Baresoaps

Using all-natural ingredients and plantable packaging, b.a.r.e. soaps is a feel good brand with a so b.a.r.e.

soaps was founded with the vision to "bring antiseptic resources to everyone." Our vision is two fold but simple- to educate those in developed countries on the difference between all natural and commercial soaps and use proceeds towards investing in sanitation within communities in developing and third-world countries. Our hope is to provide access to soap in areas of the world that lack accessib

ility to antiseptic resources. We also hope to organize health educational awareness programs to teach people the importance of hand washing and how it can prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses. All of our donated bars are also individually embossed with John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and life.”

09/29/2023

Hey all 👋🏻! It’s been awhile but I have some good news to share- we WILL BE restocking shampoo & conditioners bars starting 10/1!

But first, a personal update. We’ve been quiet here for two reasons.

1) I wanted to shift my focus to flower farming. I believed that from a sustainability perspective, I could make a greater impact there. I’ve been growing flowers to sell to florists and designers who otherwise would need to import carbon footprint heavy flowers for weddings and events! Follow me if you’re interested.

2) We had a baby! That has kept us quite busy and is “side hustle” on its own!

In the past few months, I have received countless messages from folks inquiring if we’d bring back our shampoo bars. People just haven’t found an adequate substitute that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. And to be honest, I haven’t either. So…. we are bringing them back!

The shop, however, is going to look different.

🌱We will only be stocking shampoo & conditioner bars and some candles. TBD on candles going forward.
🌱We will have available single sets of shampoo & conditioner bars for the holiday season but going forward, we’ll be moving to a simple no frills bulk selling model. We will sell our bars in multiples and in minimal packaging. This is to help keep the cost down. Inflation has driven prices up for oils and packaging and I want to make these feel affordable!
🌱For our wholesale retail customers on Faire, same thing! We will offer our bars in bulk quantity. Right now we are selling in sets of 25 but in the coming days, we will add an option for 10. Our goal is to drive our customers to YOU- to shop locally and minimize individual shipments. We will work on promoting where our shampoo bars are with our Faire customers too.

That’s it for now, more to come in the coming days. We’ll post on 10/1 when the shampoo bar inventory is restocked!

12/18/2022

Baresoaps will have flowers at the market today! Stop by between 10am - 2pm for our final outdoor market of 2022 at Duke Farms!

10/27/2022

For our local friends, we will be at Duke Farms Market this weekend and plan to have soaps on sale as we gear up for the holidays 🙂

07/01/2022

One thing that most people don’t realize about pests is that they exist for a purpose. Their purpose is to be the prey (food) of their predators. In the gardening / farming world, these are also known as beneficial insects. Some people even buy ladybugs 🐞 to release into greenhouses to take care of pests like aphids.

When we get rid of pests by spraying, organic or chemical, we are taking away an important food source for these beneficial insects. Unfortunately, it typically takes a couple of cycles where these pests need to multiply to the point of an “infestation” before the predators show up. But if you give nature time, she will take care of it. The challenge is that farmers need to make money and not only is time not on their side, every non usable stem (or crop) is a loss in $$. But if you’re a home gardener, you can afford to wait!

For me, one of the things I’m doing on the flower farm is “interplanting”. Instead of planting rows and rows of the same plant, I am using diversity to encourage symbiotic relationships and attract a diversity of insects. It makes harvesting less efficient but I think it helps contribute to a richer ecosystem.

Photo 1: Did you know that some moths aren’t just pollinators but they are carnivorous and eat aphids?!

Photo 2: Here I’ve intercropped zinnias next to dill, beans and peas. Dill flowers make for great “filler”. That’s the yellow flowers you see!

06/27/2022

I’ve learned lots in my first year flower farming with . It may look idyllic but one thing that keeps me busy is figuring out how to combat pest pressure without any insecticide, organic or chemical. Tonight, I will be trying a brown sugar mixture foliar spray to hopefully help microbial activity and attract beneficial insects.

One thing I’m a bit disappointed in is how regenerative farming practices haven’t carried over into the flower farming world. Florists require the most perfectly aesthetic stem. I’m willing to let an entire row “go to waste” if it means building my soil health by not spraying. But the pressure for farmers to grow stems without insects and bugs means people are spraying- sometimes spraying organic things like neem oil without realizing that neem has led to a decrease in bee and bird colonies. And when you kill the bad pests, you kill good insects too.

If you buy flowers and bouquets, one thing to recognize is that if we want the floral industry to operate more sustainably, we HAVE to be able to accept some bugs in our flowers and be ok with it. Actually, we have to learn how to accept bugs as marvels and not get freaked out over everything crawling. Believe me, I was deathly afraid of ants and still shirk at thrips, but it’s a work in progress. We cannot want to live a sustainable lifestyle but separate the “yuckiness” of the outdoors from sustainability. They are deeply intertwined

06/24/2022

One question I always get is- why don’t you pursue Baresoaps]] full time?

Today’s Supreme Court Decision reaffirms why I feel my day job has significant purpose, and in some ways gives me more purpose than running Baresoaps]]. I don’t talk about this alot, but my day job centers on raising awareness of long acting reversible contraception options and helping women maintain access to them.

Whether or not you side with today’s ruling, one thing that you cannot dispute is the fact that 45% of pregnancies are unintended. Let that sink in. We are in 2022, there are what feels like a bazillion contraception options, and yet nearly half of pregnancies are unintended. Granted many are still wanted but some are also “unwanted”. Guttmacher estimates that 18% of pregnancies are “unwanted”. That’s just over 1 million babies.

I feel a tremendous sense of purpose waking up each day trying to figure out
➡️ How do we get women who want contraception to make sure they’re using the one that’s best for them? That fits into their lifestyle?
➡️How do we make sure they’re not paying out the w***o for a non generic pill option?

Baresoaps]] has taught me that you can be conservative, liberal, republican, democrat and still care about living a sustainable lifestyle!
So I will get quite some unfollows and even lose customers. But that’s ok because I have an even more important message for you all, and that is:

**If you’re a woman and you’re on a contraception that you’re not happy with (or you’re not good at taking), please don’t deprioritize this as a topic with your doctor. You can schedule an appointment that focuses on contraceptive counseling so that you can make the right choice for yourself. Now more than ever, don’t hold off on this if this message resonates with you.

📷: Wearing a “We’re for Her” shirt while fundraising for

06/18/2022

Have you ever heard of Petro Pete?

If you live in the state of Oklahoma and have a young child, chances are you have.

This illustrated series was created by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, a state agency funded by oil and gas producers. The board has spent upwards of $40 million over the past two decades on K-12 education with a pro-industry bent, including hundreds of pages of curricula, a speaker series and an afterschool program—all at no cost to educators.

Petro Pete wakes up to find that his toothbrush, hardhat and even the tires on his bike missing. Abandoned by the school bus, Pete walks to Petroville Elementary in his pajamas whereupon his teacher explains, “It looks like you are missing all of your petroleum by-products today!” Obviously our lives are embedded with petroleum products but clearly this book isn’t telling the whole story….

In certain states across the country, lobbyists employed by the fossil fuel industry make their rounds at schools to advocate for fossil fuels and dispel climate change science.

If you’re a parent who cares about climate change, you may want to ask your child whether they’ve discussed this topic at school and whether that discussion is based in science.

06/14/2022

Tis’ the season for showers! Here was a custom design we did for a bride to be. Her mom surprised her with these favors. They wanted a rustic meets tea party design so we had wisps of lavender and rustic farm elements. We were all thrilled with how these turned out ☺️.

What people love about our favors is that they’re practical. We’ve all gotten favors that are cute but go straight into the trash 🗑 or a junk pile bc we don’t know what to do with it. But who doesn’t love a quality bar of delicious smelling soap?

If you’re interested, email us at jessie@bare-soaps@com! Prices range from $7 to $8.80 a bar depending on quantity and include free custom design help!

06/12/2022

Rain or shine, we are at today selling soap, shampoo bars, candles and blooms. The soap sat tucked away for a bit due to the rain but has come out now that it’s a drizzle. We are impressed that people are still braving the rain to come out and support local!

06/10/2022

5000!

5000 is the number of single use plastic bottles we’ve diverted likely from the landfill given the abysmally low recycling ♻️ rates. We launched our shampoo and conditioner bars in May 2020 and very quickly it became our top selling item.

Have you given shampoo and conditioner bars a try?
✔️ Our shampoo bars lather like no other
✔️ They last a longgg time, just keep them dry in between use!
✔️ They’re very easy to travel with. No liquids!!
✔️ They’re waste free with plantable packing!

06/08/2022

Do you have a…
✔️Large appliance such as an oven, range hood, dishwasher that isn’t functional or you can’t sell?
✔️Piece of scrap metal such as a post, pipe, or tubing?
✔️Aluminum pots, pan, old faucet?

Rather than throw them away, did you know that you can take them to a scrap yard and get some 💰?

We recently had a very old range hood and an old mailbox that sat on an aluminum post. We took them to a local scrapyard and got $10. It’s clearly not going to make us rich, but it’s good to know some parts of those items will get a second life rather than sitting in a landfill! You can Google “scrap yard” to find the nearest location to you!

06/03/2022

Our “why” centers around creating a better tomorrow for our children, in the realization that the sustainability challenges we face today will be compounded and passed on.

If you’re following this account, we likely have at least that in common.

But I started thinking… what’s the point if our children may die from guns before they even get a chance to grow up to struggle in this climate change challenged world?

I am not a far right progressive. There are candidates on both sides I support.

I believe that the right to bear arms is not mutually exclusive with passing tougher laws on assault weapons, mandating stricter background checks, or raising the age requirement to buy such weapons.

If you disagree, I implore you to ask yourself - do you disagree for the sake of disagreeing? Or do you firmly believe that stricter measures on assault weapons jeopardizes your 2nd constitutional right?

If you agree with me, please make your vote count especially if you live in a state with a Republican Congress member. Urge then to at least start the conversation on the floor versus nope-saucing everything. Because the only thing that beats monetary contribution for a candidate is losing YOUR VOTE 🗳.

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05/21/2022

So excited to have been asked to help create these custom favors for a special someone’s baby shower 🍼 🚿. She is someone whose hobbies and interests are so similar to mine that I intuitively knew exactly what I wanted to label to show. You can’t see the backside, but there’s an evolution of the 4 seasons, including some garden & outdoor elements.

05/10/2022

Visiting family CA has been awesome, especially as we see this state leading the charge in several “green initiatives”. Here’s a few I was made aware about (old and new):

🍃 Many HOAs and complexes offer disposal for “greens” (tree trimming). My brother in law’s apartment complex even offers food waste for composting.
🍃 CA has really stringent emissions requirements for automobiles which basically means all new US cars are held to those standards since manufacturers follow the most strict code (they’re not going to customize cars by state).
🍃 After 2024, CA is banning all gas powered mowers and leaf blowers. We are personally excited to hear this bc we would LOVE there to be more electric options for lawn mowers. We already have an electric leaf blower and chainsaw by which we love! The perception that electric isn’t as powerful as gas is getting proven wrong in landscaping!

CA really shows that legislation even on the state level can have a ripple effect on other states. They’re forcing companies and manufacturers to innovate in the green space which means the rest of us will have more affordable options. Thank you CA!

05/04/2022

Taking a 6 day trip and here’s all the toiletries I need. Boom 🎤.

05/02/2022

Wow. Thank you to everyone who came out - new and old customers - to support. Today’s market made me remember how much I love interacting with people and talking about my sustainability mission. The best part? This market literally attracts people who care. It’s like they put me in the middle of Berkeley CA where everyone carries reusable bags and the concept of a shampoo bar isn’t actually foreign. ANDDD people wanted to support small & local! Major kudos to the market manager and for this.

It’s always funny to see how bestsellers online are different from those in person. Picking up a candle and soap in person is a different experience than shopping from descriptions and views online.

If you’re new to this handle and we met you today, thank you so much for supporting! We hope to see you again. We will be at every other Sunday for the rest of the season!

04/28/2022

Chance 🐶 is ready for our first market in 6 years!! We will be at this Sunday 5/1 in Hillsborough, NJ.

What I love about markets is getting to meet our customers. In fact, there are customers who we met nearly 10 years ago who continue to be customers today. It’s incredible to build relationships, watch people grow their families, follow along career journeys are more. There’s also the thrill of the “sell”. How well can you “pitch” your mission and what your product stands for in a 30 second window?

So if you’re local to Central Jersey, swing back and say hi 👋🏻! We will be selling soap, shampoo bars, candles, and hand sanitizers. In person prices are a bit cheaper so 🤫 .

04/26/2022

I never thought I’d say this but… for all of our local NJ friends, we will be selling soap, shampoo bars, candles and hand sanitizers at Duke Farms] in Hillsborough starting May 1! We will be there every other Sunday and not only will we be selling soap, but also specialty cut flower bouquets!! If you’re in central Jersey, please drop on by and say 👋🏻! There will also be lots of other awesome vendors.

What we love about Duke Farms] is that they are also sustainably oriented. Their rules are
🌎 Everything sold (produce, flowers, handmade items) must be locally grown and made
🌎 Everything must be grown organically
🌎 No plastic bags and absolutely no styrofoam

It’s also when you find a market aligned to your own mission and values 😊

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