ABOUT THE SOAP
We've taken four different essential oils that work well at keeping bugs away.  Every knows about citronella and most everyone has had a citronella candle on their porch.  Cedarwood shavings are often used in dog bedding because insects don't like it.  Lemon Eucalyptus oil is known to be an excellent, natural replacement for DEET.  Lavender plants never need insecticides because bugs naturally stay away from them.  Mix all four of these oils together and you've got a soap that keeps mosquitoes and ticks away.

TIP:  some customers are worried about smelling like Citronella.  While that may the case when it comes to using sprays - when you bath with the hikers soap, only a faint lemon smell remains on the skin.


THE SOAP STORY
Back around 2003, a friend asked us to create a product that would help her son. He liked to go camping but would come home covered with bug bites because commercial products didn't work for him.  After a month of research, we came up with the first bar of Hikers and Campers soap.  Her son came back from his next trip bite free.  The next summer, we got a chance to try it out for ourselves when we spent five days camping at a planned community.  There may have been mosquitoes flying all around the tent but none of them ever bit us.  We even washed our hair with it the entire time we were there.  Now, everytime we use the hikers soap we're reminded of that camping trip and all the great people we met at the commune.

Moms also love buying the hikers soap for their kids.  They can play in the yard without being bothered by bugs and the parents feel better for not having bought a chemical spray.

INGREDIENTS
saponified oils of soybean, olive, coconut & shea butter.
Essential oils: lemon eucalyptus, citronella, cedarwood, lavender
Botanicals: none
Color: yellow pigment

"Our family shares the hikers soap with our dog.  One bar for us and another one for him.  It really keeps the mosquitoes off of the kids and the ticks off of the dog.  Great job!"
Penny, Chattanooga, TN