About Us...

Our goal is to reconnect people with nature and increase awareness of local plant life and how we can comfortably incorporate it into our everyday lives.  We care deeply about natural skin care + living, minimalism + traditional practices.  Our products are zero-waste with only recyclable packaging, with one bar of soap being able to replace many bottles in your shower.  We care what we use on and in our bodies and strive to create healthy + toxin-free products for you and your family.  We hope to help evoke an appetite for this lifestyle, a deeper awareness and appreciation for nature and the threads that connect us all within it.  

We make soap, balms + salves with the same techniques as thousands of years ago.  We only use the highest quality oils and ensure our products are free from synthetic fragrances and artificial colours.  We source local ingredients and are often outside wildcrafting plants, herbs and resin or growing herbs in our organic garden to create beautiful, useful + unique products.  Using passed down knowledge, reference books and herbalism training, we turn ancient practices into our modern way of life. We hope to inspire you to get in touch with nature and live more mindful, conscious, healthy and happy!     

More About The Owner...

A little more about us… we are a husband + wife team that have been married for fourteen years and have two little adventurous boys.  We grain farm in central Alberta, Canada on our generational family farm. Prairie Soap Shack started in 2019 while I was on maternity leave from nursing and now has turned into a full-time entrepreneurial business. Read more about our origin story on our blog here. Our interests and personal values carry through our lifestyle and into our business core values. We are passionate about prairie herbalism and nature, outdoor living, rural life, gardening, homegrown cooking and nutrition, environment sustainability & raising two resilient & kind humans for the next generation. These values inspire our way of living and also our products and brand. We'd love to connect with like-minded people on social media!

Much inspiration comes from long talks with my mom and lessons learned from my grandmother.

Thanks for being here,

Jess

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     eco-friendly guarantee

    We are conscious of using environmentally friendly packaging on our products.  Our soaps are packaged in recyclable boxes.  Our skin care line uses glass jars, tins or cardboard tubes.  We all need to do our part in saving the environment and reducing our plastic waste.  Our products are all palm oil free. 

     

    credentials

    • Certificate from the Herbal Academy on Introductory and Intermediate Herbal Studies
    • Botanical Skin Care Course from the Herbal Academy
    • Foraging Course from the Herbal Academy
    • Natural Perfumery Certificate
    • Diploma for Licensed Practical Nurse with 15 years experience
    • Published regular columnist for Trailblaz.her Magazine since 2021
    • Published writer for article in Prairie Living Magazine
    • Finalist with Canada Post Tales of Triumph contest 2021
    • Finalist with the Made in Alberta Awards 2022 and 2024 in Beauty Category
    • Interviewed on "A Little Self Reliant" Podcast on 'foraging for beginners'
    • Interviewed on "The Rural Woman" Podcast 2023 
    • Featured on the Marc & Mandy Show on CityTV Calgary May 7/23
    • Interviewed LIVE on Global Edmonton News Morning Weekend Show July 2023. Watch the interview here
    • Featured in "In Her Studio" Magazine Winter 2023
    • Featured recipes in "Willow & Sage" Magazine
    • Featured in "In Her Garden" Magazine Spring 2024

     

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