A friend of ours started to make her own soap, and we were one of her testers. We were amazed at how good the soap was, and decided that we would never go back to using commercial soap again. This soap was long lasting, moisturising, gentle on the skin and smelt amazing. Her life went in a different direction and we started to wonder where we would get our soap from in the future.

So we decided to make some ourselves. This was the start of Forest Naturals. It has taken nearly a year to perfect our recipes and get them all certified. We currently have a range of soap, goat’s milk soap, creams and balms. Our next tranche of products will be goat’s milk creams, lip balms and the start of our Timeless anti agin line.  Shampoo bars will follow along with a range for sensitive skin. I love developing new recipes – it takes me back to my chemistry days. So we will continue to develop our ranges to meet our customer’s needs.

Forest Naturals Skincare produces handmade natural skincare products, which currently comprise of soap, creams, balms, reed diffusers and bath salts and includes a goat’s milk range. We believe in using the best quality ingredients, which also has benefits for your skin. All our ingredients are ethically sourced and, where possible, from local suppliers.

We are members Blakeney Hill Growers, a community smallholding, which provides all our goat’s milk and honey. The goat’s milk in our products has been milked by ourselves – so very local.

Our range of products will expand to meet our customer’s needs, we are always open to suggestions and are willing to make bespoke soaps, creams and balms; so please ask.

All our products are certified by the relevant industry bodies. All our soaps are produced using the cold process method from raw materials and a unique mix of essential oils devised by us to make the most of the therapeutic properties of the essential oils. Cold process method soaps take sometime to produce, as the soap needs to cure, we allow six weeks curing for all our soaps.

Our creams will be developing over time, our first tranche were certified in November 2018, the next tranche will go for certification in 2019. The first tranche includes our hand creams and foot creams; please take sometime to review our product list, you will find something you like, if not, ask and we may be able to produce a cream to your specification.

Forest Naturals is based in Blakeney in the Forest of Dean and was formed in 2018. Our products are available from local events, markets, selected shops and also on-line through this website.