Press kit

Press kit

Two friends. Thirty years. One kitchen table in Chilliwack, BC.

Handmade cold-process soap for skin that reacts to everything — and the bar that got bigger while everyone else's shrank.

The 60-second story

Natalie Brooks and Kerri Weir have been friends for thirty years. In a kitchen in Chilliwack, British Columbia, they make cold-process soap the slow way: 42%+ olive oil, poured by hand, cured a full 30 days before a single bar ships. No palm oil, no parabens. Their customers are women who have been burned by "gentle" and "natural" on a label and want a bar their skin can settle into.

In 2026, while the big brands quietly shrank their soap and hid shipping behind $75 minimums, Fresh Suds went the other way: the regular bar grew from 105g to about 124g at the same price. Every bar carries a 90-day skin promise — not happy, full refund, and you keep the bar. Across over 3,000 orders, they have taken one return.

True North five-bar Canadian soap bundle in its box

Fast facts

  • Founded in Chilliwack, BC. Two women, one kitchen table, thirty years of friendship.
  • Cold-process soap bars and bundles; salt bars for exfoliation; a reusable Soap Envelope made from recycled bottles.
  • The recipe, in plain words: 42%+ olive oil first, cured 30 days, palm-free, vegan, no parabens.
  • The size story: regular bars run 122–125g, up from 105g at the same price. Salt bars 84g.
  • The promise: not happy within 90 days? Full refund — and keep the bar. One return in over 3,000 orders.
  • Where to buy: freshsudssoapery.ca (ships across Canada, $5 flat, free over $50) and Fraser Valley markets, including Chilliwack in November.
  • Price points: bars $11–$14 · duos from $20.40 · trios from $28.90 · True North five-bar Canadian bundle $51.85.

Story angles

  1. The bar that got bigger. Shrinkflation is everywhere in the grocery aisle; here is a two-woman company that made its soap 18% bigger at the same price, on purpose.
  2. Thirty years of friendship, one kitchen table. Two women who started making soap for their own reactive skin and never stopped.
  3. Soap for skin that reacts to everything. Why 42%+ olive oil and a 30-day cure matter more to sensitive skin than any claim on a label.
  4. True North. Five bars for five corners of Canada — a made-in-BC gift under $52.
  5. A guarantee you can actually use. Ninety days, full refund, keep the bar.

The people

Natalie Brooks making soap in the Chilliwack kitchen

Natalie (Nat) Brooks — co-founder. Makes the soap, answers the emails, picks up the phone. Reads every review.
Kerri Weir — co-founder. Markets, packing table, the person behind the Chilliwack market booth.

What customers say

  • "It lathered well and made it easier to hold on to the bar." — Linda, on the Soap Envelope
  • "Usually I don't look at posts, but I'm a huge soap snob… my skin feels fantastic — this is my new go-to soap." — Gayle S.

Products to feature, holiday 2026

Download the two-page press kit (PDF)

Images (hi-res, free to use with credit "Fresh Suds Soapery")

Boilerplate

Fresh Suds Soapery is a two-woman soap company in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Friends of thirty years Natalie Brooks and Kerri Weir make cold-process bars with 42%+ olive oil, cured 30 days, palm-free, for skin that reacts to everything. Every bar carries a 90-day skin promise: full refund, keep the bar. freshsudssoapery.ca

Press contact

Natalie Brooks · natalie.brooks@freshsudssoapery.ca
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