Natural & Handmade in John’s Pass
Goat’s Milk Soap & Sea Sponges
A family-run soap and sponge shop on the boardwalk in Madeira Beach. Forty scents of goat’s milk and olive oil soap, natural Gulf sea sponges, and body care made with the same olive oil we’d put on the table.
★ 4.8 on TripAdvisor · #2 of 21 places to shop in Madeira Beach · Family-owned · Ships nationwide
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Everything here is made or hand-cut by our family in John’s Pass, and ships anywhere in the U.S.
In the shop & online now
Holiday Scents Are Here
Christmas Cookie, Gingerbread, Toasted Marshmallow, Victorian Christmas, Evening Snow — eleven holiday scents, all in our handmade goat’s milk and olive oil bars. $3.75 a bar, poured and cut in small batches at the shop. Order online or come pick your favorites off the shelf at John’s Pass.
11 scents
From Christmas Cookie and Gingerbread to Reindeer Poop
$3.75 a bar
The same goat’s milk and olive oil recipe, holiday scented
Small batches
When a scent runs out it’s gone until next year — grab your favorites early
Why goat’s milk and olive oil?
Made in small batches, by us
Poured, cut and cured by hand in our own workshop in Madeira Beach — not bought in and relabeled.
Rich, creamy lather
Goat’s milk and extra-virgin olive oil make a bar that lathers dense and creamy instead of thin and squeaky.
A short ingredient list
Olive oil, goat’s milk, herbs, salts and botanical oils — plus unscented bars with no fragrance at all, which is what we hand people with reactive skin.
Our story
From the sponge divers of Kalymnos to the boardwalk at John’s Pass
Our family’s sponge story starts on a Greek island where diving for sponges has been a way of life for centuries. Today we cut, sort and sell natural Gulf and Mediterranean sponges alongside the olive oil and goat’s milk soaps we make ourselves, from a small shop on the boardwalk at John’s Pass Village.
As featured in Florida Inno
What visitors say
Rated 4.8 of 5 on TripAdvisor · #2 of 21 places to shop in Madeira Beach
★★★★★
“Beautiful smelling soaps and a huge variety. Super friendly staff.”
koryn · TripAdvisor
★★★★★
“The olive oil and goat’s milk in the lotions really make them hydrating.”
Angie S. · TripAdvisor
★★★★★
“The folks that run the shop know their stuff. Very friendly and helpful.”
Steven P. · TripAdvisor
Visit us in John’s Pass
We are a small family business on the boardwalk at John’s Pass Village in Madeira Beach. Come smell the forty scents, pick a sponge from the baskets, and say hello.
12917 Village Blvd.
Madeira Beach, FL 33708
Sun–Thu 10am – 9pm
Fri–Sat 10am – 10pm
(727) 954-3417
Public parking at John’s Pass Village
Sponge care, soap tips & shop news
Lori’s Soap & Sponge Market Featured in Florida Inno
Florida Inno told the story of how a Kalymnos sponge-diving heritage became a family soap and sponge shop at John’s Pass. Here’s what the feature covers.
Our Favorite Time of Year: Lori’s Holiday Soap Scents
The holiday scents are out of the curing racks and the whole shop smells like a bakery. Eleven of them, $3.75 a bar — Christmas Cookie, Gingerbread, Victorian Christmas and more.
Olive Oil Soap or Goat’s Milk Soap: Which One Is for You?
Two different pleasures from the same little workshop — the silky old-world olive oil bar and the rich, creamy goat’s milk one. Here’s how to tell which is yours.