Nourishing SoapBee

Hi, I’m the maker behind Nourishing SoapBee! 🐝✨

When I’m not covered in soap batter, I’m a proud wife, mum, gran, and dog owner, living a busy and beautiful family life right here in Rothwell.

I started this journey over a decade ago out of a deeply personal need: finding truly gentle, honest skincare for my daughter’s highly sensitive skin.

What began as a mother’s mission evolved into a passion for traditional soap craftsmanship, and today, I am the sole hands behind every single recipe, batch, and cut.

At Nourishing SoapBee, our ethos is built on two unshakeable pillars: absolute transparency and pure, functional ingredients. We don't use fillers, we don't use synthetic hardeners, and we firmly refuse to use palm oil or soy wax. We keep our product formulations incredibly intentional.

To bring you the best of traditional personal care, we expand our craft across multiple ranges

Our Hot Process Bars: Crafted into rustic loaves, we blend our fresh milks directly into our warm fats before the cook to preserve the natural creaminess of the milk for an ultra-gentle, non-stripping wash.

Our Cold Process Bars: Crafted using detailed individual cavity molds to create our signature bee and honeycomb designs, keeping the natural colors of our botanical ingredients vibrant and uniform.

Our Liquid Body Washes: Carefully formulated and infused with pure essential oils to deliver a beautifully natural, uplifting shower experience.

Every ingredient across our time-tested soap formulas serves a direct purpose for the ultimate cleansing experience:

Our Premium Bases: Depending on the bar you choose, we formulate with either locally upcycled, zero-waste tallow (a natural byproduct that would otherwise go to waste) or a completely tallow-free framework of plant oils like nourishing olive oil and rice bran oil.

🥥 The 25% Coconut Oil Cap: Many commercial soaps flood their bars with cheap coconut oil, which can strip away your skin's natural oils. We strictly cap our coconut oil at a maximum of 25% to ensure a fluffy flash-foam that cleanses effectively without ever leaving your skin feeling tight or dry.

💧 Castor Oil & Local Beeswax: Castor oil acts as our natural lather magnifier, locking in those gorgeous bubbles so they don’t collapse in the water. A touch of local beeswax gives our bars a beautiful satin sheen and ensures they stay long-lasting in a steamy shower.

We are proud to keep traditional soap making and skin care alive with simple, wholesome ingredients your family can actually read. Thank you for supporting our small business and choosing a truly palm-free clean!

Browse our current ranges at: nourishingsoapbee.com

A little soap experiment happening at Nourishing SoapBee

I’ve reduced the amount of Australian Red Reef Clay in this batch after finding that using the full amount meant some batches just didn’t behave properly.

Rather than giving up on the clay, I’ve cut the amount in half to see if I can get a better behaving soap while still keeping the botanical benefits of the clay.

And so far, I’m pretty happy with how they’re looking.

No manky ones this time.

Now we wait for them to cure and see how they go.

“Mum, we have to track this. I want other people to know what this stuff does!"

She’s grown up using S.O.S Skin Balm for everything, so after a minor burn, my 14yo made me take photos over 3 days to track it. Swipe through to see how it kept her skin nourished and moisturised!

Disclaimer: This post reflects an individual’s personal experience using S.O.S Skin Balm to soothe and moisturise the skin. Results may vary from person to person. S.O.S Skin Balm is a cosmetic product formulated to hydrate, protect, and support general skin comfort. It is not a therapeutic goods product and is not intended to treat, cure, or heal medical conditions, open wounds, or burns.
Always seek immediate professional medical advice for skin injuries or burns.

A little favour 🐝

If you’ve purchased from Nourishing SoapBee, I’d love to hear what you thought!

Whether it was one of my handmade soaps, body wash, lip balm, lip oil, or something else, your feedback really does help my little business.

If you’ve got a minute, I’d be so grateful if you could leave a review here:
👉 https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJY_sUgCo1UWwRkI2YY_PmgDo

Or simply comment below and let me know what you thought!

Thank you to everyone who has supported Nourishing SoapBee so farWolf & Wildling Portrait Co.n, and review means a lot. 🧼🐝

Photo credit: Wolf & Wildling Portrait Co.

Look what came out of the moulds from yesterday’s make. This batch is our popular Espresso Bar along with an old family favourite of ours, Aloe and Cucumber. They’ll be curing over the next four to six weeks before they’re ready to go.

As always these are handcrafted using the cold process method, made without harsh detergents, synthetic fragrances or unnecessary fillers.

Keep an eye out for these ones, they’ll be up for grabs once they’re ready. Let me know in the comments which one you’re most keen to try.