About Ziryab's Body Brew
Handmade Soap and Body Care from New Mexico
We’re a small-batch maker of handmade soap and natural body care products in New Mexico. At Ziryab’s Body Brew, we create soaps, deodorants, lotions, and remedies inspired by traditional practices from around the world.
Our products are made in small batches by Analica and Jesse (although we all pitch in sometimes) in Silver City, New Mexico, and are available in our stores in Silver City and Mesilla as well as online.
At Ziryab’s Body Brew, products come from either a need one of us have or a request from a customer. I explore the ideas my grandmother used or my customers share with me. I adapt them into products that are practical, useful, and effective.
Everything is made in small batches and refined through real-world use and feedback from the people who use our products.
How Ziryab’s Body Brew Started
Ziryab’s Body Brew began with a very practical problem: deodorant.
For most of my life I struggled with body odor and sensitivity to commercial deodorants. Many products irritated my skin, stained clothing, or simply didn’t work.
So I started experimenting with my own formulas.
Eventually I created a deodorant that worked better than anything I had ever used. I could get through stressful days, travel, or work outside in the heat and still feel confident.
Friends and family began asking for it, and after making it for years I finally decided to offer it more widely.
That experiment eventually grew into Ziryab’s Body Brew.
Ziryab’s Body Brew has been making handmade soap and natural body care products in New Mexico since 2015.
Why the Name Ziryab?
Ziryab was a ninth-century innovator who is credited with introducing toothpaste and deodorant to European culture.
He was known for improving everyday life through creativity and experimentation. That spirit of practical innovation felt like the perfect inspiration for a company focused on handmade solutions for personal care.
Our Approach to Natural Body Care
At Ziryab’s Body Brew we try to make products that are:
• Effective
• Thoughtfully formulated
• Made with carefully chosen ingredients
Many of our products are concentrated so customers are not paying to ship large amounts of water.
We are constantly refining formulas and testing ingredients to improve how our handmade soaps and body care products perform.
Inspired by the New Mexico Desert
Living in the high desert influences many of the products we make.
The climate in southern New Mexico demands body care that truly protects skin and hair. Local plants such as yucca, prickly pear, and desert botanicals inspire many of our formulas.
Some ingredients come from nearby sources. Others come from around the world when they improve the quality of a product.
Handmade in Silver City
All Ziryab’s Body Brew products are made in small batches in Silver City, New Mexico by a small team of makers.
You can find our products:
• At our Silver City store
• At our Mesilla store near Las Cruces
• Online at ziryabs.com
We also ship our handmade soap and body care products to customers throughout the United States.
A Note from Brenda
I’ve always loved making things. As a kid I would sneak into the kitchen and start baking without recipes just to see what would happen.
That curiosity eventually led me into soapmaking, skincare, and experimenting with botanical ingredients.
Ziryab’s Body Brew grew slowly out of those experiments. Even now I’m always looking for ways to make something a little better.
If you’re here, I hope you find something that works for you.
— Brenda