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About T.L. Soaps
One-of-a-kind bar soap + body products
T.L. Soaps is your stop for sustainably sourced, all natural, transparently homemade soaps and body products! Not only do our soaps have fun and elegant designs, but our choice of ingredients for all product types can help improve the quality of your skin. Handcrafted with compassion in West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley, we hope you #SpoilYouSkin with our skin soothing and softening goodies!
"After trying my first bar of homemade soap, seeing how great my skin felt during the bath and after, I knew I would never again buy or use a commercially made bar of detergent on my skin."
- Tommye Rafes, Owner
Our Core
Think Small + Local
Homemade + Handcrafted
Ingredient Knowledge
Small businesses support local communities! You can help both whether you shop on our online store or in-person.
Ingredient Knowledge
Homemade + Handcrafted
Ingredient Knowledge
Know what's in your soaps & lotions! Store bought body products use chemicals & detergents which can dry your skin.
Homemade + Handcrafted
Homemade + Handcrafted
Homemade + Handcrafted
All products are made in small batches by owner Tommye from her soaping kitchen in the basement of her West Virginia farm house.
About Us - Our Beginning
With a sparked interest for a new hobby, loads of rosemary, and the thought of a nice gesture during a pandemic, T.L. Soaps came to life!
COVID-19 generated a wave of hygienic precautions: wash our hands often, do not touch our faces, clean anything and everything we touched. At the start of the pandemic, West Virginia farmer Tommye Lou Rafes quickly realized that the rosemary she was growing might be helpful in this battle against the virus - rosemary is antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antibacterial. Using rosemary-infused olive oil and rosemary essential oil, Tommye made the first batch of soap for her family, local friends, and CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) customers as a hygienic option during the difficult times.
Along with the soap, Tommye also included a description of rosemary’s health benefits and an important question: “What ingredients are in your store-bought soap?” The positive reactions to the benefits and the vague responses to the question were defining for T.L. Soaps, reinforcing its need to create products that were natural, advantageous, and homemade with compassion.
Shortly after came impressive feedback, skin improvement testimonies, curiosities for other skin issues, requests for more bars, and inquiries for additional fragrances. From there, T.L. Soaps expanded beyond Tommye’s family and local circles as well as beyond soaps, becoming what it is today - your stop for sustainably sourced, all natural, transparently homemade soaps and body products!
