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"That's the thing about magic;

you've got to know it's still there, all around us,

or it just stays invisible for you."  - Charles DeLint

 

Read some reviews of our Wylde Faerie Soaps!

 

 

Most of you whom already know of Simply Soap, know that I, the soapmaker - Carol Ochs ("Oaks"), am easily seduced by the faerie realm, as evidenced by my art websites. A sort of marriage of Simply Soap, my art (Wild Oaks Art), plus a sprinkling of magic and what did I get?  Wylde Faerie Soaps!  Yup, I DO believe in faeries, ...and that by opening ourselves up to the magic & wonder of their realm, we honor nature, re-capture purity of spirit, the child and creative forces within us all!  How do you think I dream up the products I make?  It's the kid in me leaking out!

This collection of soaps was created via fae inspiration and a lifetime spent observing nature, and fascination with faerie and herbal lore!  Faeries thrive in the natural world and are most apt to be seen, if you keep your intuitive senses sharp and your eyesight keen!  Having actually seen a faerie in my lifetime, I can tell you it's TRUE!  But there is danger...danger that the further you move away from the purity of childhood, the less likely you are to find faeries.....unless you fully and willingly relinquish your jadedness, prejudice, suspicion and skepticism that comes with adulthood.  For most folks, that is difficult to do.....

Wylde Faerie Soaps are each carefully hand-stirred crafted and made with only meticulously chosen botanicals, scents and other sweet ingredients faeries are known to adore & that ages-old word-of-mouth-research has proven faeries are most likely to come out of hiding to smell and be near!  Therefore you increase YOUR chances of seeing a real faerie for yourself if you bathe with these aroma-rich soaps in preparation for your faerie-viewing endeavors!   It's much like how fishermen bathe with our Here Fishy, Fishy! anise (black licorice) soap before fishing.....the anise scent acts as an attractant for fish and hides human scent. 

Mind you, we're not encouraging you to try to CAPTURE any faeries...nothing will spook them faster than one whiff of a trap or capture-intentions!  I can speak from experience that they recognize the purpose of an empty mayonnaise jar and will never appear for you if you have one in-hand!!! Similarly, nets, swatters, cans, jars, boxes and other trapping accouterments are the kiss-of-death to a successful faerie sighting...LEAVE THEM HOME!  We cannot make any guarantees that you WILL see a faerie since we cannot control your open-mindedness and spiritual state (key to seeing faeries!), but as proffered below (under the soap listings), we WILL share some of our hints for increasing your odds of a bona fide faerie sighting, or how to know if faeries are near! 

The magical aromas in these botanical-filled, skin-soothing soaps --flower petals, crushed leaves, ground mosses, ferns and herbs-- WILL assuredly create a faerie-friendly aura about you, placing you in the closest possible spiritual alignment to enter their realm!  Each 4.8 ounce soap comes exclusively packaged in a label describing it's unique botanical attributes & faerie attractions, and is adorned with faerie art created by myself.....your enchanted and faerie-crrrazy, soapmaker & artist! *wink*  We also offer Faerie Herb Pouches in lavender or forest green pouches, each contains the same herbs and botanicals in the corresponding soap!

Good luck and please DO share your faerie sighting stories with us!  simplysoap@aol.com

NOTE: These unique soaps were specially created and crafted under the Simply Soap name and are available for both retail (cart below) and wholesale purchase (wholesale inquiries: simplysoap@aol.com) however unlike our other soap lines, they are not available as "plain bars", in bulk, or as private label purchase. They are only available as labeled bars as you see displayed below.  Both this, our Ancient Alchemy and Wylde Wytch soap lines are soap collections we wish to retain our own unique identity with. Thank you!

For art featured on soap labels, you can click the photo and it will take you to our art website where prints are available!

(Wylde Faerie Soaps NOT available in half-bar size!)

 

Carol Ochs Simply Soap green fairy soap absinthe

NEW in our Wylde Faerie Soap line-up!

Absinthe is known as "the green fairy", the English translation of La Fee Verte, an anise-flavored hallucinogenic liquor.  There are no hallucinogens in this soap, however it is scented with a delightful anise scent blend, known to aromatherpeutically clear the mind and aid dream or psychic interpretation!  Green fairies...they not only come in the form of an elixir! You may see them after bathing with this magical soap!

 
Ingredients:  Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils,  scented with essential oils of anise, lavender & peppermint, ground and whole anise seed, cosmetic-grade mica and mineral colorant.  

 

Labeled Soap - $7.00

 

Nooks, crannies and leafy patches tangled with fern, moss and magical mushrooms are all natural gathering spots for faeries and faerie rings!  This deliciously green-scented soap with real maidenhair fern, oakmoss, and dried mushroom powder smells of fresh forest gatherings so clean and exhilarating you can't stop smelling yourself!  Faeries will surely want a whiff of you, too, and may just track YOU down if you smell of their favorite enchanted grounds! 

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with avocado oil, scented with essential oils & fragrance, dried and ground fern, moss & mushroom, mineral colorant.

Labeled Soap - $7.00

 

An enchanted cottage, garden, or glade is easy to identify if clinging with bright orange and yellow nasturtium flowers & edible vines, smiling giant sunflowers, and puffs of dandelions all about!  Faeries LOVE to dance on the soft heads of dandelions!  A scent of freshly cut and gathered flowers in this soap filled with ground dandelion leaf, nasturtium petals, and skin-enriching sunflower oil to brighten your bath!

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with sunflower oil, scented with essential oils & fragrance, dried and ground sunflower, calendula and nasturtium petals, and dandelion leaf.    

Labeled Soap - $7.00

Beautiful blue to purple flowers....lilac has musical qualities and attracts singing faeries who help to harmonize your life.  Faeries are also known to make wine from the nectar of lilac blossoms, they like it so well. Violet is a sacred flower, revered by the Faerie Queen herself!  Picking the first violets of Spring assures watchfulness and assistance in your life from the Faerie Realm.  Blue Vervain is also sacred to faeries and using it in your bathwater is said to induce dreams of, and map guidance to Faerie Land!

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with avocado oil, scented with essential oils & fragrance, dried and ground violet leaf & petals and blue vervain, mineral colorant. 

Labeled Soap - $7.00

 

Fairies are partial to anything sweet and seductive, and jasmine and orange blossom are a perfect marriage of tangy intoxicating nectars!  The heady aroma in my own backyard of these two flowers convinced me I simply must blend them into soap for nothing is quite so seductive to faeries as a full moon night with jasmine and orange blossom wafting on the air!  This luscious soap is sprinkled with real jasmine and orange blossoms.

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with avocado oil, scented with essential oils & fragrance, dried and ground jasmine & orange blossom petals.

Labeled Soap - $7.00

Roses are another most sacred flower among the fae, inducing love, and helping you attune to the gifts of telepathy and divination.  Lavender is well-known for it's healing and magical properties believed to be caused by the strong faerie activity surrounding it where it grows; lavender's gifts of protection from evil are strong!  Faeries are drawn to honeysuckle by it's power to stimulate dreams and awaken psychic energy.  Together these potent flower petals, scents, and their magical properties make a powerful attractant to faeries!  Use prior to approaching them, ESPECIALLY during "tween times"...dawn, dusk, noon, midnight, and equinoxes & solstices; times which are not distinct or definable, they are in-between. 

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with avocado oil, scented with essential oils & fragrance, dried rose petals and lavender buds, cosmetic-grade mica colorant.

Labeled Soap - $7.00

 

Faeries are known for having quite a sweet tooth!  They also have their own secret code for rituals, celebrations and making new acquaintances.  For example...as much as they love a beautiful and fragrant garden to play in, they find it wisest not to enter the garden inhabited by humans, unless invited, awaiting a show of kindness as proof that you mean them no harm.  The surest way to display a warm and open invitation to your garden fairies and perhaps capture a glimpse, is to set out for them an offering of sweets, their favorite being milk, honey and anything vanilla!  They prefer tiny cups and saucers spread on a linen cloth, and a sprig of thyme is sure to show them you are "friend", in-tune with the ways of the fae.  Smelling sweetly of milk, honey and vanilla yourself surely cannot hurt either and if truly blessed, you may be lucky enough to have one alight upon you!   We highly recommend using this soap just before gloaming (dusk) when garden dew is gathering, and when the veil betwixt two worlds is thinnest so your chances of sighting faeries greatest!  This scent blend will induce the sweetest of dreams for your wee ones as well, as they sail off to the Land of Nod.  Enriched with honey, goatmilk, and ground oats to soothe itchy-prone skin. (Naturally brown in color from the vanilla oil.)

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with goatmilk, scented with essential oils & fragrance, honey, ground & whole oats.

Labeled Soap - $7.00

 

The hawthorn tree is one of three magic trees faeries notoriously group to, (the others are the mighty oak and ash trees) and a grouping of all three trees is sure to attract a major Faerie-Fest!  This soap contains hawthorn leaf and flowers, soothing feverfew herb (for red or itchy skin), and daisy petals - one of faeries' FAVORITE flowers!  Did you know that if you wear a daisy chain of flowers around your head, it protects you from tricksy faeries?  And a bath in daisy flower water is said to supply the same protection, as well as lure non-tricksy fae...they CAN'T resist!  UNSCENTED!  Just the pure natural scent of soap & herbs.

An excellent soap for babies who should not be exposed to fragrance or essential oils prior to 12 months of age....or those with any scent sensitivities.

Ingredients: Saponified palm kernel, coconut, olive and castor oils, superfat-enriched with avocado oil, ground hawthorn leaf & flowers, ground feverfew herb, daisy and calendula petals. UNSCENTED.

Labeled Soap - $7.00

Purchase the whole 8-bar or 8-pouch collection at 15% off!

Labeled Soaps - $47.60

Wylde Faerie Sample Soaps (8) - $16.00

Can't make up your mind? Want to try all the soaps?  Try our Sample Pack which is a 1.5 oz. piece of each soap, each in a cello bag with the name hand-written on the bag (no art label)

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The perfect accompaniment to hang on your belt or tuck in a pocket while seeking out faeries!  Or place on a tree branch in your garden as an offering to attract the fae folks!  Placed in a drawer they lightly scent and help keep away tricksy fae that bring moths to feed on your fine clothing. Each pouch contains combined herbs and botanicals (used in our soaps) that faeries find irresistible!  Choose lavender or forest green colored pouches!


Sprinkle anywhere you wish to attract magic, or touch lightly to the skin for magic faerie shimmer in the sun or moonlight!  Official Wylde Faerie Dust, blessed and chanted upon beneath a full moon & kissed by a real faerie!  Comes in a convenient carrying tin to keep in a pocket!

Wylde Faerie Dust - $4.95

One Wylde Faerie Soap, one matching Wylde Faerie Herb Pouch, and one Wydle Faerie Dust tin in a drawstring pouch, a PERFECT gift for the faerie-lover in your life!  Is it YOU?


A FAERIE SPELL

Small garden faeries, brownies and gnomes,

Come circle 'round and protect my home.
A token of friendship I now leave in this place
May you always guard and defend this sacred place.

Come see our Wylde Witch Soaps, featuring, you guessed it...our witch art!  Herbal soaps for rituals, sabbats, or just clean fun in the tub!

Be aware...there are good faeries full of love and light who only seek to help and inspire you.... and then there are bad faeries who are tricksy and find no greater pleasure than teasing and tormenting humans, purely for sport!  The following are clues that you are in the vicinity of faeries or where they frequently inhabit!

 

Sudden or unexplained rustling or trembling of leaves.

Unexplained goose bumps or shivers when alone out in nature.

You experience uncontrolled laughter or extreme silliness.

You experience unexplained loss of time or memory.

Butterflies alight upon you.

Dust devils or whirlwinds that suddenly blow up out of nowhere.

Rippling bath or outdoor water with no apparent cause.

Grass blades bending or twigs snapping with no apparent cause.

The feeling of spiders walking upon you with no spiders present.

Flickers of light around your garden or home.

A quick movement or flash of light out of the corner of your eye that cannot be explained.

A strong fragrance hits you and no one is near.

Inexplicable disappearances and reappearances of things in your home.

A feeling of being watched in your attic, basement or other dark place.

Dreams that always involve the outdoors. (This can be faeries calling you to your memory of last having, or almost having an encounter with them.)

Animals attracted to you as you sit quietly or hum. (Faeries sometimes take the form of animals to get close to see and inspect you, assess whether you are safe or not.)

Music or faint singing from sources that cannot be identified.

When out in nature, do you feel the trees and plants are "watching" you?

Do you feel coming changes in the weather before signs of them arrive?

 

Dawn, Dusk (Gloaming), Noon, Midnight, Equinoxes & Solstices.

(Seek out "tween" places)

 

Glades in the woods or forest.

Where beaches and the sea meet.

Tidal pools.
Where garden meets non-garden.

Where streams divide.

Intersections of roads.

Thresholds.

Bends in the road.

Islands.

Hedge borders and at fences.
Stairwells, hallways, landings.
Near a faerie ring of mushrooms that spring up overnight in a circle.

 

 

Between my mom’s and my own gardens, we have baskets and baskets of rose petals collected already from the summer’s bounty for Wylde Faerie Herb Pouches & Faery Blessing Bottles galore! Find at: http://www.carolochs.com/gifts-woa.php And as a customer, you’ve noticed we always sprinkle the bottom of your carefully prepared and handwrapped package with rose petals—a sweet reminder of our earth connections, a wee piece of my faerie garden to you! (Hopefully I don’t trap any faeries in there as well! But if I do, please turn loose in your own garden!) :)
~Carol

 

      

Be sure to e-mail us any of YOUR faerie experiences and we may post them here with your permission!  simplysoap@aol.com

If you'd like to view more fantasy art, you are welcome to visit both of our art websites at:

Wild Oaks Art - The Bewitched Fantasy Art of Carol Ochs

and....

Enchantasies - There's a little witch in all of us.....how little is YOUR witch?

Thanks for your interest!

 

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Twilight Inspired Soaps

Rustic Soap Collection

Wylde Faerie Soaps

Wylde Wytch Soaps

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