O'live Handmade Soaps

Our Story

Our journey began in 2011, when we started making soap in our kitchen, out of a desire to only use natural ingredients. We had a little daughter who couldn't use store bought soaps, as those would leave her with extremely dry skin and eczema flare up. After much research, our journey into making skin-loving soaps and balms started. We didn't want to look further than our 'backyard', so we started sourcing only local oils. First up was the Extra Virgin Oil that we source from our friend's farm, Rio Largo Olive Estate, along the Breede River. We also became aware, and inlove, with the medicinal properties of plants that the Cape Floral Kingdom had to offer. We started experimenting with these herbs, in the form herbal infusions, powders, and essential oils, in our soaps. All our soaps contain these secret herbal infusions, to soothe and nourish even the angriest of skins. We have remained true to our passion of creating soap from scratch, using natural ingredients. Our soap is not made from pre - bought melt and pour bases, we lovingly make it in small batches, using the cold-processed method. We still create our bars in small batches, with locally sourced vegetable oils and pure essential oils in our studio in Woodstock, Cape Town. After 3 years of being in business, the husband person left his job to join our business full time. We are now a true family business, led by a husband and wife team, with our children getting involved whenever possible.