Our Philosophy

The Funky Chunks Soap Company is the maker of uniquely fragrant Soaps and we believe our soaps are indeed the happiest soaps on the planet! A pretty bold claim we know, but what do you expect when you put together a company owner, sales team, production and a support staff who are always joyful and passionate about what they do. Our goal it is to create the happiest and most wholesome product possible, and our goal it is to put that product into the hands of the people we enjoy serving and who ultimately make us great...our customers!

We enjoy our work and the products we create...and it shows through our fun and funky product lines, our world-wide social interaction, and our unsurpassed customer service.

The History

Michele Y. Rosta is the owner and lead Soapstress of The Funky Chunks Soap Company. Michele's infactuation with soap and love of soapmaking started at a very young age when she was introduced to the craft as a small child by her Great Grandmother. "My Great Grandmother's experiments with soapmaking were never dull and were sometimes quite dangerous. She used leftover soap bits, oils and colognes to create some very interesting, if not downright ugly soaps. Those ugly soaps were truly amazing! Even as a small child I knew that handmade soap was something special." Through the early years, Michele was longing for quality soaps and lotions that she felt comfortable using which were healthy for her personally, yet were not putting a dent in her budget. She always believed wholesome and unique did not have to equate to costly. With a gentle pushing from friends and a desire to produce a fantastic product to share with others, Michele went back to her childhood memories of handmade soap for inspiration. She tweaked and old family recipe and launched The Funky Chunks Soap Company in 2008. Michele started making soap in her small apartment kitchen and moved the Funky Chunks Soap Company to it's current home, a 1,000 square foot production studio in 2010.

The Product:

  The team at The Funky Chunks Soap Company pride ourselves on paying attention to all of the little details when it comes to the creation, production, packaging, sales, and customer service of our unique and funky product lines. Funky Chunks uses only high quality vegetable oils in all our soap products. We make our soaps in small batches to bring you the freshest soaps possible. Our soaps are Vegan friendly and have fragrant big bubble lather that is kind and gentle to your skin. We strive to create products that will give you an amazing shower and bath experience. We gather the inspiration for our soap scents from the many places of our staff travels. We love to capture the local colors and scents of the Jersey Shore where we started, but our imaginations don't stop there. We also draw from each of our childhood memories, spiritual connections, cultural experiences, and our customer's well thought-out inspirational suggestions to create some of our more unique fragrance combinations. Our soaps are bright, bold and fragrant. Every day at Funky Chunks is creative and fun and we hope that our soaps bring a little of that excitement to our customers.

The Team:

  Michele Y. Rosta - company owner, soapmaker

Michele is a punk rock princess from Cleveland that now lives at the Jersey Shore with her punk rock prince and her Siamese cat, Indiana Jones. She is a voracious reader, an adventurous Primal cook, music lover and soap addict. She left a 15 year career in retail management to start the Funky Chunks Soap Company.

 Phil Nase - logistics

Phil was born and raised in Point Pleasant NJ. From the time he was a young boy he has always had a passion for all things mechanical. He has held mechanical repair jobs that took him all over the great state of NJ and all over the United States. He lives for the challenge of inventing and making everything Michele needs to let her creative juices flow when making all the soap you love. He is a collector of automobilia and anything uber-geek.

Chuck Gianakos - marketing and national sales

 Chuck was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on the beaches of the New Jersey shore in Point Pleasant, New Jersey since age seven.  Throughout his youth and young adulthood, Chuck has had a passion for music, particularly the hardcore metal and punk scene. Chuck is also an ordained Independent Interfaith Minister & Certified Spiritual Director. He lives in Brick, NJ with Vicky, his wife of 25 years and his beautiful cat, Mary.

 Pat Cashin - research and media relations