The Makers

Made by Cody & Emily,
right here in Lancaster.

Red Rose Soap Company started in our kitchen. The recipes began as a hobby years ago. In 2026 we decided to make it a real company, and to show the work as we go.

We live and work in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We make every bar ourselves, in small batches, and let it cure before it's wrapped.

Cody & Emily, Lancaster PA

Cody and Emily in straw hats against a brick wall in Lancaster
Est.2026
Building in public

The first draft of everything

The logo you see today is the first version. So is the packaging, and so is this website. Each one will get better, and we'll post about it here and on Instagram when it does. If you want to follow along, the email list is where that happens.

You'll also find us at markets alongside Perry County Bee Company, Emily's parents' apiary, which is where a lot of this started.

How the soap is made

The soap work table: wire cutter, beakers, scale, and gloves, with cut bars curing below

Every bar is olive oil and coconut oil, saponified with lye, scented only with essential oils. No fragrance oils, no palm oil. Bars cure on a rack before they're wrapped. We weigh them along the way, because a bar keeps losing water for months and the weight on the label has to be true whenever you buy it.

Rows of cut bars laid out on paper to cure
Follow the build

Get the next chapter by email

A short email now and then. Markets we'll be at, what's curing, what we're changing.