The Shops at Colonial Williamsburg Castile Soap Bar

Here it is, the charmingly simple, wonderfully scented Castile Soap that has charmed Colonial Williamsburg guests for decades. This "no frills" soap has a wonderful fresh scent and is made with vegan ingredients. Many of our guests love this soap for shaving - it produces a thick, luxurious lather and the oils won't dry out your skin.

Features

• Castile scented colonial soap
• Long-lasting
• Made in USA
• 3 oz.
• WILLIAMSBURG exclusive

Ingredients

Made with a vegetable soap base with added shea butter, cocoa butter, olive oil, grapeseed oil and fragrance. No animal products are used in this soap.

Inspiration

Soaps were occasionally made at home in the eighteenth-century by boiling lime-ash and fat products over an outdoor fire. However, those who could afford them preferred the finer imported soaps available from local merchants. Imported soaps were generally scented and colored.

Soap could be purchased by the ball or the bar. Bars were formed by cooling the hot soap mixture in a large rectangular mold and then cutting the block into individual bars. Round wash balls were shaped by hand.