The Little Soap Shop

Adorable tiny little shop, very reasonable prices for handmade soaps and lotions and candles. After unsuccessfully scouring the city for bug repellent soap, I found a lemongrass bar soap for $ 5 (last one so I got $ 1 off the sample) and a small citronella candle for $ 8 that she said can be burned indoors.

Adorable little shop. Stopped in while my husband and I were visiting friends in Astoria. We picked up a candle ($ 12) and a lip butter ($ 4), and am very happy. The candle is a gift, so we haven’t burnt it, but the smell is wonderful. The lip butter (coconut mint) is wonderful! Shame I live far away, I like it so much I will probably end up buying it online!

I love this shop! It is so cute!!! The soaps and bath bombs are so fragrant and all natural. Get the lavender and charcoal too! It’s such a nice addition to the cute town of Astoria.

Stumbled into this place today and was pleasantly surprised at the very reasonable prices. I purchased a lavender, vanilla body spray and soap. Shelves were a little empty but must have been cause of holiday orders.
Will visit again when I’m in area.

I am in love with this place. Now this is the only soap I use everyday. I even can wash my hair with it and use some conditioner at the end. They lather so easy that as shampoo and shaving is the best. They leave you having a slight scent on you. currently my favorite from the holiday collection is Oak Berry. It is so delicious. If you have a chance to try it get that one it is the best !!!

Whether you are in the neighborhood or quite a distance away, this place is a must destination.
Great gift ideas or all ages.
Hand made soaps are so fantastic you won’t be able to choose a favorite. So do what I do, choose one of each. Each my favorite ! Candles also a winner.

I’ve been coming here for years, Viv is a genuinely caring person who wants to have a positive impact on the community and the environment. When I broke a bone she sent my friend to deliver some bath salts for a relaxing soak. My favorite scents are Moroccan fig, cherry blossom, and rose (which smells like sweet peony to me.) She has a rotating display of local artists’ crafts for sale, like jewelry. Definitely go to the tiny store for a look, not all the products are on the website.

I love this place! The owner is so sweet and helpful and the products are just top notch. It’s our go-​to for interesting gifts. I love that it’s so small and charming, you feel like you’ve stumbled onto a secret hidden little gem. My favorite products are the «monkey farts» candle, the coconut lip balm, and the unscented soap. We’ve tried just about every soap and they are all light and wonderful, with some really relaxing scents. She makes them with all organic and natural ingredients and my sensitive skin thanks her for that. Totally worth a visit!

This place is very cute and has great homemade products! I love the homemade soap especially. The store is very tiny (not many people can fit in at once), but is full of great lotions and soaps. I gave my mom the lavender lotion for christmas and she loves it! It is a great place to go for gifts. The owner is also very nice and helpful. Actually, every time I have been in the store, each staff member was very friendly and helpful with gift-​wrapping and picking out products. It’s easy to miss, but if you’re in the Ditmars area, try to stop by! You won’t be disappointed!

I walked into the Little Soap Shop as a part of the Waldo in Astoria scavenger hunt and I am so glad this little shop was a stop on the list!
The shop owner and her father staffed the tiny store and were so engaging as we talked about the history of Astoria and her experiences in the neighborhood. She talked about her soap making craft with such knowledge and passion that I was compelled to buy a lip butter and bar soap.
The lip butter (in coconut mint) was so smooth and weightless. Oh it was delicious too. The bar soap (lavender patchouli) has a warm and earthy scent. It left my skin full of moisture.
I will definitely be coming back to the Little Soap Shop to support our local shop owners and get some excellent gifts!

It’s such a pleasure to walk into this place. It’s like visiting an old friend or relative who always has something special waiting for you. I like that she carries a variety of loose leaf teas, which I hadn’t seen my last visit. As far as her product line goes, the owner is a wealth of information regarding ingredients and their therapeutic properties and is passionate about what she creates. I am in the process of piecing together a gift package for a friend, which now includes the Patchouli Lavender Vanilla Shower Gel. Apparently, the shower gels are a hot commodity because the owner, Vivi, was busy working on a new batch when I came in. As I waited and perused all her goodies, I eyed the Lemongrass Lavender Soap for next time. Places like The Little Soap Shop make me proud to patronize a fellow Greek.

This little shop is packed full of handmade soaps and bath products. Everything is unique, beautifully wrapped, and fairly priced. Perfect for any gift giving needs, or for spoiling yourself.

Awesome place. Great to support local businesses with quality products! Owner is really sweet and her dad was there helping out as well. Good people and great place.

Cute small soap shop. Love their body butters, soaps, and the beaded purses imported from Indonesia.

The prices are great, the owner is kind & helpful and the Coconut Mint lip butter is the best thing I have ever put on my lips. Ever. In 4 continents. Of any price range. It’s all natural, smells great, moistens lips without any stickiness and you can also put it on your hands or anywhere else.

I live in the Ditmars area and I stumbled upon this store last year. You know, I’m a can’t-care-less-whatever-soap-is-on-sale-at-the-drugstore type of girl, but after trying out their products I’m hooked. Their products are handmade, and although pricier than a bar of irish spring, it’s totally worth getting. I could totally tell the difference when I used their soap, my skin was perfectly moisturized and didn’t feel like it had a film of soap leftover like the usual drugstore soaps do. I recently bought a bar of their citronella soap which I’m looking forward to using in the summer when mosquito season hits. I am also very fond of their tea tree soap!
The owner and staff are really nice and welcoming. It’s good to know there is a store like this in the neighborhood!

This shop is great, products are amazing and the owner is completely down-​to-​earth, having started life as worker bee in a 9-​to-​5 like the rest of us before taking a leap with her hobby/​dream full time. I mention this because we’re not talking about someone who took out a small portion of her trust fund so that she could kill some time during the day– she really knows and loves her soaps.
Specifically, I got the «Oatmeal Spice» bar. It is simply amazing. I originally intended for it to be just for hand washing (I wanted the olde charm of feeling a handmade bar in my hands, but the lather was so frothy and the smell was so luscious that I used it in the shower as well (washing my hair, even!). It departs a faint, yet lingering smell of a chai latte onto your hands.
I’m no vegetarian, but I draw the line with washing myself using animal fats. That’s just uncalled for, especially when lovely alternatives like this are available.

Obsessed with the smell and taste of the coconut lip balm. It’s a little grainy so it exfoliates my lips leaving them super soft. Def need to come back here ASAP to try all her other fantastic products. And the prices are just as sweet as the owner’s demeanor.

In my meandering of Astoria, this was on my list of places to visit.
The name is definitely not misleading. It really is a little little shop, very easy to overlook, but it’s definitely worth a visit for you’re looking for little gifts. Lots of beautiful delicately fragrant handmade cakes of soap. They have deliciously smelling whipped body butter. Other little delights, such as lip balm, salt scrubs, whimsical knickknacks, knitted shawls from a local knitter, etc were also on hand.

I love this place.
My friend and I stumbled upon it by chance one day after brunch, and I’ve since returned several times to buy soaps and other skincare products as gifts for friends and family.
The lip balms are especially amazing — my favorite flavor is the passionfruit rose, which I am almost afraid to mention here lest they be all sold out from now on when I need to replace mine! But seriously, great scent, great price, and it feels wonderful on my lips. I don’t want to use any other type of chapstick/​lip balm anymore.