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Sun Basin Soap

project · in 22 videos (2023–2026)

Soap brand Hank's team created in 2023 and sells at Good Store, with all profit going to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone.

Part of: Good Store · Includes: Garden Party Soap, Memory Soap, Clarity Soap, Dew Drop Shampoo Bar, Viridian Sun Bath Box

Videos by year: 2023: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2026: 3

Also known as: Sun Basin, Sun Basin Soap Club

Threads

Also named in the threads: Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015) · Awesome Socks Club: monthly sock subscription (2016) · Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019) · Awesome Coffee Club: the brothers' coffee subscription for charity (2022) · John and Hank ask viewers to sign up for the Awesome Socks Club for 2023 (2022) · Good Store: the brothers' store and subscription box at good.store giving all profit to charity (2023) · Hank asks viewers to buy Hank's Cancer Socks at good.store (2023) · Keats & Co.: the brothers' coffee and tea brand fighting tuberculosis (2024) · Partners In Health's comprehensive TB care project in Lesotho (search, treat, prevent), backed by Keats & Co. (2024) · EcoGeek relaunch: Hank and DFTBA's eco-conscious cleaning-supply subscription, profits to the Coral Reef Alliance (2025) · Hank asks viewers to buy Good Store's Mother's Day bundle (2025)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Good Store (19) · Awesome Coffee Club (12) · Keats & Co. (7) · Awesome Socks Club (14) · Maternal Center of Excellence (11) · Sierra Leone (12) · maternal death (8) · Hank's Cancer Socks (3) · Koidu Government Hospital (4) · EcoGeek (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2023

  • 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — ask: In a channel comment John teases that Hank is bad at promotional comments and urges viewers to get Sun Basin Soap at good.store, which gives 100% of its profits to charity. (playful) — creator comment
    • Hank announces that after more than a year of talks with Botanie, his team is creating its own brand, Sun Basin Soap. — 00:01:05
    • Hank says the Sun Basin Soap Club donates all of its profit to charity. — 00:01:33
  • 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — ask: John: Among more ways to help, the description asks viewers to join the Awesome Coffee Club or get Sun Basin soap, and to spread the word. — video description
  • 2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John lists Hank's roles: CEO of Complexly and DFTBA.com, founder of the Awesome Socks and Coffee Clubs and Sun Basin Soap, host of Crash Course, SciShow, Journey to the Microcosmos, Vlogbrothers and an advice podcast. — 00:00:08
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — John says the Awesome Coffee Club donates 100% of profit to charity; Awesome Coffee, Awesome Socks and Sun Basin Soap have donated over $5 million in three years to fight maternal and infant mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:05:20
  • 2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — ask: John: As his last act as CEO, John encourages viewers to buy Sun Basin Soap, which he calls truly the best soap. — 00:02:26
    • For the last time as CEO, John asks viewers to buy the soap, coffee and socks, noting that 100% of the profit goes to charity. — 00:03:24
  • 2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — ask: Hank says Good.Store also offers the Awesome Coffee Club and Sun Basin Soap, whose holiday boxes he plugs. — 00:03:48
  • 2023-11-28 · John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations — ask: John: For people who love getting clean John recommends the Viridian Sun bath box he designed for Sun Basin Soap: a Pacific Northwest candle, his three favorite soaps, a bath bomb and bath salts. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — announcement: Hank: Looking for other subscriptions, they found ethically sourced coffee and started soaps with Sun Basin Soap, a local private-label maker; more subscriptions such as tea will follow. — 00:03:45
    • Hank says the store is full of holiday specials and bundles, his cancer socks, bath boxes and coffee boxes, which make great gifts for loved ones or yourself. — 00:05:53
  • …and 19 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

  • 2024-06-18 · The Tea — John: The Awesome Socks Club became an explosive hit; with its sibling coffee and soap clubs it has raised over $8 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — 00:01:27
    • Good Store's socks and soap stay oriented around maternal mortality, while coffee and now tea relaunch as a new brand, Keats & Co., to fight tuberculosis. — 00:03:53
  • 2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — Hank says Sun Basin Soap is the product growing most organically, with customers coming back over and over. — 00:04:47
    • Hank urges viewers who haven't tried Sun Basin Soap to try it. — 00:04:47
    • Hank and Katherine created Garden Party, a seasonal summer soap inspired by the Pimm's Cup, which they both love; there is no official tie to the Pimm's brand. — 00:05:17
    • Hank says the soaps use all-natural ingredients and fully biodegradable packaging, and all profit goes to charity. — 00:05:46
  • 2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Between soap and shampoo bars, Sun Basin Soap has netted $82,000 this year (2024) so far: much less than the socks, but growing. — 00:02:16
    • Because the soap and socks now give the maternal health care project enough, the brothers decided Keats & Co. coffee and tea would fund a new project fighting tuberculosis in Lesotho. — 00:03:09
  • …and 1 statement more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

Also named in: The world will change.

2025

  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says Hank's ideas the Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap have raised millions of dollars for a Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:49
  • 2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank: Reading the bundle's postcard, Hank says Sun Basin Soap donates 100% of its profit to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone, in a region with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. — 00:05:48 · also in: This one's for your mom
    • Hank asks John, and viewers, to buy the discounted Good Store Mother's Day bundle (Keats & Co. Evensong Chai, a Sun Basin citrus candle, Garden Party soap, hand balm) before Monday so it ships in time. — 00:06:37
  • 2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom — Hank says he and Katherine designed the Garden Party soap scent together, based on their favorite cocktail, the Pimm's Cup. — 00:05:25
    • Hank says the Sun Basin Soap Mother's Day Bundle is a $62 value for $50. — 00:23:02
  • 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says Good.Store's Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap together have raised $10 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — 00:00:58
  • 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — announcement: John presents Good Store's holiday bundles in three categories: socks and Sun Basin soap, candles and bath bombs fund the MCOE; coffee and tea fight TB; EcoGeek products fund the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:03:34
    • John asks viewers to get Good Store for the holidays. — 00:04:03
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John says Sun Basin Soap, their soap and shampoo bar company, now also sells bath bombs and candles, including a citrus and clary sage bath bomb. — 00:09:14
    • John explains where purchases go: Keats & Co. coffee and tea supports TB care in Lesotho; socks, underwear and Sun Basin Soap support the Maternal Center of Excellence; EcoGeek supports the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:24:21
  • …and 2 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — ask: The description offers any bar of Sun Basin Soap for $5 at Good Store with the code thankshank. — video description
    • For Hank's birthday John offers the year's best deal on Sun Basin Soap, all profit going to the Maternal Center of Excellence, with deals linked in the description. — 00:04:02
  • 2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John explains that Sun Basin makes soap, shampoo and body shave bars so people need not use heavy plastic bottles of liquid. — 00:02:50
    • John announces that as of today Sun Basin Soap also makes conditioner bars, which smell lovely. — 00:03:05
    • John says Sun Basin Soap has donated millions of dollars to support the Maternal Center of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:15
    • John urges viewers to get their soap, shampoo and now conditioner at Good Store. — 00:03:25
    • LJ asked to sell the soap and John agreed, calling it his favorite soap; Memory is now sold at Sun Basin Soap. — 00:03:55
  • 2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… — Hank says Sun Basin Soap works with a Montana company making soaps from a secret recipe with all-natural ingredients and no plastic packaging, aged like cheese or wine before shipping. — 00:02:55
    • Hank announces that Sun Basin Soap now has facial soap and shave soap and new branding stamped on the bar. — 00:03:24
    • Hank calls Sun Basin the best soap he has tried and expects viewers to check it out at the end of the video. — 00:03:24
    • Hank offers, as a gimmick, to bite a bar of Sun Basin Soap if viewers will check it out, noting all its profit goes to charity. (playful) — 00:06:57
  • …and 1 statement more in 2026 — all statements of 2026