Down at the Market
Cellar Door Soap Cleans Up at Dearborn's Market
The local soap company is growing through face-to-face sales.
When Brandon Mitchell was dabbling in making his own soaps at home in 2008, he was doing so because he liked the idea of only using natural ingredients for something that is for personal skin care. “I like to be self-sufficient and make things that are good for you,” he explained. These homemade soaps were initially for his own use and to share with close family and friends. Soon, people began to ask if he would sell the soap, and within a year, Mitchell launched Cellar Door Soap Company. Two years later, the bustling business is now his everyday job. “It’s nearly a year to the day that I quit my job and started doing Cellar Door full-time," he said. "I make the soaps myself and then sell them at (farmers) markets like Dearborn. My sister…
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