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Luxury Lifestyle Gifts 🛍️
Handmade in Namakwaland 🇿🇦
Nature Friendly Products 🐾
🛒 www.bykes.co.za

22/10/2026

Soft and lingering..

🔸Sillage
🔸Rêverie
🔸Velours

100% natural soap.

Available in both 50g & 125g bars.

15/10/2026

Your skin... softly scented.

Manoir du Savon Collection brings three lovely natural soap bars:

Rêverie, Velours, Sillage

The full collection is here - available in 50g & 125g bars.

08/10/2026

By Kes soaps have found their way north, to the Farmhouse Shoppe in Hoedspruit, Limpopo.

A beautiful space where handmade and considered things come together.

You’ll find our soap bars waiting for you at The Farmhouse Shoppe, whether you're passing through or staying nearby.

📍 The Farmhouse Shoppe | Zandspruit Estate, Hoedspruit

Follow along: The Farmhouse Shoppe 🤍

01/10/2026

This October, By Kes turns four. Four years of handmaking from my studio in Namaqualand, with a love for natural ingredients, beautiful fragrances, and the simple pleasure of daily comforts.

Four years of making, curing, wrapping, creating, learning and growing.

A very big thank you to every customer who has chosen a By Kes soap bar, and to every stockist who has given this brand a place on their shelves. Every bar chosen, every shelf offered, has built By Kes - one purchase at a time.

New packaging, a larger bar size, and a brand story that will grow with every collection to come, each one rooted in a place, a memory, or a moment that shaped me.

This next chapter is one I've been quietly working toward for a while.

Here's to four years, and to everything still to come. 🥂

27/09/2026

Four years 🗓️ This October!

I can’t believe four years have gone by so quickly, while By Kes has slowly grown into the little brand it is today.

And… our much-loved fragrances will be arriving in larger 125g soap bars! Beautifully wrapped and made with the same small-batch care you know and love.

A little more soap. A little more me time. 🤍

25/09/2026

The creamy lather.
The delicate fragrance.
The way your skin feels afterwards, clean, soft and quietly cared for.

Our soaps are made slowly, then given time to cure naturally until each bar is ready to become part of your everyday ritual - A little rustic. A little refined.

Find us at select stockists:

Organic Living
Organic Route
Garden Route Flowers
The Notebook Hotel
The Good Stuff

23/09/2026

Tell me… where’s your absolute favourite place to shop? 🤎

I’m opening our doors to a small number of new By Kes stockists, and I'd love your recommendations.

Because our soaps are made in small batches and thoughtfully finished by hand, I’m choosing to work with a limited number of stores at a time.

So, I want to know:
Where do you love to shop?

A beautiful little boutique in your hometown…

A healthy farm shop you always make time for…

A florist with a lovely selection of gifts…

A natural living store…

A cosy coffee shop that also stocks beautiful things…

Or a destination gift shop you think would be perfect for our soaps…

Tell me in the comments 👇🏼
Tag the store if you like or comment their name and where to find them.

And if you’re a retailer who would like to bring By Kes to your customers, I’d love to hear from you too. Wholesale enquiries are open via our website.

17/09/2026

Manoir du Savon Collection

A little journey to the French countryside, inspired by charming old-world homes, timeless elegance and the art of slowing down.

Signature scents: Sillage, Velours, Rêverie

Sillage

An elegant blend of bitter orange, leafy greens and bergamot with soft notes of rose petals, hibiscus, patchouli and sandalwood.

Floral Oriental

Velours

A captivating blend of floral notes and the luscious aroma of ripe figs folded in a velvety soft magnolia scent.

Fruity & Floral

Rêverie

A soft melody of sweet freesia, verbena blossom, peony and lily with a touch of pink pepper, blonde woods, amber and light musk.

Floral

15/09/2026

Our stories, beautifully wrapped. By Kes soap Collections...

The Namaqualand Collection

Inspired by the extraordinary beauty of the Namaqualand landscape, wildlife and its fleeting spring blooms.

Signature scents: Namaqua Wildflowers, Cederberg Mountains, West Coat

The Manoir du Savon Collection

A little journey to the French countryside, inspired by charming old-world homes, timeless elegance and the art of slowing down.

Signature scents: Rêverie, Velours, Sillage

Join our network of stockists this summer season – Apply online today.

01/09/2026

A new season of fresh beginnings, blooming natural goodness.

Happy 1st of Spring 🌻

Address

Namakwaland
Cape Town

Telephone

+27720199501

Website

https://bykes.co.za/

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