She also has soaps that are very popular with men. Her “MAN Beer Soap” is made from palm, olive and coconut oil. And, it has one unusual ingredient -- beer. Ms. Kearns says beer is soothing to the skin and keeps it soft.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Many Herban Lifestyle soaps come wrapped in colored paper. Ms. Kearns chooses papers made from recycled materials, often with colors made from soy ink. One line of soaps has a very unusual wrapping. Her fuzzy soaps look like balls of wool, and they are, sort of. These soaps are tightly wrapped in brightly colored wool. As the soap dissolves, the wool slowly shrinks around the soap. Ms. Kearns says the wool serves several aims. It acts like a washcloth, helps remove dead skin cells and makes the soap last longer.
STEVE EMBER: Herban Lifestyle produces about three thousand bars of soap every year. The soaps are sold on the company’s website, and on other websites including Etsy and Ebay’s socially responsible store called World of Good.
Mary Kearns also sells her products at craft fairs and at stores in Washington, D.C, Maryland, Virginia and California.
At eight dollars a soap, these products cost more than commercially produced soaps. But she says more and more people are willing to pay more for natural, hand-made products.
MARY KEARNS: “It’s in the last ten or fifteen years that people are going back to the artisan style soaps in a big way.”
FAITH LAPIDUS: We asked Mary Kearns for her advice when shopping for a bar of soap. She said to look for ingredients that you would eat, other than lye, of course. She says to look for pure oils and avoid unnatural fragrances, which can contain harsh chemicals.
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