The Sea Queen

Adventurer, while we cannot go back in time and hang with the Sea Queen of Connaught, despondent though the thought makes us, we attempt to summon her with this complicated, unpredictable little number, in which the green scents of Ireland tumble together on a heady, orange-scented trade wind. Like the Queen herself, we think this out-of-the-ordinary soap has a power all its own.

Seriously, if you don’t know about Gráinne Ní Mháille, then we feel bad for you. Born in 16th century English-occupied Ireland to a family of sea-farers, young Gráinne or “Grace” as her name is often anglicized, earned her nickname “Gráinne Mhaol” (Bald Grace) early in life by doing a Miley when her father insisted that she could not come on a trading mission with him because her long hair would get tangled in the ship’s rigging. Outfoxed by his newly bald daughter, her dad relented, and she eventually teamed up with him and became an expert sailor and pirate. Among about a million other feats, legend has it she once whupped a band of Turkish pirates one day after giving birth!

While Grace’s exploits in love and piracy are famous folktale fodder throughout Ireland, her stylish statesmanship is what really catches our fancy. In 1593, Grace met with the mighty Queen Elizabeth I to petition the release of her son and brother from English custody. Can we just say that we at Squeaky Sailor would give pretty much anything to go back in time and hear two of the most powerful women of the age duke it out in Latin - their only mutually compatible tongue? Plus, rumor has it Grace brought a dagger to the meeting. Because you can, right?

Ingredients: Olive oil, water, beeswax, coconut oil, palm oil, castor oil, sodium hydroxide (lye), juniperus virginiana (cedarwood) essential oil, citrus aurantium dulcis (orange) essential oil, abies sibirica (Siberian fir) essential oil