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52-54 North Parade, Matlock Bath DE4 3NS

The Old Apothecary Shop - Our Handmade Soaps

Here at The Old Apothecary Shop we offer our own brand of soaps, by manufacturing our own soaps we can bring you a selection of luxury products based on our customers choices.

We pride ourselves on manufacturing soaps free from parabens and kind to your skin. Our products smell amazing and leave you skin feeling soft.

Donkey Milk Soap   This is our most popular soap, this soap hydrates and softens your skin.  Donkey Milk Soap has a lovely creamy lather and helps to reduce skin irritations by regenerating your skin providing natural anti- aging.  It also protects against bacterial infections helping people with eczema and psoriasis and can be beneficial to young people with skin allergies and acne.

Shea Butter Soap   This soap is high in skin nourishing vitamins, namely vitamin E, A and C, all acting as antioxidants to aid fast dermal healing.  Shea Butter soap leaves your skin feeling soft and refreshed and is vegetable based suitable for vegans.  Try our beautiful Shea Butter fairies and roses both products are infused with essential oils of Lavender, Rose Geranium or Lemongrass, making these items a wonderful gift, they smell amazing and leave your skin feeling soft.

Glycerin Soap This is a practical everyday hand soap SLS free and suitable for vegans, a creamy cleansing nourishing soap ideal very day practical use this soap has a beautiful creamy lather and we also add a small amount of essential oil to fragrance this product, many of our novelty soaps are made with this recipe and our signature lemongrass ducks make a lovely addition to your soap dish.

Crystal White SLS Free This is a practical everyday had soap again a very creamy soap this is mainly used in some of our novelty animals our beautiful Derbyshire Sheep Soap and Lavender Owls.

All our products have been safety assessed and we are a member of the Guild of Craft Soap & Toiletry Makers.                     

Soap Ingredients:

Donkey Milk Soap  Glycerin, Aqua, Sodium Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Laureth,             Sodium Laurate, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Donkey Milk and Coconut Oil.

Shea Butter Soap   Glycerin, Aqua, Sodium Laurate, Sodium Myristate, Salt, Shea Butter and 0.5% pure essential oil.

Clear SLS Free   Glycerin, Aqua, Sodium Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Laureth, Sodium Laurate, Stearic Acid , Sorbitol, Salt and 0.5% pure essential oil or coconut oil

Crystal White SLS Free   Aqua, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate, Propylene Glycol.  Sodium Oleate, Sodium Myristate, Coconut oil and a touch of pure essential oil.

The Old Apothecary Shop Tote Bag

FREE on all orders over £50 (not including P&P)

Special edition designed tote bag. The illustration is of our grade 2, listed window originally designed and installed by Alfred Newton, the second owner of the Old Apothecary Shop.

The Old Apothecary Tote Bag 1