ABOUT US

The practices surrounding the use of olive oil intrigued me. It has been used for anointing, (my grandfather was a priest) and for medicinal purposes. As a child, I remember my mum always packed her bottle of olive oil when she was at the beach as a moisturiser for her skin. Our mediterranean background of coarse also meant we poured it all over our food. We ate good oils and it made sense that if it was good for our diet, it was also good for our hair and skin. Olive oil has stood the test of time and remains essential, iconic and super delicious. So my love affair with this beautiful, fragrant green oil began as a child as it was used everyday. My yiayia used to put it in my ears and up my nose! But seriously, who doesn’t love a fresh tomato with feta, olives and oregano, doused with extra virgin olive oil?

I moved to Byron Bay in 1978 with my husband Peter, who is also of Mediterranean heritage. Being creative comes naturally to me. I had to make everything, from leather bags to shoes, designing, was an endless adventure. My love for music and guitar playing, led me to study audio engineering, and I remain a sound engineer to this day.

My domestic world was coloured with goat rearing, cheese making, cooking, landscaping, sewing, and designing homewares. The world of creative thought was endless. The canvas eventually grew to include our mud brick home. My husband blames his aching wrists on my limitless creativity but has loved the journey into a world without bounds. I wanted to live in a creative space and we achieved that.

While we were building, I began to understand why mud packs and mud treatments were so beneficial. My hands always felt soft at the end of the day, even after working, as they were constantly immersed in mud! I realised mud had amazing properties.

Nostalgic memories of bathing with rustic soap in the courtyard at my grandparent’s home on the Greek island of Symi, sparked a passion for the art of soap making. Understanding the benefits of precious pure olive oil and mud led to a natural progression of combining what has now become the foundation of  L  A  S  P  I  products. After a period of 5 years of different trials and tests, I rested with my recipe. Family and friends became excited about the benefits they were experiencing as they visited our home and tried our L  A  S  P  I products. The results were obvious. People would come for dinner which included a quick trip to the sink to try the much talked about L  A  S  P  I. As they sat they would say,”feel my face, its so soft” amazed at how radiant their skin looked and felt. I loved all the feed back. The journey had begun, and  

L  A  S  P  I ( greek for mud),was born.