About Us
Welcome to Beauty From Ash Soap!
Hi - I'm Ashley Howe - the "Ash" behind the name. I'm a lifelong Vermonter, avid outdoor enthusiast, musician, boy mom, gardener, baker, and entrepreneur. I am passionate about soap making using simple, natural ingredients that offer healthy benefits for your skin. From the first natural soap gifted to me over 10 years ago, I knew that natural soap was highly superior to the commercial soaps I'd been using. That led me on a soap and skincare making journey that has spanned 10 years.
Beauty From Ash is a new beginning for me - which is what inspired the name. The name encompasses 3 points:
- Soap Making History - Long before the Industrial Revolution, soap was made using ash from the fire mixed with fats to produce soap. These two simple elements were combined to form a useful product everyone needed.
- Ash - it's me! Beauty From Ash is a play on my name :) Soap making brings me so much joy. The joy and beauty I put into each batch is something I seek to pass on to my customers, because everyone needs something uplifting in this current time.
- Isaiah 61:3 - God creates beauty out of ashes. He is the healer of broken things and broken people. I'm one of those people who knows this verse intimately. My story is still being written and the Author of all is making it beautiful in His time.
I create botanical soaps using high quality oils, essential oils, and colors found in nature. No artificial fragrances. No parabens. No chemicals. No synthetics. No preservatives. Just simple, wholesome ingredients made from plants and elements found in nature, locally whenever possible, because your skin deserves as high quality care as your internal body.
Raise the bar for your personal skincare and enjoy using Beauty From Ash Soap to help your body look and feel it's best.
