Bathe to Basics

We officially established Bathe to Basics in 2011, but got the idea a year prior, when Gia got a chance to learn how to make natural soap from scratch. Both Gia and I loved handmade soap before we decided to create our own.

One of the biggest reasons why we started creating our own soap is because commercial products we found in the market caused us to have allergic reactions. Most of the handmade bar soaps back in the 2000s were more like handicrafts with pretty shapes, vibrant colors and strong fragrances. One day, Gia made a piece of bar soap using nothing more than olive oil: no extra additives or decoration. We tried it and found out it was amazing. We thought that this was something we need in our daily life, something simple, pure, natural and great for our skin and our environment. Then we started Bathe to Basics.