About Cyril's Soap Shed

Cyril's Soap Shed was founded in 2008 by Catherine Shutler. I gave up my full-time job to start a family in 2006. We were already on the road to self-sufficiency with our chickens and vegetable gardens, and so we decided to get a goat for milk. We decided on one goat, however, to cut a long story, we came back from the local activity farm with 2 goats. Penny and Florence. The following year they kidded and started producing LOTS of milk, despite me not taking the kids away from mum, they were still providing us with over 8 pints a day! I learnt how to make cheese, yoghurt, ice cream and butter, and still I had lots of milk left. I needed to find something else to make... And so I set about learning how to make goats milk soap! I quickly learnt that I wanted to do it 'properly' and from scratch and that the Cold Process method, although more time-consuming, would produce the best soaps. After I thought I had perfected my recipe and method I gave some to friends and family who were so impressed they thought I should sell it. We started off selling at farmers markets and craft fairs, but now have a thriving wholesale business. Read their story