Welcome to The Yellow House!
We’re a small maker of handmade soap + skincare in Alaska that is focused on providing you products that are fragrance free, Whole Plant infused, and consciously made. There are no added fragrance or essential oils, just plants!
What does Whole Plant mean?
It means we’re working with the entire plant to give you the benefits of that plant without having to use essential oils. Sustainability is important to us and the overuse of essential oils is not sustainable. The amount of plant material required to make one ounce of essential oil is astronomical when you consider the rate at which we are consuming and purchasing essential oils.
We are not wholly against essential oils but we are about conscious consumption. Essential oils have their place and use, but they’re not necessary to enjoy everything a plant has to offer.
“..in order to produce a single pound of essential oil, enormous quantities of plants are required: 10,000 pounds of rose petals, 250 pounds of lavender, 6,000 pounds of melissa plant, 1,500 lemons, and so forth”— Earth Island Journal