now have vegan-friendly and tallow based shave soaps that my customers love to use.
It's my hope that you will enjoy using my products as much as I enjoy making them.
Linda Morris