John asks viewers to buy Sun Basin Soap, whose profit goes to charity (2023)
ask · status: promotion (not a request) · last event: reminder (2026-09-04) · owner: John and Hank
From 2023 the brothers repeatedly urged viewers to buy Sun Basin Soap at Good Store, whose profits go to charity. By September 2026 John said it had donated millions of dollars to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone.
Part of: Sun Basin Soap: the brothers' charity soap subscription made with Botanie (2023)
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to buy Good Store's Mother's Day bundle (2025) · Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019) · Partners In Health's comprehensive TB care project in Lesotho (search, treat, prevent), backed by Keats & Co. (2024) · Awesome Coffee Club: the brothers' coffee subscription for charity (2022)
About: Sun Basin Soap
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-28 | asked | Hank invites viewers to check out Sun Basin Soap at good.store. | I Discovered a Soap Secret 00:02:55 |
| 2023-05-02 | reminder | 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. | GOOD NEWS creator comment |
| 2023-08-29 | reminder | As his last act as CEO, John encourages viewers to buy Sun Basin Soap, which he calls truly the best soap. | Breaking News: CEO Demoted 00:02:26 |
| 2023-11-24 | reminder | Hank says Good.Store also offers the Awesome Coffee Club and Sun Basin Soap, whose holiday boxes he plugs. | It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday 00:03:48 |
| 2023-11-28 | reminder | 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. | John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations 00:02:26 |
| 2023-12-01 | reminder | Hank plugs Good Store's bath boxes with new descriptions as holiday gifts. | It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:05:53 |
| 2024-08-09 | reminder | Hank urges viewers who haven't tried Sun Basin Soap to try it. | Why isn't This Illegal? 00:04:47 |
| 2025-04-18 | reminder | 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. | I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:06:37 |
| 2025-04-18 | reminder | Hank says the Sun Basin Soap Mother's Day Bundle is a $62 value for $50. | This one's for your mom 00:23:02 |
| 2025-05-13 | reminder | John invites anyone in the market for socks or soap that save lives while warming feet and cleaning bodies to check out Good.Store. (playful) | I Have the BEST News 00:00:58 |
| 2025-11-11 | reminder | 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. | John's Annual Psychophysical Decline 00:03:34 |
| 2025-11-24 | reminder | 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. | Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:09:14 |
| 2026-05-05 | reminder | 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. | Noted Brother Hank Green 00:04:02 |
| 2026-09-01 | result reported | John says Sun Basin Soap has donated millions of dollars to support the Maternal Center of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. | You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried 00:03:15 |
| 2026-09-01 | reminder | John urges viewers to get their soap, shampoo and now conditioner at Good Store. | You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried 00:03:25 |
| 2026-09-04 | reminder | Hank calls Sun Basin the best soap he has tried and expects viewers to check it out at the end of the video. | This is a Terrible Idea… 00:03:24 |
What is said about it
18 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 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
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — announcement: 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
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — announcement: Hank says the Sun Basin Soap Club donates all of its profit to charity. — 00:01:33
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — Hank says that because Sun Basin skips fancy marketing, its soap costs less than the brands that work with Botanie. — 00:01:37
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — announcement: Hank says viewers can order a sample pack of all five current fragrances, each with different exfoliants and scents. — 00:01:44
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — Hank says everyone at the office has a different favourite, and his is probably Navigator, which he sums up in one word as clean. (hedged) — 00:01:52
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — Hank says one of the best parts of Sun Basin is its product descriptions, and reads Navigator's lyrical, impressionistic description aloud. (playful) — 00:01:58
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — announcement: Hank explains subscriptions: every one, two or three months, for one, two, three or six bars, with bulk orders cheaper per bar because bulk lowers costs. — 00:02:23
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — announcement: Hank says domestic shipping is $4 regardless of order size and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time. — 00:02:41
- 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — Hank says he loves the soap, has used it for years, and it is made in the mountains of Montana by people who care about their impact on the world. — 00:02:47
- 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
- 2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — Hank says the soaps use all-natural ingredients and fully biodegradable packaging, and all profit goes to charity. — 00:05:46
- 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
- 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — ask: 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 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
- 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
- 2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John calls Sun Basin's bars the best soap in the world and invites doubters to ask commenters. (playful) — 00:03:00
- 2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — announcement: John announces that as of today Sun Basin Soap also makes conditioner bars, which smell lovely. — 00:03:05