About Dirty Sailor Soap
If you read the Dirty Sailor Soap Company origin story, then you know my soap originally contained lard made from rendered bacon grease. I am happy to ease your minds and let you know that I have not been binging on bacon in order to keep up with production. Now, a bar of soap is made with food-grade, all-natural lard, olive oil, and coco
If you read the Dirty Sailor Soap Company origin story, then you know my soap originally contained lard made from rendered bacon grease. I am happy to ease your minds and let you know that I have not been binging on bacon in order to keep up with production. Now, a bar of soap is made with food-grade, all-natural lard, olive oil, and coconut oil. The combination of these oils produces a soap that not only cleans exceptionally well, but also lathers well, rinses well, and nourishes the skin.
Most artisan and hand-crafted soaps on the market use fragrance oils - sometimes in conjunction with real essential oils - to create the aroma of their soaps. Fragrance oils are basically synthetic perfume made for use in soap making and other cosmetic products. Using fragrance oils is tempting because they allow the soap maker to offer a much wider variety of scents without increasing the product price. Unfortunately, fragrance oil is created in a lab from a myriad of chemicals. Rest assured, every bar of Dirty Sailor Soap is made with 100% essential oils which are distilled from a single fruit, plant, or herb and are completely chemical-free while delivering an unparalleled naturally fragrant experience.
Dirty Sailor Soap is hand-crafted, hand-cut, and hand-packaged with tender care in small batches. Most bars are 4.5 oz and measure 3.375" x 2.125" x 1", but expect some variance in size due to the hand-crafted nature of the products.
So, any time you need to wash off the remnants of a day of hard work or hard play, use a bar of Dirty Sailor Soap to clean with abandon and enjoy a refreshing, cleansing, and safe experience.
Dirty Sailor Soap - Origin Story
Over five years ago my wife and I decided to cut carbs out of our diet to get healthier. As a result, we eat a lot more protein, healthy fat, and low-carb veggies. One of my favorite breakfast/snack foods is bacon, and the new diet allowed me to make it more often. Since I listened to my mother and never put the hot bacon grease down the drain, a couple years into our diet I had saved five gallons of bacon grease in repurposed pickle jars. That volume of grease takes up a significant amount of space in a pantry, and one day my wife politely asked if the grease could be relocated or tossed out..
Some years earlier, my wife and I worked with a young lady who would occasionally sell handcrafted soap at work. I have always been intrigued by the process of soap making, and in addition to buying her soap fairly frequently I would also ask her a lot of questions about the production process. With five gallons of grease to get rid of, I contacted her with the hope that I could give her the grease in trade for some of the soap she would make from it. Unfortunately, she had stopped making soap; however, she encouraged me to learn how to render the bacon grease into lard and make soap with the lard myself.
So, several YouTube videos and a couple of books later, I started making soap using my home-rendered lard. Finding the right formula that resulted in a finished soap that nourishes the skin, rinses thoroughly, and is exceptional at cleaning took an additional two years of testing and tweaking, but finally I was excited with the results. I have since given away hundreds of bars to coworkers, family, and friends - all of which have given me great feedback and encouraged me to found the Dirty Sailor Soap Company so that everyone can enjoy using an all-natural, chemical-free, and very effective soap made using the traditional process.