Find our soaps locally...

Our soaps can be found at some local shops in VA. Look for them at Sweet Dixie in Petersburg, Fireflies at Bennetts Creek in Suffolk, and Shirley Plantation in Charles City. Shop local this holiday season!

Pumpkin Spice is oh so nice!

Our pumpkin spice sea salt soap bars are made with our traditional recipe, but have pumpkin puree and pink himalayan sea salt. This bar is super exfoliating and full of antioxidant rich pumpkin. It's an all around great bar!

Fun times at Crafted Hampton Roads

We had a great time this past weekend at Crafted Hampton Roads in Norfolk at O'Connor Brewing! Lots of shoppers braved the misty rainy weather to shop with us.

Our bath bombs have been a customer favorite. We offer several different fragrances.

If you haven't tried our salt bars you really should! They are exfoliating and great for your skin.

Our sea sponges seen below are super fun! The extra soft sponges act like a built in poof! These sponges are harvested in the Gulf of Mexico and after cleaning are hand cut.

It's time to Spring Bada-Bing!! See you there!

We are so excited to be a part of Spring Bada-Bing by the Richmond Craft Mafia! Come see us and our amazing soaps at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in RVA, Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Norfolk....Here we come!!

Look for us at the upcoming Spring Crafted event at O'Connor Brewing Co. in Norfolk, VA!! Saturday, April 8, 2017, from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. Find a large selection of our handcrafted vegan artisan soaps along with our bath bombs and bath bubble bars! See you there!

The new look of The Daily Scrub!!!

I'm so excited that we have a new look for our shows! Dynamo has been working so hard on designing a new display for us, and it is absolutely beautiful!!

The natural butcher block tops allow the beautiful colors to shine. The look is industrial in nature, with clean lines allowing the soap to be the centerpiece of the display.

With multiple tables it allows customers to spread out and shop both sides of the display. When they are ready to checkout they can come to the center table to do so.

I am so blessed to have such a talented husband with a vision and dedication to our business. I LOVE our new look, don't you?!?!

Come find The Daily Scrub at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery on May 29!!!

Handmade Holiday Tomorrow

We are so excited to be participating in the Richmond Craft Mafia's Handmade Holiday event tomorrow, Saturday, December 5, at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond. Come see us from 10 - 5!

Many thanks to RVA News for this great piece on The Daily Scrub!

Here's the intro written by Susan Howson...

"Rachel Chieppa found an unexpected outlet for her artistic leanings when her favorite soapmaker showed her the ropes. Now, she’s hooked on the endless possibilities of swirling colors and scents, making something truly unique every single time.

She is so very bubbly and cheerful about soap, that it made me remember how I used to insist on handmade soaps in fun fragrances. It truly does turn each morning shower into something that feels very luxurious and ends up making your skin feel perfectly nice.

Well, dang it, now I’m going to quit and become a soapmaker myself. Here’s what I learned after speaking with Rachel."

Mint Chocolate Chip is here!

The latest batch smells good enough to eat...literally!!



This mint chocolate chip is true to its name offering a delightfully chocolate fragrance with a hint of mint!

These bars were made as a favor for a recent bridal shower, and because they were such a hit we made more!!



We also added some coffee grounds for exfoliation! Yummy!

A little lavender chamomile...

This lavender chamomile is a lovely soap. It's so light and fresh with lots of yellow Brazilian clay for detoxification.



The lavender buds serve as exfoliants.

Cupcakes Anyone?

It's always an honor to be asked to make favors for special occasions. Most recently I was asked to make pink soap cupcakes for a friend's wedding. They will be her favors this coming weekend!



It's very special to be a part of someone's special time.



The soaps turned out lovely and they really do look like edible cupcakes.

Spearmint Eucalyptus Goodness

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I just love the fresh clean scent of the spearmint eucalyptus soap.



The smell is just enough to pick you up!



Mint is such a delightful cleaning fragrance! And, the activated charcoal inside is an added bonus!

Arts in the Park this Weekend!!!

Be sure to swing by and see us this Saturday and Sunday at Arts in the Park in Richmond, Virginia at Byrd Park. We are in space #429! Hours are Saturday from 11 - 6 and Sunday from 11 - 5. Looking forward to seeing you!!

Lovely lavender goodness

From time to time we change things up a little, and the lavender is no exception.



We wanted to give it a little extra umph and power so we added Purple Brazilian Clay to the recipe.



Besides being a natural colorant, the clay is known to draw toxins out of your body leaving it better than before!



We encourage you to this new recipe that's better than before and let us know what you think!

Amanda Adams Photography's Specialty Soaps

We were very excited when Amanda of Amanda Adams Photography contacted us about doing a new line of specialty soaps for her brand. It's always such a compliment when customers return for more soaps! And, we were honored to be asked.

Amanda and I corresponded about her style and slightly redesigned brand/logo with the focus being on her gold colors. I just love the anchor!

I always take time to visit client's websites, blogs, and facebook pages to get a feel for their personality and business style before making suggestions. And, after doing so I felt that our soft oatmeal, milk, & honey soap with natural gold colored soap curls, oats, and yellow Brazilian clay was a great compliment to her brand and client packaging. Of course, we added some gold mica dust to the top of the bar too! Because shiny things are always extra pretty!

Ta da!



We will be sure to share more once Amanda takes some of her super awesome professional pictures of her client packages! We appreciate the opportunity to work with such an amazing photographer. We are excited to see Amanda's business grow and prosper! Thank you, Amanda, for shopping local and handmade!! Go check out her website and facebook page!

The Gingerbread Man...

We usually only have one beer soap on hand at a time, and for the Christmas season it was most appropriate to choose the ever-so-popular Hardywood Park Craft Brewery's Gingerbread Stout.



Dynamo actually came up with the idea for this batch, which incorporates these adorable gingerbread men into each bar! He's quite clever don't you think?



When Dynamo went to pick up the beer, the guy in the store said that making soap with this awesome beer wasn't so strange after all. Apparently people have been making cakes with it too!! I know to many of you die hard beer drinkers it's quite the sin to use perfectly wonderfully delicious beer for soap, but I promise you, it's awesome!



We used all beer instead of water in our traditional recipe that you all know and love; added some coffee grounds for exfoliation, and worked our magic to make it smell like hazelnuts and toffee. It really is yummy! Good enough to eat!



Did I mention this soap is non-alcoholic too?!?!?


Also...many people pick up our beer soaps and expect them to smell like beer. Guess what? They don't. Each one has a very unique smell and we try to make them appeal to everyone.



You can find our G-Men Beer soap at The Bucket Trade in Chester!

Christmas Wreath Soap

I'm not very innovative with my soap naming so this soap is Christmas Wreath. I think that is ok, though, because the names are pretty self-explanatory, which makes for easy shopping, especially online.



This soap smells just like a fresh wreath you would hang on your door for the holiday! Yes, those lovely greens that brighten up the whole house and bring in crispness and freshness.

I know that I love those holiday greenery scented candles, so I thought a soap would be just as delightful.

And, it will make your bathroom smells so nice and seasonal!



Don't fear the glitter! It's really just on the tops of the bars! But, hey, doesn't everyone need a little sparkle once in a while!?!?



Get ready for more holiday soap scents! It's that time of year!!

Virginia Countryside Photography

When our friends at Virginia Countryside Photography contacted us about making a custom soap for their client packages we were beyond thrilled!

When we get a request we usually have a few questions to ask. We want to get the feel of your website and social media. We want to see your style and will usually ask what colors and fragrances you like. We ask if you want curls and sticks. We ask if you want glitter. We ask if you want plain or swirled.



As artists it's nice to have some creative freedom to interpret the customer's style. Melissa put all of her trust in us to create the right bar for her! We talked about her favorite colors and scents. I spent some time getting the feel for her work. She told me that she liked the glitter and the colors of our tropical breeze soap.



I noticed that Melissa posted a lot of sunrise pictures to her pages. And, Virginia is known for its beaches and mountains. It was perfectly fitting to create "Sweet Virginia Breeze" soap just for Melissa! The white, blue, teal, and coral go perfectly with her style and the scent is that of a crisp and clean babbling brook.

It was a pleasure working with Melissa and we hope her customers will enjoy their mini soaps as part of their client packages! Thank you, Melissa and Mark, for trusting us to work on your custom soap. Be sure to visit their website here and their facebook page here. We love working with small businesses!
Here's an excerpt from their website:
We are Mark & Melissa Anderson, full-time mommy and daddy, professor, director, and project manager, lovers of the beach, the mountains, blue crabs, and the reason you are here, photographers. Welcome to our little piece of the world. We are glad you are here! Virginia Countryside Photography was born out of our love for photographing our children. We have always enjoyed capturing great memories of our own family, but we have found true joy in capturing memories for others. It brings us great delight to take photos at family gatherings, and the images burn a hole in our SD cards as we race to upload them and share them with the world. This same passion has transcended to our photography clients, and we absolutely can’t wait to get back to our computers after a session and view the amazing images we were fortunate to capture.

We specialize in outdoor, natural light photography, and love capturing all types of memories ~ families, babies, pets, you name it, we love capturing it. We also specialize in indoor studio portraits using a combination of natural and studio lights, which create many beautiful options to capture your memories!

We offer many opportunities to capture your sweet moments, and shoot at various locations throughout Central Virginia. We have access to beautiful areas around the James River in Chesterfield County, but we love a good road trip and will travel to a location of your choice around the heart of Virginia.