C O T T E R J A M E S

Welcome to CotterJames in a Natural World!

Our company, CotterJames, began in 1994 as the official start of graduating from a studio workshop to opening our first commercial retail shop. The move was exciting and scary all at once, and we have worked hard as our vision renewed itself every day making custom natural soaps, cremes, salves and personal care products for your skin care needs.

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Our love of all things natural and our knowledge of herbs led to shelves filled with wonderful jars and pots of Fruit Jewels, (our low sugar version of jam and jelly), and culinary herb combinations for the kitchen. We added custom blended teas and functional pottery from our local artisan friends. We began producing natural candles and aromatic beeswax fresheners, herb-dyed silk scarves and cotton bags for aromatic herbs sachets. We continue to support and teach natural soapmaking and herbal care with classes open to the public

in late spring and fall each year.

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As the world continues to reach back to hold on to the simpler things of the past for comfort and strength, we continue to do everything possible to ensure that the simple, healthful and beautiful handmade talents of the past are still practiced in the present. And in the present day, we also go a step farther by ensuring that our commitment to these crafts involve truly

natural methods and ingredients.

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CotterJames is dedicated to the concept the Natural is important. And while it seems the word, 'Natural', has been stretched and misused to the point that marketing hype has blurred any real definition, we would like to state that for us, Natural means synthetic free. That translates to every oil, butter, herb and ingredient we use. All ingredients are minimally processed and unaltered by means of synthetic combination or the product of a laboratory process.

We do not use dilutants, solvents or preservatives.

We do not use petroleum oils or commercially produced 'butters'.

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We DO use Avocado oil pressed from Avocados, Sweet Almond oil pressed from Sweet Almonds, pure Lavender augustifolia essential oil steam distilled from Lavender augustiofolia flower spikes and so on.

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As time goes on, join us here for tips and news about our products and formulas to make your own at home. Feel free to send in a question or comment. We love to help if we can and look forward to sharing the natural world with you!