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Handmade Soap vs Store-Bought: Is It Worth the Price?

Is a handmade bar worth more than the $4 drugstore one? An honest comparison of...
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A Fresh Suds Mango Surprise bar — hand-piped peaks on top, mauve and cream swirl through the base, 'Fresh Suds' stamped into the side. Real handmade soap, not factory-molded.
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Your soap is the problem — not your skin.

Tried every gentle bar and every $40 serum, and your skin still reacts? The problem...
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Fresh Suds handmade soap bars on display at a market — rectangular olive, calendula, dandelion, and rosehip bars alongside floral-molded seasonal bars, each with their scent and skin-type label.
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If your soap is stripping your skin, that's not your "skin type."

Sensitive, dry, or mature — here's how to match your skin to the right Fresh...
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Olive oil being poured onto the scale for a fresh batch of Fresh Suds soap in the Chilliwack studio.
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Why most of our bars are olive-oil-first — and what that does for your skin

Most olive oil soaps use 5% olive oil for marketing. Ours starts at 40%. Here...
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