Return to Skin That Feels Like Yours Again.
Whole-plant formulations designed to calm, restore, and protect, not to overcorrect what was never broken.
Your Skin Has Been Through Enough. It's Time for Skincare You Can Actually Trust.
SunStar Soapery creates whole-plant skincare for sensitive skin. Every product is handcrafted with complete botanicals, never isolated extracts, so your daily routine becomes a ritual that nourishes your skin and feeds your spirit.
Whole-Plant Skincare. Nothing Stripped. Nothing Hidden. Nothing Rushed.
Most "natural" skincare brands use isolated plant compounds pulled from their original context. They take one molecule from a flower and call it botanical. We do something different.
We use the whole plant.
When we infuse sunflower oil with real calendula petals, we let it steep for weeks. Not because it's efficient, but because that slow process captures the full spectrum of what calendula offers: the soothing compounds, the antioxidants, the gentle magic that only happens when a plant is honored as a complete creation.
This is what whole-plant formulation means. It is skincare built on the belief that nature already got the formula right. Our job is simply to preserve it.
Made for Women Who Are Done Guessing
You've read the labels. You've tried the "clean" products that still made your skin react. You've spent money on promises that didn't deliver. And somewhere along the way, skincare stopped feeling like care and started feeling like another thing on your list.
We built SunStar Soapery for you.
For the woman with sensitive skin who needs products that actually work with her skin, not against it. For the woman who wants to understand every single ingredient in her routine and trust that each one belongs there. For the woman who is ready for her skincare to feel like a moment of peace instead of a gamble.
You are not hard to please. You've just been underserved.
You Deserve Beautiful Skincare®
Not as an afterthought. Not as a luxury you have to earn. But as something that was always meant to be yours.
Whole-plant skincare that you can trust. Rituals that truly nourish you. A routine that finally feels like it was made for your skin, because it was.
Welcome, Sunshine, to SunStar Soapery. We're glad you're here.
Where Your Whole-Plant Ritual Begins
Every product is handcrafted with complete botanicals and formulated for sensitive skin. Here are a few favorites to start your journey.
Why Women Trust SunStar SoaperY
We know trust isn't given. It's earned. Here's what we bring to every product we make.
Formulated with Real Expertise Every product is developed by a trained botanical formulator with advanced education in skincare science through Formula Botanica. This is craft backed by knowledge, not guesswork.
Award-Winning Quality Our formulations have won recognition in soap-making competitions. But the recognition that matters most comes from the women who keep coming back.
Radically Transparent Ingredients Every ingredient is listed, explained, and chosen for a reason. No fillers. No mystery compounds. No "fragrance" hiding a dozen undisclosed chemicals.
Sensitive Skin First, Always Every formula begins with one question: "Will this be kind to the skin that needs gentleness most?" If the answer is anything less than yes, it doesn't leave our studio.
But don't just take our word for it.
Graduate of Formula Botanica
the organic cosmetic science school
IN THE news
TWO-TIME winner of soap & clay’s Project SoapwaY
SunStar Soapery has won two soap/cosmetic making competitions hosted by Soap & Clay. Watch the videos below to learn more about us and our soap making process, then take some time to peruse our shop!
Award-winning formulation is what happens when whole-plant wisdom meets real expertise. Here's a look at how we create.
July 2024
Carrot + Calendula Hydrating Face Cream
October 2023
Lotus Swirl
SUNSTAR ANTICIPATIONS
What's Taking Shape in Our Studio
Whole-plant skincare cannot be rushed. Every new formula begins with slow botanical infusions, careful testing, and the same question we ask of everything we make: "Will this be kind to the skin that needs gentleness most?"
That process takes time. And we think that's a beautiful thing.
Here's a look at what's coming next.
SUNSTAR SOAPERY’S
Upcoming events
Experience Whole-Plant Skincare in Person
There's something that a screen can't capture. The weight of a handcrafted bar in your palm. The moment a botanical scent reaches you and your shoulders soften. The chance to ask questions, hear the story behind a formula, and find the products your skin has been waiting for.
We'd love to meet you. Find us at markets and events across North Carolina.
The complete Rooted Liora Journey, sized for wherever life takes you. This curated travel set brings together all three steps of our signature facial care system in perfectly portable sizes, so your skin never has to compromise just because you left home. The same whole-plant botanicals. The same brightening, nourishing results. Just packed in your carry-on instead of your bathroom.
What's Inside
Travel-Size Purifying Bar: Enriched with shea and mango butters alongside the renewing power of carrot extract and turmeric. Gently cleanses and revitalizes, setting the stage for everything that follows.
Travel-Size Cleansing Melt: Carrot-infused sunflower oil and carrot-infused cocoa butter dissolve impurities and nourish deeply, with the calming scents of lavender and chamomile turning a hotel bathroom into a ritual.
Travel-Size Skin Nourish: Lavender and chamomile floral waters, carrot juice, and carrot-infused sunflower oil deliver rich hydration and luminous nourishment, leaving your skin soft, supple, and glowing, even at 30,000 feet.
Why You'll Love It
Your Full Routine, No Compromises: Every product in this set contains the same concentrated botanical actives as our full-size collection. Travel-sized doesn't mean watered down.
Brightening and Even-Toning: The potent synergy of carrot and turmeric across all three steps works to illuminate your complexion, helping to even out tone and reduce the appearance of fine lines, whether you're home or halfway around the world.
Ritual Anywhere: The calming, earthy aromas of lavender, chamomile, and rosemary transform any sink, any mirror, any moment into the tranquil skincare ritual your skin has come to expect.
Perfect For
Weekend getaways and extended travel
Trying the complete Rooted Liora Journey before committing to full sizes
Gifting the woman who deserves radiant skin wherever she goes
Details
Includes travel sizes of all 3 Rooted Liora products
Part of the Rooted Liora Journey
Handcrafted in Winston-Salem, NC
Whole-plant formulations
Formulated for sensitive skin
Free from synthetic chemicals
TSA-friendly sizes