{"id":18220,"date":"2015-11-04T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/lather-bar-co-moves-from-at-home-soap-manufacturing-to-broadway-downtown-spot.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:51:58","slug":"lather-bar-co-moves-from-at-home-soap-manufacturing-to-broadway-downtown-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/11\/lather-bar-co-moves-from-at-home-soap-manufacturing-to-broadway-downtown-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lather Bar Co. Moves From At-Home Soap Manufacturing To Broadway Downtown Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-left\">\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"latherbarsoap-hc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2015\/11\/latherbarsoap-hc.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-caption\">\n<p>Lather Bar Soap Co. is the creation of Marisa Fitch, who has been making and selling soap from home, but is opening a shop in downtown Saratoga Springs.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY JILL NAGY<\/p>\n<p>If it foams like soap but smells like coffee, it<br \/>\ncould be a bar of artisanal soap from Lather Bar<br \/>\nSoap Co., Marisa Fitch&#8217;s shop at 487 Broadway<br \/>\nin Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch has been making and selling soap since<br \/>\n2013 from home, but in November she opened<br \/>\na shop in downtown Saratoga Springs. She sells<br \/>\nher beer-based soaps by stocking them at local<br \/>\nbreweries that sell gift items, for example.<\/p>\n<p>After the alcohol is boiled away, &#8220;beer is very<br \/>\nbeneficial to the skin,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Saratoga Winery carries her wine-based<br \/>\nsoaps. Fitch also hits the craft show circuit. She<br \/>\nmakes a coffee-based variety. She also makes<br \/>\nmore traditional water-based soaps and soaps<br \/>\nscented with essential oils and a castile soap<br \/>\nmade with olive oil.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the soaps are in conventional bar<br \/>\nshapes, made in wooden molds. However, for<br \/>\nspecial orders&#8211;such as shoe-shaped favors<br \/>\nfor baby showers&#8211;she sometimes makes her<br \/>\nown molds.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, Fitch operated out of her<br \/>\nGansevoort home, building her business until<br \/>\nit reached the point where she could afford<br \/>\nto rent retail space. She signed a lease for the<br \/>\nBroadway space in October, attracted by the<br \/>\n&#8220;beautiful woodwork&#8221; in the shop and some antique<br \/>\nfurniture suited to soap products display.<\/p>\n<p>The store has studio space in the back so<br \/>\nFitch can move both her manufacturing and<br \/>\nher sales operation out of her home. She will<br \/>\nhave one part-time employee to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>She got into the soap business almost by<br \/>\nchance. She used to use a lot of lip balm. &#8220;My<br \/>\nhusband said I was addicted to ChapStick,&#8221;<br \/>\nshe said, and he bought her a book so that<br \/>\nshe could learn to make her own. She came<br \/>\nup with a jumbo-sized stick, ideal for winter.<br \/>\nOne thing led to another and soon, Fitch was<br \/>\nmaking soap.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch grew up in Glens Falls and now lives in<br \/>\nGansevoort. For a time, she managed two stores<br \/>\nin Lake George for the Jones Apparel Group.<br \/>\nLather Bar Soap is her first business of her own.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch&#8217;s website is www.latherbar.com. She<br \/>\ncan be reached by telephone at 269-6452.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Lather Bar Soap Co. is the creation of Marisa Fitch, who has been making and selling soap from home, but is opening a shop in downtown Saratoga Springs. 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