Vellum St Soap Company

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Vellum St Soap Company

The soap you wish your mouth got washed out with! We craft our soap the old school way, using lye. lard (tallow, duck, and goat fat as well!), and love.

Vellum Street Soap Company is a victual apothecary, basically meaning we don't believe you should put anything on your skin that you wouldn't put in your mouth. All of our cold process soaps are made from high quality, food grade ingredients, locally and sustainably sourced, with nothing added that doesn't have a beneficial purpose for your body. With our founders background as a chef, with a focus on sourcing sustainably and nutritional quality, you can be assured every ingredient that goes into our soaps has been researched and benefits tested, to get you the best possible finished product. Many of our ingredients are procured from local restaurants, excess ingredients that have no further ingredient use in the kitchen, but make wonderful ingredients for soap. We're proud of our relationships with these establishments, and are thrilled to make them more sustainable by working towards using every part of every animal and plant they bring into their kitchens. Vellum Street is the soap you wished your mouth got washed out with!

01/28/2026

I need your input, amigos!!

The two products that started Vellum Street Soap Company were tallow & lard soaps, and tallow & lard balms. Our balms were super well loved AS IS until we launched our fat marshmallow whipped tallow skin fluff, when so many of you started writing to ask if we would ever offer a whipped version of our essential oil scented line.

I said no for years, mainly because whipping is very labor-intensive, and we would have to raise our prices for these products to compensate, plus, we would no longer be able to ship them in the summertime because they’d melt.

But you guys keep asking, and asking, and asking, and I’ve been messing around with whipping them over the last few weeks and I am completely smitten. Whipped it’s a whole new world, absolutely luxurious & opulent, perfectly sinking immediately into the skin- so I need to ask you, what do you want?

Please please PLEASE let me know below! 🌪️🐮💋

01/26/2026

It’s not groundbreaking info, but it’s important 🐮💋

Moochas grassias, amigos! xox

01/25/2026

Yesterday was the last day of hunting season, and boy howdy let me tell you it was a COLD weekend up in a tree stand in State Game Lands 339 🥶

My Scout is now fuel injected (see ya later, carburetor - hello Sniper EFI)🤩

Looks like we’re snowed in today, so I’m going to do my best to answer all the emails that have piled up over the last few days while I was communing with nature - all while sipping on hot cocoa topped with our tasty signature real marshmallows in between bouts of shoveling 😋

Love you, bye xox

01/23/2026

Word of the day : MAILLARD REACTION

It’s important.

Send this to your favorite bagel shop 🥯

01/21/2026

When the weather is just right & you have to spend a lot of time outside singing the song of your people 🐺

01/16/2026

Did you know that a lot (I’m talking 80% plus) of skincare on the market is made by a few huge factories who will just slap your label on it, creating you your “own” skincare brand?

Thats actually true about a lot of things in this modern world- laundry detergent, packaged foods, clothing, pet foods, supplements, etc. If you’re suddenly seeing a HUGE uptick of small start ups in certain categories, it’s likely that many of them are not made by the people selling them to you. Many are backed by private equity and VC investors, and if that’s your thing, have at it.

Around here we prefer the people we buy things from to have gotten their hands dirty in the process of creation. We’ve got a feeling, that if you’re here, you do too 🐮💋

01/15/2026

Take what you need, leave what you can!

Are you familiar with free food fridges? Is there one in your neighborhood? Drop their location below if so for the folks that may need something or have something to give!

Many (but not necessarily all) free food fridges can accept personal care/hygiene items (like soap, lip balm, and moisturizer!)

Germantown Community Fridges are located about 2 miles from Vellum Street HQ. They are two very busy sidewalk fridges and pantries located at 20 W Armat st & 19 E High st in Philadelphia. Their mission is to help fight hunger, food insecurity, and provide free, supplemental food in Germantown, Philadelphia. Stocked by the community, for the community, anyone who needs food is welcome to take it. The fridges are maintained and stocked by volunteers and community members.

I know some people may disagree with me, but community is like family- you don’t get to choose them, but their health and well being affects you both good and bad. Take care of it, and it will take care of you 🐮💋🧡💛🩵

01/14/2026

Heavy Metal Sausage Lard Bar Soap is back!!

A few years ago we created this scent for our favorite South Philly meat shop with some of their leftover lard, and y’all liked it so much we just made a round two! Available ONLY at their South Philly shop 1527 West Porter St.

Heavy Metal Sausage is Philadelphia’s only all local, whole animal butcher shop, deli & restaurant. They make incredible Fresh Sausage, Charcuterie, Salumi, Steaks & Sandwiches 😋

Activated charcoal, patchouli, cedar, juniper , and sumac give you a gently cleansing and moosturizing bar that lives up to its DARK moniker! 🐷💋

Ingredients: Saponified lard, essential oils (cedar, juniper, patchouli), honey, activated charcoal, juniper, sumac

01/13/2026

My nephew is so cute, and I’ve gotta say, he and my sister have great taste 😜

Vellum Street is SO FORTUNATE to not only have SO MANY amazing customers, but to have customers who take the time to leave reviews and send us videos of them enjoying our products. It truly means so much not only when you purchase from us, but when you share your love with reviews on our site. Not only do those reviews help us reach more people, but they make us feel incredibly fulfilled to know that we are helping so many of you.

Moochas grassias a million times over for all the love you continue to share 🐮💋

01/12/2026

Whoops 😅

Tell me about your worst haircut below ⤵️💇🏻‍♀️

I know it’s not bad, p***e, but I feel like it changes my whole vibe and now I need a different haircut style and new glasses 😂

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http://VellumStSoapCompany.com/

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