Our Story

Kolob Salve & Soap Co. began with dirt under my nails and a quiet stretch of canyon sky overhead. Eight years ago, I started a small hobby farm in rural Southern Utah—learning by doing, and doing a lot. My skin bore the work, and I began crafting soaps and salves that could keep up: natural, nourishing, and rooted in old-world recipes.

As I studied herbal apothecary and explored the land around me, I discovered a wealth of healing elements—pine sap, calendula, lavender, rose—all growing within reach. Today, I still harvest many of those ingredients by hand. Other components are carefully selected from trusted vendors who share my commitment to limited-ingredient, nature-based formulations.

Kolob Salve & Soap Co. is built on a simple promise:
No dyes. No synthetic perfumes. No shortcuts.
Just small-batch skincare made with ingredients you’d recognize in a garden, a canyon trail, or a well-stocked herbal pantry.

Each product is crafted to honor the rhythm of the land and the timelessness of traditional recipes—because I believe skincare should feel like something your great-grandmother might have trusted.

These recipes begin at my kitchen counter, just as they always have—simple, slow, and steeped in tradition.

Thank you for being part of the story.

—Tracy Shing Sheres
Kolob Salve & Soap Co.