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Making creative, sustainable bath treats workshop

by Rachael Lythgoe April 13, 2018

One of our favourite events of the College Green year is holding a workshop teaching young people to make pampering bath products as part of a Crea...

Posted in bath bomb, Bath bomb recipe, Bath tea, Bath tea recipe, Creative Sustainability CIC, easy soap recipe, Hawkwood College, Soap, Workshops

It's not too late! Make an easy cupcake bath bomb for Mother's Day

by Rachael Lythgoe March 08, 2018

Spending the time to hand-make a gift for Mother's Day is a really special way to say 'I love you.' Mums especially love home made presents, and ap...

Posted in bath bomb, bath fizzer, DIY gift, gift, Mother's Day, present

Beat the winter chills with a DIY mustard bath

by Rachael Lythgoe March 02, 2018

Whether you’ve spent the day battling through snow, you’re exhausted from great day's sledging or even if you've been hunkered down with the doors...

Posted in bath soak, DIY bath soak, Epsom salts, essential oil, foot soak, mustard bath, present, relaxing, snow, warming, winter

We've gone N A K E D !

by Rachael Lythgoe February 10, 2018

You read it right - we've thrown off our clothes and we're parading proudly in the buff. Of course we mean our soaps - we've made them available pa...

Gorgeous ginger - why it's so fantastic in soap

by Rachael Lythgoe January 03, 2018

We add a touch of ginger essential oil to our natural beer soap, as well as lemongrass, may chang & oats. Used as a medicinal ingredient...

Heaven scent - College Green soap adds a festive feel to Gloucester Cathedral

by Rachael Lythgoe November 19, 2017

College Green natural soaps are filling Gloucester Cathedral with the heavenly scent of Christmas, just in time for the festive season. Tourists a...

Start your Christmas shopping with College Green at Stroud Farmer's Market tomorrow

by Rachael Lythgoe October 27, 2017

Did you miss us? A month seems such a long time, but worry not, we'll be back at Stroud Farmers' Market tomorrow - Saturday 28th October. Join us a...

Posted in Christmas, Farmers' Market

College Green customers have started their Christmas shopping early

by Rachael Lythgoe September 30, 2017

"Can you bring some more soaps?" said the urgent voice on the phone. "Someone's just bought fourteen and we've only got two left." So we filled a b...

College Green customers get younger (and cuter)

by Rachael Lythgoe September 24, 2017

We had a busy day at Stroud Farmers' Market this week, meeting lots of new customers (welcome!) and regulars (welcome back!) including Paddy - a ve...

Posted in dog soap, Farmers' Market, lavender & patchouli, rose geranium, soap star

We've found a new favourite wrapping (to replace our old favourite wrapping)

by Rachael Lythgoe September 16, 2017

The trouble with soap wrappings is that we keep finding new favourite papers to replace our old favourite papers. Which is just what happened toda...

Posted in ginger, lemongrass, oat, wrapping

Soap-on-a-rope is back!

by Rachael Lythgoe May 29, 2017

What do you do when you discover a batch of soap has been cut slightly too small? Sell them anyway? Not at College Green! We decided a more creativ...

Posted in beer, ginger, lemongrass, oats, soap on a rope, Stroud Brewery

Pure Cotswold spring water for our soaps

by Rachael Lythgoe April 23, 2017

We were up and out early this morning, to collect a supply of pure, natural spring water which is just one of the reasons our pure, natural soaps a...

Posted in Hawkwood, ingredients, May Day, spring water