Everything coming up roses for artisan soap maker

Cork-based luxury soap producer Hajni Kele of Mianra Artisan Soaps aims to capitalise on recent demand for her products and is keeping her eyes open for potential export opportunities in the long term, writes Trish Dromey.

Christmas roses of a rather unusual kind have been selling like hot cakes for Cork artisan soap company Mianra in recent weeks.

Colourful rosettes, handmade with cold process soap and scented with Frangipani sold out very quickly at the RDS Christmas Fair in the RDS for the second year running.