Being a small 5.5 acre vegetable truck farm is focused, hard work from April through November.  But what does  Brickyard Farms do December through March?  Diversify.  We are not only farmers, but artisan soap makers.  We are busy making our soap products in the winter so our inventory is ready to go when our growing season starts up again. Our line of quality products includes, bar soap, liquid foamy soap, lip balm and our very popular night creme.  All our products are completely natural and made with all vegetable oils.  We have been concerned with the cumulative effects of the cosmetics industry’s chemicals on our permeable skin.  Our soaps are handcrafted in small batches, using a blend of olive, castor, coconut, palm and soybean oils.  Next we add natural coloring, fragrance and/or essential oils, and a variety of defoliants,  from spearmint leaves to cosmetic clays and oatmeal.  Our soap bars are naturally soothing and beautifully simple.

Our foamy soap is made without the commercial brands’ additions of foam stabilizers, chemical emulsifiers, surfactants and thickeners.  It also does not include the potentially dangerous antibacterial agents found in most foaming soaps on the market today.  Our foaming soap contains only vegetable oils, potassium hydroxide (this with the oils is actually what ‘makes’ soap), borax (a neutralizer), and fragrance.  You will love its silky, luxurious lather.  It is packaged in a reusable pump bottle and comes in Zesty Lime, Lavender, Lemongrass and Peppermint.  We also have 22 oz refill bottles that fill the pump 2.5 times.

The cold Michigan winters are wicked on our lips, so we developed a soothing lip balm that has Vitamin E, Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Beeswax and Essential Oils.  Unlike commercial products that contain petroleum in some form, our lip balms stay on the lips and don’t have to be applied constantly for the results you want…..soft lips!  We offer them in four delicious flavors:  Raspberry, Vanilla-Banilla, Mint and Tangerine.

Finally, our night creme.  To say it’s simply amazing would not be an exaggeration.  A combination of distilled water, organic shea butter, hydrolyzed oats, jojoba oil, vegetable glycerin, emulsifying wax, extracts of comfrey, Calendula, arnica and plantain, along with optiphen (a paraben-free and formaldehyde-free preservative).  An all natural and highly effective moisturizer that is wonderful anytime of the day.

So we may be past the growing season, but Brickyard Farms is always busy, with something simmering in the kitchen or being made to soothe the skin.  We love what we do and we do what we love.  Did I mention we are also making beer?  It all started…………