Handmade soaps | Natural & clean beautifully with a velvety smooth lather.

SLS FREE PARABEN FREE PALM OIL FREE PLASTIC FREE CRUELTY FREE

NATURAL SOAP WITH A CLEAN CONSCIENCE

Conscientious Approach

We’re a wee bit obsessive at Friendly, and putting ethics before profits underpins everything here. That’s why our products aren’t just vegan, or cruelty-free, or made by people paid a living wage, without using plastic, parabens, SLS phthalates or triclosan. They’re all of these things. Sure, we could make more money doing things less ethically, but all we ever really wanted to make was a difference. Thanks for caring. Now we’ll get off our soapbox.

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For soaps this ethical we use a cold-process method handed down through generations of makers. It creates no by-products and relies on old-fashioned elbow grease, with every bar poured, cut and packed by hand, right here in Yorkshire. The soap is biodegradable too, so it’s better for the planet even once you’ve used it. Our recycled and recyclable packaging is just us being sticklers.

Works a treat

Unless you’ve read the online reviews, you probably won’t believe just how rich and velvety our products’ lather is until you try one. That irresistible creaminess doesn’t just mean they’re gentle and nourishing for whichever bits of your body you use them on, it also means they go further than you think. The fact that they go further than you think means they’re even better value than you think too.

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TESTIMONIALS

“Just a quick email to say your soaps are wonderful! I’ve been using the Shea Butter Facial Cleansing Bar which is soothing on my sensitive skin and the Lavender and Geranium Shampoo Bar which leaves my frizz prone hair soft and shiny. I can’t use ordinary shampoos, even organic ones, as they irritate my scalp so it’s great to find that your version gives a far better result than products ten times the price. Thank you!”

Catlin

“This soap is utterly amazing, just ordered some more from your website – all natural with nothing nasty added and NO palm oil, the farming of which is causing so much devastation”

“Nice soap, simple ingredients, solid ethics. What’s not to like”

“What a great feeling to use a lovely hand-made soap! Natural simple ingredients. Vegan! Cold pressed! The energy of two smiling blokes! I love it!”

“It’s like washing with moisturiser”

LATEST FRIENDLY NEWS

A TRANSITION TO SHAMPOO BARS

Sarah's experience after 2 months of use... Our family have resolved to become as plastic free as possible so when I saw this company online when researching shampoo bars I was first and fore mostly impressed with their ethics and cost. I’ve been using their shampoo bars for just over two months now and feel [...]

The Spirit of Adventure

Kyrgyzstan Expedition with a little help from Friendly Soap When I first started preparing for a ski mountaineering expedition to Kyrgyzstan, knowing that we would be spending 3 weeks in the remote Ak-Shirak mountain range, one of my first concerns was the effect our base camp at 3,700m would leave behind on the environment. Our [...]

Why are Friendly Soap so great then?

Written by Katie Featherstone of www.featherytravels.com Why are Friendly Soap so great then? The soap is biodegradable and doesn't contain synthetic chemicals. By using a traditional "cold-process" method, the Friendly Soap company can make a biodegradable soap without any waste products. Unlike most shampoos and shower gels that contain synthetic chemicals – which run into our rivers and eventually [...]