Waste Free Soap bars– The Hive Mind Apiary
$4.50
Apart from producing some of the best raw honey in Salt Lake City, the Hive Mind Apiary also makes some of the best soaps in the valley.
It all starts with fat… Fats and oils can be recycled by most food service industries through local services, but the dirty secret is that most oils are simply thrown away and destined for the landfill. Reclaiming that “waste” can help reduce the damages caused by this improper disposal. The Hive Apiary hand selects fats and oils from local sources and then naturally refines them until they are acceptable to use in their soap. Depending on what “waste” fats and oils are syphoned, the soap scents are constantly changing.
–Burnt Honey & Vetiver
Vetiver is one of those wonderful “Old World” scents largely looked over in the modern body care landscape. Once upon a time, it was in nearly all “Mens” products from shaving creams and aftershaves to deodorants and colognes. It’s scent is best described as fresh uncut grass on a warm spring day with hints of leather and just a hint of pine or sage.
To pair with the earthy nature of vetiver, Hive Mind Apiary used a hefty helping of a smoked crystalized honey. The sugar content of the honey gives the soap some extra lathering goodness, but the real power of honey as an additive is in the vitamins and minerals.All around a crowd pleaser with a fresh and warm scent.
–Coffee Peppermint:
A must for hard working hands! Hive Mind Apiary starts with a coarse grind of coffee beans from local roasters. The coarse grind gives a truly wonderful grit, but the real power of the coffee grounds is in its naturally deodorizing properties and that they are not previously brewed. Many soap makers used previously brewed coffee grounds which robs the user of the most important aspect of coffee… The all powerful caffeine! While you won’t get the standard boost you would from a cup of joe, caffeine can be and is absorbed topically! The caffeine brings blood to the surface, which in turn smooths and tightens the skin.
If that weren’t enough, this wonderful little bar is scented with peppermint essential oil. A classic fresh smell that naturally uplifts, and tingles in all the right ways!
Plus it’s infused with local raw honey from the Wasatch Front to add lather and a healthy helping of vitamins and minerals!
–Blood Orange & Mulling Spice
Orange is wonderful, but blood orange sounds so much cooler! Despite being the most metal sounding fruit, it’s actually much sweeter. The sweetness paired with mulling spice (clove, anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) make for a wonderfully warm soap bar, great for the winter season.
Ingredients (leather & sage): Purified Rendered Lard, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, All Natural Leather Fragrance, Sage Essential Oil, Activated Charcoal, Natural Mineral Pigments
Ingredients (Pine Tar): Purified Bacon fat, Distilled h20, sodium hydroxide (lye), 100% pure pine tar, raw local honey.
Ingredients (burnt Honey & Vetiver):Purified Rendered Lard, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Vetiver Essential Oil, Smoked Honey, Activated Charcoal, Natural Mineral Pigments
Ingredients (coffee Peppermint): Purified Rendered Lard, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Coffee Grounds, Peppermint Essential Oil, Natural Mineral Pigment
Ingredients (coffee & vanilla): Purified Rendered Lard, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Coffee Grounds, Vanilla Essential Oil
Ingredients (Lavender & Spearmint): Purified Rendered Lard, Sodium Hydroxide, Lavender Essential Oil, Spearmint Essential Oil, Activated Charcoal, Lavender Buds, Natural Mineral Pigment
Ingredients (Blood Orange & Mulling Spice): Purified Rendered Lard, Water, Sodium, Hydroxide, Blood Orange Essential Oil, Mulling Spices
| Scents | Burnt Honey & Vetiver, Local Unbrewed Coffee Grounds & Peppermint, Blood Orange and Mulling Spice, Pink Peony |
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About this Supplier
Based out of Draper, Utah Hive Mind Apiary began with the love for bee-keeping and want to decrease food waste from the local restaurant industry. The Hive Apiary hand selects fats and oils from local sources and then naturally refines them until they are acceptable to use in their soap. Depending on what “waste” fats and oils are siphoned, the soap scents are constantly changing.
The Hive Mind Apiary is slowing down the soap making practice and using a “cold pressed” technique that was common thousands of years ago. This means clean and simple ingredients, using ingredients that are locally available, and leaves you with a real, pure, and simple soap that combines the centuries of craftsmanship with a modern sophistication.
