ABOUT
ORIGIN
When I was in University, I discovered how natural skincare would rid me of my embarrassing back and face acne. New avenues of life opened up before me and my natural product journey began. Reading and investigating what went into anything I consumed or that touched my body.
After some very positive feedback on my own attempts at beer based soap, a bigger vision was born. Creating countless batches of soap and adding what I found in nature to complement our offerings. Discovering tallow and the benefits of herbs was just the beginning.
So in short: Sasquatch Soap Co. was born from the result of losing my connection to a discount of naturally made products at a large well known retailer.
VISION
Scent is the strongest sense tied to memory, bathing should be meditative and give you a chance to recall experiences you lived.
Breathing in harmony with nature is the ultimate medicine.
The idea that soap is gendered or gatekept always bothered me:
Why is lavender for girls and cedar for boys?
What do you mean everyone doesn’t love patchouli?
Wait, you actually add beer into the soap?
Since delving into the worlds of herbalism, botany and mycology, I am now obsessed with finding the not so hidden bounty nature offers and how it can also benefit our body personally and physically.
Come discover it with our crew!
COMMITMENTS
Natural
All our products are based on the premise that we need to be reconnected with natural elements inherent in all flora and fauna.
No hidden chemicals or sulfates.
Community
We seek to partner with businesses and individuals that give back and create communities of their own or through their creation and distribution.
Real Community is love.
Guaranteed
If you experience anything less than transformative results we will refund and provide you with recommendations for skincare alternatives we trust.
Committed to quality results.
Mental Health
We donate a portion of our revenue to mental health charities or to help raise awareness and connect people to communicate, ideally in the sunlight.
Positive change is always possible.
Why Sasquatch Soap Co. ?
Besides rolling off the tongue, we chose this name to represent and honour:
1) The importance of self belief and the unique inherent nature in us all
2) The unceded territories in which we co-create and currently live
ORIGINOLOGY
Sasquatch is derived from the anglicized version of the word ‘sasq'ets’ (sas-kets) or ‘sésquac’, which roughly translates to "hairy man" in the Halq'emeylem language. The original name, used by the Sts'ailes people, tells stories about a shape-shifting creature that protects all its forested domains.
This dialect is called Stó:lò, and is used by the “Coast Sasqu Indians” of the Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, part of what is now called the loose grouping of Coast Salish Nations. Unfortunately, as of 2017, this community has been reduced to under 9,000 individuals with less than 300 fluent speakers meaning it faces utter extinction.
It appears however, that almost every human culture has a myth that aligns closely with that of the Sasquatch, further galvanizing our interconnectedness and ancestral origin with the Mother Earth, known here in Canada as Turtle Island.