Like all good stories, Round Top Natural Soap Company’s starts with humble beginnings. Jann was a school teacher – she taught reading. Beau was an engineer and gentleman farmer. They were the parents of four children and they lived in an original 1900s house on a small farm in Round Top, Texas. The house had come to Beau’s parents and they lovingly restored it to the place Beau called home. The home had a colorful past, having been built in Harrisburg, one of the original settlements that now make up the vast metropolis of Houston. But, like Jann and Beau, Beau’s parents wanted to preserve the beauty of the home and the tranquility of their lives. So they moved the home to its “new home” on the little farm outside of Round Top.

Jann was known for her craft-making creativity and she enjoyed gifting her friends and family with homemade goods during the holidays. For Christmas 1999, Jann bought a book on soap making and set out hand-making soaps to put under the Christmas
trees of her friends and family.

One Saturday morning in early December 1999, Jann stopped in to visit with a girlfriend who ran The Apothecary, a small gift shop on the square in Round Top. Jann’s friend became enthralled with the smell of the handmade soap, wafting from the basket Jann carried under her arm. Before long, the two friends were dreaming of Jann’s soap making becoming a business. On a whim, they decided to leave a few bars at The Apothecary to see how they’d sell amongst the costume jewelry, postcards, books and local collectibles already on sale there. And the rest, as they say, is history…before long, Jann had a booming business at The
Apothecary and word was spreading about her products and how they made people feel.

Jann began to experiment with lotions, bath products and even men’s products. Along the way, Jann and Beau formed an even stronger partnership – today Jann continues to do all the research and development for Round Top Natural Soap Company, while Beau oversees manufacturing. All their products are still made by hand on their farm with the old farmhouse in Round Top, Texas. The difference is that Jann and Beau are living their dream -- together with their family, they make Round Top Natural Soap
Company products to share with you.

We make our products for our own family first, right at home on our little farm in Round Top, Texas. By sharing our products with you, we promise to treat you with the same genuine care and concern as we do our own.We use only the finest, all-natural ingredients regardless of cost and develop fragrances and colors that look and smell like a visit to our kitchen table. Most of all, we share our products with you so you can feel as good as we do when we use them.

Read more about our natural ingredients and products in our Soap Primer (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).