Hot-process bar soap, handmade in small batches in Pennsylvania with organic ingredients and real essential oils. No detergents. No parabens. No synthetics.
Saponified oils, shea butter and organic yogurt. No detergents, parabens or synthetic foaming agents.
Founded by two Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers. Made in the USA, by hand, in small batches.
Commercial bars strip the glycerin out and sell it. Ours keeps it, where it draws moisture into your skin.
Free shipping on orders over $35 in the lower 48 states.
Why it matters
Most bars on the shelf are classified by the FDA as synthetic detergents, formulated in a lab with harsh chemicals, synthetic foaming agents and preservatives like parabens.
Real soap is oils, liquid and lye, combined through saponification. We use the High Temperature Fluid Hot Process method, which drives saponification to completion in the pot rather than over weeks of curing. That process produces glycerin, a humectant that draws moisture into your skin. Commercial manufacturers strip it out and sell it separately. We leave it in.
That is the whole difference, and it is why our bars cost more than the supermarket alternative.
Five bars. Four scented with essential oils, one completely fragrance free.
What's in the scent
Four bars, four blends. These are the essential oils behind each scent.
5.0 out of 5 · 30 reviews
This has become my go-to bar of soap
This has become my go-to bar of soap. I have tried all of the scents from Thomas Reeves and this is the one I find myself taking to the gym and using every single day.
The best!
Best soap I’ve ever used by far!
Excellent soap! It smelled great and I felt like I washed myself with a high quality luxury soap and I will be 100% buying this again!
Smells fantastic
This soap smells great and is made with high quality natural ingredients. Couldn't ask for more.
Awesome soap!
Christopher makes excellent, high quality soap! I really like how this bar soap is smooth on the skin and really soapy. I will certainly be purchasing this again.
Who makes this
Christopher “Thomas” Laughlin and Christopher “Reeves” Otto met in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. They served together for more than five years in the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Headquarters, S3 Operations — one of the 28th Infantry Division’s brigades — between 2004 and 2012.
Christopher “Reeves” left the service. Christopher “Thomas” stayed, retiring as First Sergeant of A Company, 1-111th Infantry Battalion.
Years later they made a podcast, I Might Be A Kook, and spent about seventy-five episodes pulling apart what goes into ordinary things. What’s in our food. What we put on our skin. Whether the shampoo and lotion and soap in every bathroom cabinet are anything like what the label claims.
The show ended. In a conversation afterwards they found out they’d both quietly started making their own — Reeves was making soap, Thomas was making candles.
Thomas Reeves Co. came out of that. The name is their two middle names.
Commercial “soaps” aren’t actually soap at all. You won’t find the term “soap” on them because they are detergents, formulated in a lab with chemicals and synthetic ingredients.
Handmade soaps are made with oils, liquids and lye, mixed during the saponification process. Commercial soaps remove the glycerin during manufacturing and sell it for other uses. Handmade soaps retain it. Glycerin is a humectant, which helps draw moisture into the skin.
We are pleased to say that our ‘Modest’ bar is 100% fragrance-free.
We take great pride in providing our customers with products that have not been tested on animals.
Every person’s skin is different and while we are unable to determine each individual reaction, we have done rigorous testing with the customer’s safety front of mind. If you are known to have highly sensitive skin, we suggest testing the product on a small area of the body.
