The Artisan Spa Soaps

How can you possibly get excited about a bar of soap...? Well, we can.  Easily, with this.  The Artisan Spa's soaps are pretty special:  almost see-thru, they're packed with moisturising organic vegetarian glycerine.  (The very ingredient which most soapmakers remove, for reasons best known to them...)  In fact, they're one of the few soaps we've used which really doesn't require an instant slathering of hand cream...

What we're also keen on (as ever) are the beautiful fragrances.  Soft Mint Breeze is magically cooling in the swampily humid weather we've (finally) been having.  Citrus Grove mind-awakeningly blends grapefruit, bergamot, orange and patchouli, together with Maychang and cedarwood.  And our inner hippy (never far beneath the surface) is enchanted by Oriental Garland, exotically thrumming with ylang-ylang, patchouli and tangerine.

Created in a 'soap kitchen' (hah!) just outside Oxford, you can find them at the swanky La Residencia in Deia, while our friend and natural living guru Janey Lee Grace is also big fan.

But us?  The Artisan Spa's could eclipse Holby City as our favourite-ever soap.readers find The Artisan Spa soaps at www.manifesthealth.co.uk/£4.85 for 110 g - buy here