The Want List: Elevated Bath Goods
These locally-sourced essentials turn everyday routines into rituals.
Whether you’re looking to upgrade your April showers or stage an ensuite to impress guests, consider these mindful bath and shower products — sourced from artisans and makers across our markets.
Bar soap that raises the bar.
Southampton Soap Co. | The Hamptons, NY
Southampton Soap Co. uses all-natural botanicals, oils, and colorants for its bars, which are kettle-cooked from a vegetable base before being poured and cut by hand. These chunky blocks are as soft on your eyes as they are on your skin, making them a welcome addition to any bathroom vanity. Try Ylang‑Ylang Cedarwood (pictured), with its woody lavender and citrus notes, or Seaside Spa, featuring nutrient-dense sea vegetables, clay that lifts toxins, and water from the Atlantic Ocean.
$15.00 at Southampton Soap Co.
Blissful bath salts.
White Lily Shoppe | Alexandria, VA
When it’s less about routine and more about extended stays, it’s time to satisfy the senses. Indulge them with this lush Pink Himalayan salt bath soak, formulated with bergamot and geranium essential oils. Launched in a kitchen in Northern Virginia, White Lily Shoppe has been formulating 100% natural soap and body care products since 2019, carefully vetting every supplier to ensure every single ingredient is clean, cruelty-free, and organic.
$22.00 at White Lily Shoppe
Shampoo made just for you.
Prose | Brooklyn, NY
Using its proprietary AI algorithm, Williamsburg-based Prose Beauty analyzes more than 85 touchpoints to develop a custom hair care regimen just for you. You won’t just receive bespoke formulations, crafted from more than 185 quality natural ingredients, but personalized instructions, too. No matter the end product, rest assured it will be sulfate-free, non-stripping, and color- and keratin-safe. By sharing comments and concerns as you go, the algorithm is able to learn adjustments for each order—the future really is now.
$37.00 at Prose
A candle that takes you places.
Moody Girl Candle Co. | West Palm Beach, FL
Shower thoughts can already take you to all kinds of destinations. Why not take that escapism to the next level? The Places Collection from Moody Girl Candles invites scents from the places you love to wherever you want them. These well-priced, high-quality candles are hand-poured in the Palm Beaches with wood wicks and slow-burning coconut wax—not to mention they’re stunning to look at even when they aren’t lit. Let the steam lift the aromas of South Beach (tropical fruit with vanilla and tonka bean), Pacific Northwest (woody balsam and citrus), and Manhattan (woodsy-floral), while you wish you were there.
$38.00 at Moody Girl Candles
A real loofah — not an impostor.
Heliotrope | Oakland, CA
Not all sponges are created equal. In fact, much of what you see marketed as “sponges” these days is entirely synthetic, made from things like plastic fibers and polyurethane foam. This is a proper, plant-based loofah: a dried tropical gourd you can feel good about using because it’s derived neither from petroleum products nor a living sea creature. Your skin will feel all the better for it, thanks to its exfoliating qualities, which stimulate the skin and massage the lymphatic system. Try it with any of Heliotrope’s full line of all-natural bath and body products, or the formulations of your choice.
$6.00 at Heliotrope
Aromatherapeutic body wash.
Floraco | Fairfield County, CT
Because feeling good should also be good for the planet, many in the bath and body space are ditching single-use plastic for refillable glass bottles. Not only do they look better on show; they can even save you some change in the long run. This refillable sandalwood, cedarwood, and cardamom body wash from Floraco is as mindful as it is delicious, bringing a spa-level experience to any bath or shower ritual. Every product from the brand, based in coastal Fairfield County, is rooted in the idea that even the simplest pleasures in your day are worth pausing to celebrate.
