Try a bit of micro-farming in your kitchen!
Grow delicious sprouts for sandwiches, salads and more.
A kit comes with a 1L glass wide mouth mason jar, a stainless steel sprouting screen,
organic sprouting seeds and written instructions to get started on your first crop!
Our organic, bulk sprouting seeds comes from Mumm’s.
We currently have Alfalfa, Red Clover, Mung Beans, China Rose Radish and Spring Salad Mix
Just in!
Vegan lip balms from Vancouver’s own Fable Naturals.
Handmade on Davie Street with certified Fair-trade ingredients in eco tubes!
These are made with high quality organic oils and a plant-based wax and is available in
Mint, Lemon and Vanilla Orange
We are bringing in two styles of Yama brand coffee siphons this month:
tabletop with burner (alcohol or butane) and stovetop.
Here’s a photo of the tabletop siphon and below are videos of each.
Meditative video of the tabletop siphon in action
Stove-top coffee siphon video with a good explanation of how it works
Get ready for the sun!
Now available and refillable at The Soap Dispensary, a natural sun care lotion from Scentimental Creations.
“This all-in-one chemical-free sunscreen, moisturising lotion and sunburn relief helps rejuvenate skin while protecting from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays. The effective sunscreen ingredients are titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, which are both derived from earth minerals. Essential oils of carrot seed, lavender, peppermint and geranium are blended to provide protective and soothing properties.”
The SPF is in the 20s.
Handy notebook with a mini accordion file holder. Great for filing receipts, tickets and notes for shopping or travelling. Comes with a complimentary You Are Not Dead golf pencil!
The plain black woven cover is great for customizing to your own taste
We recently received a small shipment of Chocoberry Lip Balms. These are the products of Canadian company, Sweet Leaf Bath Co. who make Fair Trade certified lip balms in 100% post-consumer waste paper tubes. They are made from natural ingredients that hydrate and nourish your lips.
We’re so pleased to be refilling Sapadilla products at The Soap Dispensary! We are the first retailer with whom they’re trying out this refill format and we’re honoured.
Sapadilla is based out of North Vancouver and make the best smelling household cleaning products around. They are plant-based, biodegradable, nontoxic and scented with pure essential oils. Not only do they clean well, they make cleaning therapeutic!
For now, we refill:
Dish soaps in the following scents: Grapefruit + Bergamot, Sweet Lavender + Lime and Rosemary + Peppermint
All Purpose Cleaner scented with Grapefruit + Bergamot
Liquid Laundry scented with Grapefruit + Bergamot
Don’t let this simple, low-tech packaging mislead you, this face cream contains over 30 natural ingredients to moisturize, nourish, restore, tighten and protect your face. It is a natural SPF 15 with a lovely rose scent. This is very special and sold exclusively to The Soap Dispensary. Each glass jar contains 50 grams of cream and is of course refillable.
Here is the description from our producer:
Rehydrating Day Cream: contains extracts of herbs, flowers, algae, fruit and vegetables; fine vegetable oils, amino acids, peptides, essential fatty acids, aloe vera, glycerin, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, CoQ10, lipoic acid, white tea, rooibos tea, natural sunscreen, essential oils. These ingredients work synergistically to replenish the water level of the epidermis, implement cell evergy and protect the skin from oxidative stress.
Free of: alcohol, mineral oil, detergents, nitrates, lanolin, artificial colours, synthetic scents, toxic preservatives and animal testing.
Using the right tools can help get the cleaning done a lot easier. And if they are made from natural materials, they look better in your home, they feel better in your hands and in many cases, they clean better and last longer (in use) but break down faster in landfills.
The above display includes Twist sponges; tawashi (Japanese style scrubbers made from coconut or palm fiber;) dish brushes made from wood and corn; jar brush made from coconut or palm fiber; bottle brush made with pig hair and wool; floor scrub brush made from wood and corn; counter brush made with wood and tampico (agave fiber); and metal dust pan in enamel.
Twist Sponges are dye-free and plant-based.
From top to bottom:
loofah sponge (loofah and cellulose), ravioli scrubby (hemp), scour pad (plant,) naked sponge (cellulose), sponge blossoms (mini cellulose that grow when wet), dish dumpling (braided agave fiber.)
Metal mesh scrubbers in stainless steel, copper and brass. Great for heavy duties cleaning.
A second flavour of tooth soap from Royal Herbs has arrived, Orange Clove! It’s a good alternative to the Peppermint for people with sensitive gums and teeth. It tastes lovely and is always refillable.
Ingredients: olive oil, distilled water, potash, clove and orange essential oils
