Rock Hard Soap Co. was founded in the spring of 2021 by Ronald Nunn and Carla Swanson from Harrison Charter Township, MI. Our journey began when we purchased a handmade bar of soap from a high-end retail shop and fell in love with its scent and cleansing properties, which far outperformed those of regular store-bought products. At the time, we were busy creating a homemade pain-relief salve from dandelions and already had most of the supplies needed to start making our own handcrafted soap (we just needed to learn how). After six months of extensive research and experimentation, we perfected our product recipe and began selling our soaps.

Since our first successful product launch in 2021, we have crafted and sold over 10,000 bars of handcrafted soap, along with approximately 4,000 various bath and beauty products at hundreds of craft shows across Michigan. We have been featured on Fox News Flint, RichmondTV, and in Blue Water Healthy Living. Since our beginning (and at the time of writing this), we have received only two instances of negative feedback, both related to a single batch of Honeysuckle Soap with Real Honeysuckle Flowers, which caused dryness for two individuals with sensitive skin.

Unfortunately, after our first two successful years of operation, the economy took a downturn, leading to decreased consumer spending on luxury handcrafted soap products. Unable to sustain the business, we made the decision to donate our supplies and remaining inventory to our best and most loyal customer, hoping they could continue our vision. However, after six months, they concluded that soap making wasn’t for them and returned control of the company to us. Since then, we have been diligently working on new products and have developed a new business model that allows us to provide quality handcrafted products while also supporting our community. A portion of our sales now goes towards helping local organizations with their fundraising needs.