STEM Handmade Soap Opens In Birdtown
Lakewood is about to have the cleanest residents in all of northeast Ohio with the Grand Opening of STEM Handmade Soap on Saturday, October 5 at 12405 Madison Avenue. Owner and chief formulator Steve Meka of Lakewood makes all natural soaps, lotions, lip balms and other bath essentials with skin-loving ingredients produced only by Mother Nature.
Steve and his partner Dave Willett, have turned a hobby into a sudsy reality with the opening of this new storefront in the historic Birdtown area. Production has officially outgrown the basement of their Lakewood home and moved to Madison Avenue. You can watch Steve making everything by hand right in the retail shop and see with your own eyes the natural ingredients that go into STEM products – shea butter, coconut oil, safflower oil, cocoa butter and jojoba oil just to name a few.
“Pure, natural soap retains all of the skin-nourishing qualities rarely found in synthetic soaps manufactured commercially. Our natural soaps are all vegetable-based and tested only on family and friends. Try a few bars and you’ll feel the natural difference of handcrafted soap,” Meka explains. “Our skin is all natural, and I think the soaps that clean it should be too!”
The 100% natural products are only scented with pure essential oils to make washing your hands or taking a shower an aromatherapy experience. Special fragrances are featured each month and customers can take advantage of the Create-Your-Own scent option for a fragrance that is just right.
STEM Handmade Soap is currently scheduling educational soap-making classes and entertaining parties for special occasions, all right at the shop.
Follow your nose to the east end of Madison for a luxurious treat as a gift for yourself or a friend (we recommend both)! For those of you who know this block on Madison Ave, it’s located in the same building “The Bin” occupied before moving over to Sloane as “Nature’s Bin.”
Stop by the Grand Opening on Saturday October 5th and Sunday, October 6th to check it out, meet the owners and help them celebrate!
Steve Meka
Owner of STEM Handmade Soaps on Madison Ave in Lakewood's Historic Birdtown