About The Littlecote Soap Co.
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The Littlecote Soap Co. are manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers of handmade natural Toiletries and Bath Products. Set in the heart of the English Countryside, The Littlecote Soap Co's retail shop and workshops are situated in Buckinghamshire's beautiful Vale of Aylesbury on a working farm surrounded by nature's healing ingredients in the hedgerows and fields.
The vintage, apothecary style shop and workshops are popular with visitors who enjoy viewing the herbs and ingredients on display and often describe us as a "hidden treasure" or "gem" nestled amongst green fields.
Using both ancient and contemporary methods with an emphasis on natural, pure ingredients with no harsh chemicals, The Littlecote Soap Co. wholesale to many retail outlets around the UK. The natural bath and body care luxuries are all still carefully made by hand, individually hand-cut, hand-poured and hand-wrapped, ensuring your bath time pampering is of the highest quality through all stages of the process.
Customers with sensitive skin, dry skin, eczema and psoriasis enjoy the benefits of paraben-free and SLS-free bath and beauty products containing luxurious, pure and natural ingredients to soothe, moisturise and nourish the skin. All products are vegetarian friendly and are not tested on animals. No petrochemicals are used in the manufacture or packaging of the products and the minimal packaging is eco-friendly and biodegradable making all bath products attractive to the environmentally conscious.
Great care goes into the sourcing of our ingredients - where possible ingredients are purchased directly from the grower or importer to ensure fair trade and to support the smaller producer. All our high quality perfumes have been designed and produced exclusively for The Littlecote Soap Co. by one of the UK’s top perfume producers and are unique to us. Essential oil blends are produced in-house using organic and UK grown aromatherapy oils where possible.
All handmade luxury soaps and bath products:-
- are hand made in England
- contain only the finest oils, herbs and botanicals
- have long lasting fragrance
- are SLS-free and SLES free
- contain no animal fats
- contain no lanolin
- are not tested on animals
- are labelled with the full INCI (International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient) ingredient details, directions of use, batch number and best before dates.
- are Certificated and Safety Assessed by Cosmetic Chemists and Toxicologists in accordance with EU Regulations which ensures that all bath products are made to the highest standards and are safe to use.