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With so many new — and plenty of familiar! — faces around here, we wanted to take a moment to share the story and mission behind Bend Soap Company. Here’s a little back-story to fill you in on where Bend Soap Company started and what’s happened over the years, as written by our Co-Founder, Marilee.
Watching a child suffer is so hard. As Dwight and I watched our son struggle with his eczema, we searched for a product that would help with his pain and itching. When no product was found in the stores, our research led us back to our very own farm.
We learned that fresh goat milk was rich in nutrients. Looking at our goats, we wondered… Could soap made with this milk be the answer to our son’s eczema
True, there were already plenty of soaps to choose from, but we discovered they are laced with toxins and junk! The more labels we read, the more we felt like lab rats who were slowly being poisoned.
“We need a pure soap!” Dwight proclaimed.
Keeping the ingredients simple and pure, he handcrafted his own bar.
Each day our son soaked in a bath of this pure, nutrient-rich soap, and before we knew it, his pain and itching were gone! We were so encouraged by the results, we made more soap and shared it with family, friends, bank tellers... Anyone who was interested.
The word spread and people started asking for more, and more soap. A small family farm business began and the soap was sold at craft shows up and down the west coast.
Wherever we went we always had travel soaps to share. Soon more natural products joined the soaps as we worked to provide natural solutions for more of our skincare needs.
The soap has not changed over the years, for its all-natural goodness is precious. As we grow, we choose not to compromise on the quality of the ingredients, for what goes on our skin is too great of importance to be careless.
To those who give our products a try, we hope you enjoy. It is our mission to make these products available to all. We want you to LOVE your skin… One bar at a time!
Welcome to the Bend Soap Co. family!
154 comments
I first learned about Bend Soap via Facebook. Since I suffer with eczema the testimonials sounded promising. I have begun using the Oatmeal and Honey bar soap and the Goat Milk lotion and am noticing some improvement. I cannot decide if one or the other is more efficacious but I love the lotion and ordered extras to keep in the bathroom and kitchen and a bottle for my daughter. So far, so good!
I think I came across your soap searching the website. Where I used to by my soap, they stop carrying it. So I searched the web and presto, I found you.
I was googling how to get rid of eczema and somehow you guys pop up from google.I open then have a read a people’s review then I thought I will give it a try for my 4months old baby girl, My daughter has suffer from a really bad severe eczema and redness skin she’s also gt a sensitive skin, we try everything outside of in NZ and even here in NZ but nothing works, We took her to see the doctor but they even making it more worst..I go to bed with tears in my eyes and begging God for help😭Me and hubby only sleeps for 2hrs everyday, she always scratch herself and always itchy, I almost giving up hope until I saw you guys..So I went to the chemist and I saw the soap goat milk and its made here in NZ and it helps a little but not much so I place an order on the 13of Feb and hoping to give it a try to my daughter and I pray and hope for a miracle from your guys products😭🙏🙏🙏
Im a grandmother who has had eczema her whole life and has had to use steroid cream to keep it under control. My grandbaby has had eczema issues since he was born who will now be three years old.To my dismay once again all they could offer is a cream for his skin and watching certain foods he ate with hopes that he would grow out of it. To watch him restless as he slept itching the same spots brought back memories of my childhood. I came across then soap on Facebook and thought why not try it. I’ve tried everything else and I didn’t/don’t want to see him go through what I’ve went through my entire life. The trail bars are great for tiny hands in the bath tub. It’s worked well for his eczema as well as his sister who has dry spots. So happy with your product and sharing with friends and family. Thank you for sharing your family story , had not read that your son being so young with eczema I probably would not have tried your products. I love how the whole family is involved. Blessings to all.
After being quite ill from multiple chemical sensitivity, I had to quest for pure foods, personal care products, pure cleaning products, etc. Years of struggling to find a “natural” body cleansing soap had me frustrated. There would always be a tad bit of an ingredient that wasn’t really natural and made it unusable for me. I am even very sensitive to most essential oils. I saw your ad on Facebook which led me to look you up on several websites. I was pleased that you have minimal ingredients in your soaps because I have been looking for goat milk soap that wasn’t dinked with to make it unhealthy. Reading why you started producing the soap made me feel that I wasn’t crazy and alone in thinking that most conventional soap products are toxic to so many people. I took the leap to give it a try and am grateful you are here for me and others who struggle through this world because of multiple sensitivities. Thank you for being an oasis.