About Us

My foray into soapmaking was the result of 1-part nervous energy, 1-part insomnia, and 1-part wanting to wash off long days of working outside in the hot Arizona sun as a landscaper with something that didn’t turn my skin into sandpaper. Add in my propensity to never follow the crowd, and from that, Secret Desert Soapworks was born.
I offer cold processed bars, focusing on superiority of cleaning and skin benefits rather than color and prettiness. I name my cold processed bars for the non-oil ingredients rather than fragrance because, little known fact, it is the liquid phase, that which the lye is dissolved in before adding to the oils, that separates the good from the great in soap function. Anyone can mix oils and lye water together. Few people are willing to work with more difficult ingredients that produce superior soaps. One downside to working with novel, better ingredients is the inability to give you the pretty designs you see mass produced from water-based soaps. All my soaps are earth tones, the result of the ingredients, not artificial additives.
Then there are my melt and pour soaps. I got bored in that sea of sameness very quickly, moving away from bars to 3d forms. It’s easy to pour colors into a rectangular soap mold, not so much
when you are trying to make a soap look like someone’s dog! There is a lot of finger yoga involved in manipulating the molds for the details, and, more so than melt and pour soap bars, if you miss the temperature of the main pour by a degree, all your work is lost because the details melt out of the mold. Since few people are willing to work in an area where the margin of error is so small, this became my niche.
And finally, because I want to bring my customers forms they will not find anywhere else, I have been known to create models from which molds are made. My Pit Bull and Dachshund series, my Pit Bull Mix, and my Corgi, so proud of his own butt, are examples of me taking an idea and creating the soaps, and are only available from Secret Desert Soapworks.
If you are price shopping through the Sea of Sameness, this really isn’t the place for you. If you are looking for superior cold processed soaps, or novelty soaps guaranteed to make your day every time you look at them, this is the place for you!

Absolutely amazing! the quality is just amazing!

My foray into soapmaking was the result of 1-part nervous energy, 1-part insomnia, and 1-part wanting to wash off long days of working outside in the hot Arizona sun as a landscaper with something that didn’t turn my skin into sandpaper. Add in my propensity to never follow the crowd, and from that, Secret Desert Soapworks was born.

I offer cold processed bars, focusing on superiority of cleaning and skin benefits rather than color and prettiness. I name my cold processed bars for the non-oil ingredients rather than fragrance because, little known fact, it is the liquid phase, that which the lye is dissolved in before adding to the oils, that separates the good from the great in soap function. Anyone can mix oils and lye water together. Few people are willing to work with more difficult ingredients that produce superior soaps. One downside to working with novel, better ingredients is the inability to give you the pretty designs you see mass produced from water-based soaps. All my soaps are earth tones, the result of the ingredients, not artificial additives.
Then there are my melt and pour soaps. I got bored in that sea of sameness very quickly, moving away from bars to 3d forms. It’s easy to pour colors into a rectangular soap mold, not so much.

When you are trying to make a soap look like someone’s dog! There is a lot of finger yoga involved in manipulating the molds for the details, and, more so than melt and pour soap bars, if you miss the temperature of the main pour by a degree, all your work is lost because the details melt out of the mold. Since few people are willing to work in an area where the margin of error is so small, this became my niche.
And finally, because I want to bring my customers forms they will not find anywhere else, I have been known to create models from which molds are made. My Pit Bull and Dachshund series, my Pit Bull Mix, and my Corgi, so proud of his own butt, are examples of me taking an idea and creating the soaps, and are only available from Secret Desert Soapworks.
If you are price shopping through the Sea of Sameness, this really isn’t the place for you. If you are looking for superior cold processed soaps, or novelty soaps guaranteed to make your day every time you look at them, this is the place for you!