Have you ever wondered if felted soap is hygienic and safe to use?  If so, I have words for you.  Today we are going to talk a little bit about felted soap and why you absolutely need it in your life. ​

If you are like I was, you are probably thinking…wool-covered soap?  That sounds a little…no…VERY weird.  The fact is, there are a lot of people who have never tried and thus never discovered the sensory pleasure of washing one’s hands with a felted bar of luxurious soap.  Here are just a few reasons why felted soap has become our 1# seller in the last year.

1. Unlike the soggy bacteria-breeding luffa and sponge currently sitting on too many bathroom sinks and showers, wool is naturally antimicrobial.  This means that wool naturally prohibits the growth of bacteria, mold, mildew, mushrooms…you get it, microorganisms. Mushrooms are flippin fantastic.  (Just watch me disappear into the forest around Chanterelle season.) But a big fat NO THANK YOU growing on my bar of soap.
2. When good, natural, skin nourishing soap is incased in wool and agitated by your lovely hands, fluffy creamy lather emerges and makes you both the squeaky cleanest and the happiest hand washer on earth. 
3. Not all felted soap is created equal.  Obviously, I am biased since my business is basically built around the felties we produce here at Harmony Heritage Farm.  But the fact is, most…ahem…all…felted soap I see out there right now with a quick google search is one of two things, SQARE or made with commercial detergent bars like Dove or Irish spring (not REAL soap) No offence, other people but…yeah.  Bummer. 
4. Felted soap makes people happy.  Round soft squishy things, seriously. Have you ever noticed that stress balls are round?  Bean bags?  Mochi?  Smiley faces?  Pizza? Sheep?  Grandma and Grandpa?  All the happy lovable things are round and squishy.   It is a secret of sensory comfort that you probably did not even know about until you read this!  Cool.  Go check “learned something new” off your list of goals for the day, dude!

 
Here’s a bonus…did you know that humans have a natural love for round things?
 
Studies apparently show that we are inherently attracted to curvilinear shapes over things with edges, some even stating that people associate happiness with round shapes.  I totally didn’t know this when I started making my little felties for the kiddos in my life and farmer’s market.  But it was remarkably interesting to see how much more popular they became than anything I felted with corners.  Farmer's market taught me so much.
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So there you have it.  The data and science behind our feltie slogan “Soap To Make Them Smile.”  If you're a millennial like me it all makes perfect sense.  Beanbags and pizza, man!