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Soap Making In Turks and Caicos

Alegna Soap® Soap Making in Turks and Caicos

I almost was able to do some soap making in Turks and Caicos.

The very first thing I do whenever I go on vacation, is try to find a local soap maker in the area. Even when I was a child, my favorite spot on every trip was in front of the soap in the Gift Shop.

While staying at the Ports of Call hotel in Grace Bay, we easily walked to Island Organics. The shop was super cute and smelled great.  Kico, the candle maker, greeted me.  Her mom Arlene is the soap maker, but wasn’t in that day.

 

Alegna Soap and Island Organics

I looked (and smelled) around.  Kico told me about how her mom sources botanicals from the island to use in her soaps.  We commiserated about how the price of everything has gone up and how sourcing bottles was difficult during the pandemic. I thought my shipping costs were expensive, but it’s much worse on Turks and Caicos since everything has to be brought in by plane or boat. Kico helped me find soap bars natural to the island, and I bought 3,  (Nettle, Papaya and Shepard’s Needle).  Arlene would be in the next day and, so would I.

When I arrived the next day, I missed Arlene by about an hour.  She had been in the shop soap making, and I had been back at the hotel swimming.  I was disappointed but Kico showed me what her mom had made that day. It was as close as I’ll get to soap making in Turks and Caicos.

 

Soap Making in Turks and Caicos

The rest of the trip was spent walking, eating, swimming and reading.

 

Soap Making in Turks and Caico

There were fragrant Plumeria trees.

 

There were fragrant Plumeria trees.

There was also time for hammocks.

 

laying in hammocks

And yes, I’ll answer this before you even ask.  I bring my own soap. Always. Don’t you?

 

Yours in Gratitude,

Angela

Filed Under: Soap Making Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Island Organics, Natural Soap, Ports of Call, Soap, Soap making, Soapmaking, Turks and Caicos

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  1. Cassandra Wisdom says

    May 20, 2021 at 12:06 am

    How cool is that! It looks like a lot of fun and I love hearing about the local ingredients. To be honest… I didn’t know where that was and had to google it. So beautiful!

    Reply
    • Angela Carillo says

      May 24, 2021 at 4:48 pm

      Cassie, the water was truly teal, and the sand was pink. Paradise!

      Reply
  2. LakshmiDevi Ethirajan says

    May 23, 2021 at 11:36 pm

    I love your soaps. I love interacting with other holistic skincare specialist. Yes, I do bring my own soap and skincare products when I travel, including my herbal teas!!

    Reply
    • Angela Carillo says

      May 24, 2021 at 4:50 pm

      It’s always fun to collaborate with another maker, even if it’s only for a short while. Thanks Lakshmi

      Reply
  3. Gay Bofill says

    June 7, 2021 at 9:17 pm

    Wow Angela! Love the post about Turks and Caicos. I want a hammock.

    Reply
    • Angela Carillo says

      June 8, 2021 at 10:20 am

      I want a hammock also Gay. The thing is, I wonder if I’d use it in my backyard. It’s easy to relax on vacation, there’s nothing else to do. If I had one in my yard, I think I’d keep trying to get “one more thing done” before I got in it.

      Reply

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