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Mater

Brooklyn, NYBrand · Body care

Mater Soap pays homage to utilitarian objects that quietly serve our daily lives. We create a variety of cold-process bar soaps and organic body products. Keeping our batches small and handmade, we strive to perfect the simple and subtle alchemy of soap-making and body care. The minimalist beauty of traditional soap formulation and the power of plant oils and extracts inform our craft. By using natural, sustainably-sourced plant ingredients like smoky pine tar, red alkanet root powder, and salty sea plants, we provide bathers with products that nourish the body and the mind, and enhance the bathing ritual. Take your time. Breathe deeply. Don’t rush, even with the dishes. We are inspired by sculpture, architecture, and textiles— the meeting of joyful experience and simple, absolute function. Mater Soap chooses materials and composes recipes that speak to the well-being of both the bather and the planet, with products that are enriched by ingredients chosen with intention, care, and a conscious effort to minimize ecological impact. Mater means “mother” in Latin. Mater Soap is named to honor the natural world from which we create. It is a nod of gratitude to the actual and symbolic mothers who nurtured us, broadened our concepts of beauty and empowerment, and showed us how to steward/cultivate in return. Mater bathers see themselves and nurture their bodies and spirits. They cultivate the beauty within on their quest to simplify. In a world of heedless excess, they care for, rather than waste.