One of the best ways to care for your skin and general hygiene is to... well, wash. If the soap or cleanser of your choice respects the natural functions of your skin, it will allow you to clean your skin without stripping it of its natural and necessary moisture. All my soaps are mild, vegetarian, and as sustainable as I can manage. Sweet June soaps are hand-cut and their finished, post-cure weights may vary, but they're all at least 4oz. I soap in small batches-- please email to order or reserve bars before they disappear.

LaLa Lavender Soap This is a classic lavender soap, and lavender soap is perhaps the most basic and most classic of all artisan soaps. The word "lavender", in fact, comes from the French "laver" - to wash. Lavender was also used in the linen washing of ancient Greeks & Romans, who recognized centuries ago that lavender has antimicrobial properties and just smells good. So when I give you my lavender soap, I make a promise to you: this will clean you, smelling good all the while. (Vegan, Natural) $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009.

Dirty Soap This soap is for two sorts: the sort who always feels like soap strips the skin and dislikes that squeaky-clean feeling (this soap is seriously super-fatted and won't make you feel tight, dry & itchy), and the sort who likes to pamper his or her skin with mineral-rich clays and salts. The secret? Dead Sea Mud and Dead Sea Salt, which, along with an extra dollop of shea butter, contribute great things to this bar. This bar is unscented for those with sensitive noses as well as sensitive skin. (Vegan, Natural.) $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009.

Dirty Hippy Soap This is a scented version of my Dirty Soap, with a light but earthy blend of patchouli, cedar and floral essential oils to satisfy all you closet hippies out there. I'm not smirking-- I'm right there with you. This is a personal favorite. (Vegan, Natural.) $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009.

Oatmeal & Shea Soap Remember what your mom dunked you in when you had chickenpox, heat rash or eczema flare-ups as a kid? OATMEAL. Colloidal oatmeal is renowned for its mildness and skin-soothing proteins. This soap features soothing colloidal oatmeal, exfoliating whole oats, skin-softening shea butter, and a light, comforting fragrance. (Vegan) $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009.

Black Honey Soap This soap features a generous dollop of raw honey added to the mix when the lye and oils were still quite hot-- the sugars in the honey "cooked" into a natural caramel color, making additional color unnecessary. Beeswax was added, also, to lend stiffness to the carefully formed top and to increase longevity in the shower. The scent isn't a fresh-honey scent, but rather a richer, more maple-like scent. It is not heavily scented, either way, and won't gag you with syrupy nonsense the way a lot of honey soaps out there do. $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009.

CocoSoapy Soap Coco/Cocoa - this soap features the delicious aromatic combination of chocolate and coconut. You will want to eat it. Against your most compulsive urgers, please stick to using it for scrubbing up rather than chowing down. (Vegan.) $5/~4 oz. - Available December 2009

Olive Oyl Cleanser This mild, liquid facial cleanser is a blend of nutritious olive and soothing jojoba oil-- plus a gentle surfactant that allows the oils to rinse cleanly away. This surfactant doesn't foam or strip your skin of its valuable moisture-- it merely allows the oil molecules to become both hydrophobic and hydrophilic. I like to massage the oil into my facial skin with just my fingers, and then use a washcloth to exfoliate before or as I rinse. Contains essential oils known to help manage various skin annoyances (tea tree, peppermint, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, geranium and ylang-ylang.). (Vegan.) $5/~2 oz. - Available December 2009.