Monday, March 9, 2009
I found an amusing boutique while visiting my gorgeous sister, Terri Berry, and the rest of the Berry family in Tampa, Fla. Milagros for Body & Soul sells Saint Agnes Soap, which the website homepage describes as “the finest handmade glycerin soaps from the world’s cleanest nun made available to saints & sinners everywhere from Milagros.”
The soap isn’t really made by a nun, of course, but by “a bunch of clean-living, fun-loving women.” Saint Agnes, the patron saint of girls, was “adopted … as our patron saint since women make our soap.” Naming soap after a historical figure? That was right up my alley.
The soap is made in big loaves and you can buy an inch-thick slice for about $8. The soap comes in many different fragrances. I’m not usually a fragrance person, but I went crazy for the cute soap designs. The lovely ladies in the store were happy to let me take photos (click photos to enlarge).
The Flower Power soap was the one that drew me into the store. I saw it through the open door.
I was very tempted by the Honeysuckle soap, both for the fragrance and the association with history.
Giving a bar of soap a new meaning: the martini, Appletini and Cosmopolitan soaps.
The soap named Aunt Helen’s Back Yard had my favorite back story, which you can read in the photo below.
Some of my jewelry gets named the same way. I come up with the design first and rely on serendipity to find me a name.
“Milagro,” by the way, is Spanish for “miracle,” and “milagros” are religious charms.The store sells the charms. The charms also decorate crosses that adorn the walls, alongside Sacred Hearts and the occasional portrait of Frida Kahlo.
I wound up getting the Cucumber Melon soap, described as “the perfect summer blend of cool cucumber & juicy watermelon. A fun-filled summer picnic for your tub!” I made Max (the Berry family’s Pekingese) pose with my slice when we got home.
You can buy your own Saint Agnes soap online here. Happy shopping!
These soaps remind me of soem that were at the Craft fair I went to over the weekend. I got a half a bar of Mango Madness (I think it was called). The other half went to my mum.
Great spotlight, cute soap designs, and some gratuitous dog-posin’ at the end–this post was all kinds of awesome.
Hi there-ooh these look and I’m sure smell delicious, Max is soo cute too!
Mmmm luscious.. those soaps look good enough to eat..
Oh my gosh i’d be in there forever! how cute are those soaps! love their names and the cocktail ones? genius! like the sound of the cucumber and melon one,would love to try that one!
muah x
marian
I want Max – he is so cute.
That is certainly some handsome soap x
It’s a miracle!
The soaps are so cute and well-done, seeing them was almost a religious experience. This staunch liquid-soap girl might convert to bar soap!
Thanks for stopping by
The soaps are so pretty!
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Oooh yummy!! Sometimes I go into Lush just to ogle the pretty slabs of soap….although I tend to go for the shower gels instead (Sonic Death Monkey being one of my favourites!)
I love your creations!! Wonder how u got all those genius ideas : ) I blog on fashion. Could we pls exchange link?
What fabulous, fun soaps. Miss J is a sucker for anything that has an amusing story behind it. If it smells good, all the better.
MAX is so kute…
What a fabulous little shop! x
I love it. I am really into soap because my skin is so sensitive. Their dog is so cute.
How fun to stumble upon this shop on your visit! Love that they’ve taken the time and thought to write out a “story” for each soap.
mmmm honeysuckle soap! i love honeysuckle blossoms.
alongside Sacred Hearts and the occasional portrait of Frida Kahlo.
love that!
and i love anything with a hint of catholicism ; ) … i’m going to have to call in an order!
that is so cute!
Ooooh that soap looks deliciously tempting! Yummy
-Sophie (http//:bonjourmodel.blogspot.com)
That looks like Lush!
Is it wrong that a soap post just made me hungry, LOL. Cool shop
Word Verificatin: MICES — when a person does unto lab guys exactly what they do to laboratory mice.
I want Max, I adore aromateraphy soaps!
xoxo: Janet♥
Now I wouldn’t have minded mum sticking these in my potty mouth.. what a fab post Wendy!
the soap looks amazing! and the doggie is adorable <3 hehe
The soap shop reminds me of Lush
Oh, a silver squirrel would be fantastic, I wonder if my boyfriend loves me enough to get me one… You can see from my blog that everyone adores your designs as much as I do.
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