Handmade Soaps and Skincare from Montreal
Naturally Simple Skincare
Grey Cat Apothecary makes high quality organic and vegan soap and skincare in small batches in Parc Ex, Montreal.
Like many in this field, my natural skincare journey started with trying to manage my own sensitive and Eczema prone skin. After years of trying all sorts of products, and educating myself about skincare, I quickly I realized that natural soaps and skincare were a lot kinder to my skin.
From there I started to learn to make my own soap using premium organic ingredients, using only natural colourants and fragrances. As I shared my creations online, I found that my friends and family were interested in trying them for themselves, so Grey Cat Apothecary was created to share my organic soaps and other self-care products with the world at large.
Organic, Vegan, Fair-Trade
We do not use animal products in any of our organic soaps or skincare. Everything we use comes from plant-based sources. Seventy to one hundred percent of the oils we use in our products are certified organic and whenever possible we try to make sure they are also fair-trade. For example, our organic Shea butter comes from Canadian/Ghanaian company Baraka Shea Butter, who empower women in their communities to be entrepreneurs.
Zero Waste & Sustainability
All of our soaps are offered in 100% recyclable paper sleeves, as are our lip butters. We also use recycled materials to pack and ship our orders whenever available. Our goal is for our packaging to be 100% plastic free by the start of 2022.
Local Ingredients
Whenever possible, we love to source ingredients from right here in QC, like the organic canola oil from La goutte d’or we use in our extra gentle Mellow Yellow organic soap.
Only The Good Stuff
Because ingredients matter, even natural ones, there are a number of ingredients that we will not use at Grey Cat Apothecary, either for ethical, health or environmental reasons.
Our soaps are:
Palm Free
Mica Free
Paraben Free
Sulfate Free
We also do not use fragrance oils or other synthetic fragrances in our products.
Our products are either unscented, or scented with essential oils.