Conserve water. Shower with a Friend.

Or Not. Your Call.

But if you're not going to share your shower-time, at least share your favorite shower-time goodies...

Face it. Nothing says "I Love You" like some awesome soap and candles. I mean, soap says "I'm thinking of you...and want you to be clean and nice-smelling". Candles, well, "I want your house to smell nice when I come over".


Alright, so that's not really what you're saying when you give handmade soap and candles (or at least I hope that's not what you're saying). Truth is, it's hard not to love receiving a quality hand-made gift. But probably the coolest parts about giving our soaps and candles, is how well they pair together and the myriad of options available to suit every taste!

Not to startle you, but Mother's Day is right around the corner

But it's ok. We've got you covered with some amazing soap + candle combos! While we aren't able to offer candles coordinated to every soap (some fragrances just don't smell all that great when burning), there are still some excellent pairings that are supremely gift-worthy.


Gift Ideas: For the flower-lover, how about a bar of sweet orange blossom "My Darlin' Clementine" soap with a matching candle? For those who prefer something more sultry, "The Infamous El Guapo"  soap and candle combo would make an excellent choice. And for those who prefer fresh, invigorating scents, how about  a bar and a jar of "The Mule".




My Darlin' Clementine Soap + Candle Combo

Even pairing two excellently-matched candles would be a beautiful choice.




Gift Suggestion: Try "April Showers" and "May Flowers", a clean rain scent complimented by a fresh hydrangea fragrance. Or a little "Sun Daze" and "Sunshine + Whiskey" for a pineapples and oranges paired with coconut, citrus and whiskey. No matter which way you go, you really can't go wrong.

Crunchy options for your crunchy pals

By crunchy I am not referring to the texture of the soap, of course. I'm referring to those soap gladiators who tolerate nothing less than the most natural of ingredients in their products. Horsethief Canyon's line of soaps includes an excellent (and soon expanding) selection of all-natural soaps scented exclusively with essential oils and colored with natural ingredients like clays, carrots, honey, turmeric and oxides (also natural). They range from uplifting peppermint to soothing lavender and palmarosa, and come in a range of beautiful colors.


Gift idea: A set of these gives their lucky recipient endless options to suite their mood and season. Present them in a simple muslin bag with a hand-written note. Crunchy folks love that stuff.




From top to bottom: "Misty Mountain Morning" (Peppemint & Lavender),
"Prairie Rose" (Lavender & Palmarosa),
"The Rabbit of Seville"  (Unscented, Carrot, Turmeric & Honey),
"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" (Citrus Lavender with Sea Clay & Spirulina)



Beer Soap for the Beer Lover



The Mule from Moscow

(Ginger Beer + Ginger, Spearmint & Lime!)

Because the only thing more awesome than some badass craft beer is getting to take a shower with it (and still be sober enough to go to work). The line of craft beer soaps are made exclusively from California beers and cover all the bases:

You're a stout kinda guy? We got that.

Belgian wheat bro? Yup.

IPA-lovin' babe? Ohhhhh yeahhhh.

Porters, Blonds and Saisons? Yessirrreee!

We even have some Ginger Beer!

The beer soap offerings are always expanding and always made with excellently crafted beers that you'll love showering with as much as you love drinking.



Beer soaps in a simple wood slide-top box

Gift suggestion: A "Flight" of beer soaps with a selection of beers to match (just shoot us an email if you're curious about what beers went into each bar)!

Man Soap

Squeakin' Clean Cowboy Soap with
Fresh Aftershave Scent and
Bentonite Clay for extra cleansing.

So at the beginning of my journey, not only did I fall in love with beer soap, but I was completely drawn to the more masculine fragrances. Everyone told me it was silly to focus on manly bars since "men don't buy soap". Yeah. Except for men ABSOLUTELY buy soap. They just don't want a girly bar of lavender, geranium, rose, pink sugar, sweet pea soap. They want TOBACCO soap. They want CHARCOAL soap. Turns out, for the right bar of soap, men get pretty darn excited.

The "Horse Thief" stout beer and tobacco bar.

Gift idea: A selection of man soaps (maybe including some of beer soaps) wrapped-up with a wood-handled, boar-bristled body brush. Just a basic brown bag and some bakers twine give this awesome gift an understated elegance for your favorite man! And if I may, Father's Day is coming soon!

 

The variations are endless...

Like I said, a myriad of options. For sweets-lovers: "Granny's Buttermilk Pie" and "Burnt Sugar". For florals, "Luscious Lilacs", "The Blossom Trail" and "My Darlin' Clementine". For clean scents, "Squeakin' Clean Cowboy", "Misty Mountain Morning", "The Mule" and "Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere". Just check the selection on www.horsethiefsoapco.com. You'll be glad you did.

Spring Market opens Thursday!! Stay tuned!!