A new soap brand built around aloe, turmeric and activated charcoal has set up shop in Richardson, with six cold-process bars now available both online and at the company's own production showroom. SaponiQ launched in early October 2026, selling cleansing bars made from scratch at its local facility.
According to Community Impact, the bars include plant-based ingredients like aloe and turmeric, as well as charcoal and essential oils. The outlet reports that SaponiQ products are available at the company's showroom in its Richardson production facility or online, giving local shoppers a chance to see the cold-process operation up close rather than just ordering sight unseen.
SaponiQ's own announcement, distributed via PR Newswire, fills in more detail on how those bars actually get made. The debut collection — called Awake, Balance, Restore, Purify, Radiance and Natural — is produced through a cold-process method that includes pouring, unmolding, cutting and a four-week curing period, per the company's release. That means every bar sitting on a shelf today started as a batch mixed a month earlier.
An Engineer's Approach to a Bar of Soap
The brand's founder, Sandy Palisch, brings an unusual resume to the soap aisle. The release describes her as an electrical engineer and former fighter-jet designer who turned her attention to something far smaller in scale: the cleansing bar itself.
“I wanted to apply that same engineering mindset to something much simpler: how much better can we make the cleansing step itself?” Palisch said, according to the same release. She has also said her engineering background taught her to question every part of a system, a philosophy she applied to rethinking how a bar of soap is formulated and produced rather than layering on additional skincare steps.
Formulation Claims and Where to Buy
SaponiQ describes its formulas as vegan, cruelty-free, non-GMO, paraben-free and made without synthetic fragrance, per the company's release. The brand is also listed as a GO TEXAN Product Partner, a designation tied to its Texas roots.
On pricing, the release states that individual full-size botanical cleansing bars run $22 each, while a five-bar Botanical Discovery Set costs $26. Shoppers can find the full lineup through the company's own site or in person at its Richardson production facility, where the showroom doubles as a window into the brand's cold-process operation.
