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All Natural Soap Ingredients and Uses

Cold Process All Natural Soap Bars:  Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Avocado Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Essential Oil and/or botanicals/herbs.

Base Oils and Butters

Olive Oil:  This oil is known for its moisturizing and gentleness.  Olive Oil attracts moisture to the skin while allowing the skin to perform its natural functions.

Coconut Oil:  Is used in soap to produce a creamy lather and hard bar of soap that won't clog pores.  Note that this oil may affect those prone to allergic reactions to nut products.

Palm Oil:  Is water soluble and its firmness will hold up longer throughout use.  Contributes to a harder bar of soap.

Avocado Oil:  Absorbed easily by the skin and good for all skin types.  Contains many vitamins, including A, D, and E, amino acids, glycerides, protein, among others.

Castor Oil:  Is easily absorbed by the skin while attracting and retaining moisture.  Is softening and emollient.

Shea Butter:  This butter nourishes all skin types while soothing and softening dry skin.

Essential Oils

Tea Tree:  Anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial.  Can aid in the healing of chapped or troubled skin.  Uplifting and purifying.

Cedarwood:  Has a woody, slightly camphor-like scent.  Relaxing and stabilizing.

Eucalyptus:  Can stimulate circulation, is purifying, cooling, and invigorating.

Lavandin:  This oil is produced from a cross pollination of true lavender and spike lavender.  It has a woody scent with a hint of camphor.  Balancing and calming.

Lavender:  Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.  Balancing and relaxing.

Lime:  Used in facial soaps for its astringent properties.  Refreshing and equalizing.

Sweet Orange:  Known for toning and circulatory stimulation.  Refreshing and uplifting.

Patchouli:  An anti-inflammatory that is said to tone and tighten skin while regulating oily skin.  Earthy, balsamic, woody, spicy scent.

Peppermint:  Is anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent, and toning.  Refreshing, vitalizing, and cooling.

Spearmint:  Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.  Refreshing, cooling, calming, and uplifting.

Tangerine:  Antiseptic, astringent, and toning.  Cheering and uplifting.

Botanicals/herbs are added to the all natural soap bars for their aesthetic value and gentle emollient properties.

*Please Note* This information was provided to inform and educate our customers about the ingredients we use to make our handmade products.  We make no claims as to the effectiveness of the ingredients.   This information should not replace advice from your physician.

*As with any product, if irritation occurs, discontinue use immediately.