Welcome to Syracuse Soapworks, dedicated to providing you with the purest, environmentally and animal friendly, bath and body products since 2003.
- Centuries old soap making traditions, premium vegetable oils and pure essential oils
- No harsh petro-chemical detergents or irritating synthetic fragrances
- Reduces or eliminates the need for lotions and moisturizers
- Not Tested on Animals - Vegan friendly options
Syracuse Soapworks
226 Hawley Ave
in the Historic Hawley-Green Neighborhood.
Off Street parking available on the side of the building.
Syracuse Soapworks at Hawley-Green also features artists and artisans from New York State.
Winter Hours:
Tuesday to Friday 11am to 7pm
Saturday 10 am to 4pm
We will return to the Regional Farmer's Market May 12, 2018
315 -479-0400 / 315-575-0287
As some of you may know, due to environmental concerns, we are in the process of phasing out palm oils in our products.
While we have always sourced palm oils from members of the round-table for sustainable palm production, there still exists too many problems associated with palm production, mainly deforestation.
To make way for more larger palm plantations, acres of rain forest are being destroyed resulting in loss of wildlife habitat and loss of livelihood for indigenous peoples.(for more information: ucsusa.org and worldwatch.org)
For us to continue using palm oils in our products would contribute to the problem.
We have reformulated our products and plan to be palm free by the beginning of the next year.
We hope that you will continue to use and enjoy our products.
Thank You for your support.
Rick and Jeremy
Syracuse Soapworks, LLC
While we have always sourced palm oils from members of the round-table for sustainable palm production, there still exists too many problems associated with palm production, mainly deforestation.
To make way for more larger palm plantations, acres of rain forest are being destroyed resulting in loss of wildlife habitat and loss of livelihood for indigenous peoples.(for more information: ucsusa.org and worldwatch.org)
For us to continue using palm oils in our products would contribute to the problem.
We have reformulated our products and plan to be palm free by the beginning of the next year.
We hope that you will continue to use and enjoy our products.
Thank You for your support.
Rick and Jeremy
Syracuse Soapworks, LLC
The Truth about oils used in soapmaking
Don't fall victim to scare tactics used by soap-makers that use cheap filler oils. Used in the correct proportions, tropical oils provide superior cleaning and lather than filler oils such as soybean. Our soaps are made of olive oil, coconut and shea butter our blend of oils create a luxurious lather that leaves your skin feeling clean and conditioned.
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Essential Oils vs Fragrance Oils
What is the difference?
Essential Oils are derived exclusively from plant material where as fragrance oils are synthetically produced. Why is this important? Some fragrance oils can have impact on your health (allergic reactions for example). That's why we only use pure essential oils. Beware of soap-makers who pretend making natural soap when they are in fact using artificial fragrances (always ask a soap-maker what is in his/her soap). The same is to say about colorants in soaps. Our soaps do not contain any dye, or colorants, only botanicals. No swirling or sparkling soaps here! |
Don't just bathe your body, bathe your senses!
Our soaps are a multisensory experiences of sight, touch, smell and mood.
Cleanse yourself with our premium moisturizing soaps then wrap yourself with the comfort of our lotions and butters... |
With our 100% Natural and Cruelty Free Products
We only use premium vegetable oils, botanicals and pure essential oils.
No soy based fillers, synthetic fragrances or added colorants here. And we never test our products on animals ! We make all our products from scratch, using our own recipes in Syracuse, NY |
How we make it
We make our soaps from scratch, meaning from start to finish, using the cold process method.
We mix our vegetable oils with lye which creates soap ( the chemical reaction between those components is called saponification). |
Cutting
After the soap is in a semi solid state, it is poured in molds and we let it harden for a few days.
During that time the soaps heats up and completes its transformation. The soap is then unmolded and cut into loaves... |
Curing
After the soap loaves have rested for a few days and hardened a little more, they are cut into individual bars and set on racks to dry and harden even more. We let our soaps cure for about 6 weeks before hand wrapping them...
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