Sapone di Stella is olive oil soap handmade on a small farm in the hills of Calabria, Italy.  Stella (who owns the farm)  makes small batches of soap every year with her friends from the village.  I had the pleasure of meeting these wonderful people while working on a project in their town for two months.  They gave me the soap as a welcome gift, and I loved it so much I had to bring a batch home!  

Ingredients : olive oil, water, wheat flour, sodium hydroxide

A few facts about the soap…

-It looks like cheese... (but doesn’t smell like it)

-It does have a natural, earthy smell to it.

-It doesn’t make suds when it gets wet.

-It’s made on a farm with lots of other foods and animals so just to be safe ALWAYS test the soap on a small part of your skin before using it on your entire body.