SierraSnowSoaps is owned by Michelle Latham. I make and sell my handmade soap in Gardnerville, NV in the Carson Valley. I make every item from scratch using all vegetable oils and butters. I shop local whenever possible, use free trade Shea Butter and buy from suppliers who feel the same as I do about doing what we can to keep our planet healthy.
The legend says soap was first discovered by women washing clothes along the Tiber River at the bottom of Sapo Hill. The women noticed the clothes became cleaner with far less effort at that particular location. What was happening? The ashes and the grease of animals from the sacrificial fires of the temples situated on the top of Sapo Hill mixed with the rain, making soap which ran down the slope in the streams of rain water giving the women a wash day bonus. You can see at a glance the word saponification, the chemical name for the soap making reaction, bears the name of that hill in Rome long ago. Most products on the market today are not real soaps by the true definition but rather are detergents which have been created from petroleum based products. Saponification is a very big chemical word for the rather complex but easy to create soap making reaction.
contact info:
Michelle Latham
775-790-2217
email SierraSnowSoaps@charter.net
You can also find my products in the following retail shops.
Sapphire Wizard Fired Arts 1459 US Hwy 395 in historic Gardnerville, Nevada 775-782-5434
The Artisans Cafe & Gift Shop in the Brewery Arts Center 449 W. King St. Carson City, Nevada 775-883-1976
The Nevada Store 3362 Lakeside Court Reno, Nevada 775-825-3318
Downtown Market Place 138 West St. Reno, Nevada 775-348-8862
Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitors Bureau 969 Tahoe Blvd. Incline Village, Nevada 89451 775-832-1606
Heartstrings Gallery Gifts 1572 US Highway 395 Minden NV 89423 Phone: 775-781-0861
Markleeville Art Gallery 14841 Hwy 89, Markleeville, Ca. 530-694-2782
Our Favorite SitesHeartstrings Gallery Gifts