All Natural, Sustainable Ingredients
Thank you for choosing to use our products! We are honored that you trust us with your skin and self care needs.
We thoroughly research and take careful consideration when choosing suppliers when making our products. We only work with a select few, giving us the assurance the ingredients come from companies that not only trade ethically, but source and produce sustainably products. From our soaps, candles, body oils, and butters, you know whatever you choose, you are going to walk away happy! And your skin with love you for it!
Our products are formulated for all skin types. However, we advise caution if you have allergies, or other ailments that may not allow you to use our products. Disclaimer: We are not medical doctors or scientists, but educators through years of research, product testing, and customer feedback.
Below you will find a listing of ingredients that we use in each category of our products, and why.
Soap
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil
EVOO contains a higher concentration of vitamins and antioxidants. Olive oil makes a hard, long lasting soap with a gentle cleansing lather, suitable for all skin types including sensitive skins. High in Oleic acid, a soap made with olive oil will help to condition and soften your skin. Simply put, your skin will get more benefits with this glow-boosting ingredients.
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Coconut Oil
An excellent moisturizer for both the skin and the hair. It creates a protective moisturizing shield on the skin. Coconut oil is full of antioxidants and is composed of healthy saturated fats and vitamins like vitamin E, amino acids, lauric acid, and caprylic acid. Coconut oil seals in moisture, ensuring that the skin remains hydrated.
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Hemp Seed Oil
An all-natural, nutrient-rich oil that can provide numerous benefits for the skin. One of the most notable benefits of hemp seed oil is its ability to moisturize the skin without clogging pores. This makes it an ideal ingredient for those with oily skin or healing skin. Hemp seed oil is also rich in essential fatty acids, such as Omega-3 and Omega-6, which can help to reduce inflammation and promote healthy skin. Also used as a base oil in our essential oil roll on.
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Palm Oil
This oil creates a hard bar with a stable lather, and is often used to make something more long-lasting and resistant to melting. Using palm oil in your soap will give you a bar that has a moderate amount of cleansing and conditioning properties.
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Avocado Oil
This oil contains vitamins A, E, D, and C, which help fight free radicals and UV damage, thus preventing signs of premature aging skin, like dark spots. It hydrates deep layers of your skin to prevent water loss. It leaves your skin feeling smooth and soft every time you hop in the shower. It's also gentle enough to use on your face too.
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Castor Oil
Castor oil is obtained from castor beans and is known for its thickness. Castor oil is a humectant, which means it draws moisture to the skin, helping to keep it smooth. It is one of the best moisturizing ingredients for your skin because it's conditioning and softening properties. Creates a rich and creamy lather.
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Shea Butter
Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It's all-natural has contains vitamins A and E.It moisturizes the skin without making it oily.
Shea butter works like an emollient. It might help soften or smooth dry skin. Shea butter also contains substances that can reduce skin swelling. This might help treat conditions associated with skin swelling such as eczema.
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Aloe Vera
Known for its hydrating properties, making it a great choice for dry or sensitive skin. It is gentle, soothing, and can help to reduce inflammation. It can also help to kill bacteria, making it a good choice for those with acne-prone skin. Additionally, aloe vera soap can help to lighten the epidermis and fade scars and other blemishes.
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Organic Coconut Milk
Coconut milk is rich in antioxidants (including vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium). It gently removes impurities without drying sensitive skin. Also, the high levels of Vitamin C maintain skin elasticity and flexibility.
Assists in reducing age-spots, wrinkles, sagging skin, and wound healing.
Moisturizes all skin types, including psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis.
Body Butters
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Cocoa Butter
Cocoa butter is a type of fat that comes from cocoa beans. To harness cocoa butter, the beans are taken out of the larger cacao plant. Cocoa butter is known for it's hydrating and nourishing properties for the skin, and helps to improve elasticity.
Cocoa butter is also rich in natural plant compounds called phytochemicals. These substances may improve blood flow to the skin and slow skin aging by protecting against damage from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
One common use of cocoa butter is to smooth scars, wrinkles, and other marks on the skin.
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Shea Butter
Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa). It's all-natural has contains vitamins A and E.It moisturizes the skin without making it oily.
Shea butter works like an emollient. It might help soften or smooth dry skin. Shea butter also contains substances that can reduce skin swelling. This might help treat conditions associated with skin swelling such as eczema.
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Mango Butter
Mango butter, also known as mango kernel butter, is a natural fat that comes from the seeds of mango fruit. They're packed with fiber, vitamins (C, B6, A, E, and more), and minerals. They're also a good source of folate, potassium, calcium, and beta carotene. Which makes it a superfood for your skin.
It softens and soothes, and does not block your pores. It is known for it's anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging properties. Ideal for dry skin, but can be used by all skin types. We love it in our Cashmere Body Butter.
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Apricot Kernel Oil
Apricot kernel oil is pressed from the kernels of the Prunus armeniaca (apricot).It possesses anti-inflammatory properties, making it highly beneficial for those with sensitive or irritated skin. It can help alleviate common conditions like psoriasis and eczema by reducing redness, itching, and irritation.
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Grapeseed Oil
Grapeseed oil comes from the pressed seeds of grapes. The oil is a by-product of the process of making wine. It’s known for its
- anti-inflammatory
- antimicrobial
- antioxidant properties
These properties, along with the high amounts of omega chain fatty acids and vitamin E contained in grapeseed oil, have made it a popular topical treatment for skin. Helps to improve moisture and softness of the skin.
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Vitamin E Oil
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble, essential nutrient with anti-inflammatory properties. Vitamin E helps support the immune system, cell function, and skin health. It can help moisturize your skin and reduce itchiness. It can be especially beneficial for people with dry, flaky skin. Used in our body oils, and body butters.
Body + Face Oils
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Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is extracted from the seeds of the sunflower plant. It is a non-comedogeniccarrier oil which is highly absorbent, and won’t clog pores. It’s non-irritating for most people, and can be used on all types of skin, including dry, normal, oily, and acne-prone. It is also know to moisturize and
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Sweet Almond Oil
Sweet almond oil comes from sweet almonds. It is commonly used as an ingredient in many skin care and hair products. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This oil has many potential benefits for the skin, such as reducing the appearance of scarring and wrinkles. As an emollient, it hydrates, moisturizes and smoothes your skin. Almond oil is generally safe for sensitive skin because it is non-irritating and lightweight.
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Golden Jojoba Oil
The jojoba plant is a hearty, perennial plant that grows in North America. The nut of the jojoba plant can be made into an oil. Jojoba oil is gentle enough to be used as a carrier oil to mix with other essential oils. You can also use it on its own. It aides in moisturizing skin and acting as an antioxidant. Also used in our perfume + cologne oils.
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil
EVOO contains a higher concentration of vitamins and antioxidants. Olive oil makes a hard, long lasting soap with a gentle cleansing lather, suitable for all skin types including sensitive skins. High in Oleic acid, a soap made with olive oil will help to condition and soften your skin. Simply put, your skin will get more benefits with this glow-boosting ingredients.
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Organic MCT Oil
Also know as Medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) or Fractionated Coconut Oil. Used in our Yoni Oil because of it's lightweight and anti-fungal properties.
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Neem Oil
Also known as Margosa oil, is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds. Neem oil is known for it's antiseptic properties of treating many skin aliments. Used in our Yoni Oil. It has a strong garlic/sulfur odor.
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Vitamin E Oil
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble, essential nutrient with anti-inflammatory properties. Vitamin E helps support the immune system, cell function, and skin health. It can help moisturize your skin and reduce itchiness. It can be especially beneficial for people with dry, flaky skin. Used in our body oils, and body butters.
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Vitamin A Oil
Vitamin A, also known as retinol is good for improving the appearance of wrinkles and sagging. It helps to reducing hyperpigmentation and damage caused to the skin by the sun, In addition, it is anti-aging; helps to even skin tone; and can help treat acne by reducing inflammation, unclogging pores, and regulating oil production.
Colorants
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Clays
Clays are a wonderful addition to a bar of natural handmade soap. It's great at exfoliating, absorbing dirt and oils from the skin and leave it looking fresh and soft, removing toxins, and more!
Our most Used Clays:
- French green clay - This illite clay is good for absorbing water, oils, and toxins from the skin, but it's only recommended for normal to oily skin. It can also detoxify the skin and neutralize bad odors, making it good for scrubbing armpits.
- Kaolin clay - This lighter clay can be good for dry skin. It can also add a smooth, silky feel to soap and absorb excess oil.
- Rose Clay - suitable for most skin types, including sensitive and mature skin. Helps to soothe and reduce irritation and inflammation. Exfoliation: Gently removes dead skin cells and impurities. Detoxification: Draws out toxins and impurities from the skin
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Plant Based/Herbal Powders
These herbal powders add moisturizing, deep cleansing, gentle exfoliation, and comforting qualities to your soap.
Our Most Used Powders:
- Spinach Powder - Rich in Vitamins A, C, E and K, as well as vital minerals, this leafy green vegetable plays an important role in skincare. Loaded with antioxidants to scavenge and destroy free radicals, it rejuvenates skin by slowing the aging process.
- Turmeric Powder - helps brighten skin and the appearance of uneven tone, leaving you with clearer skin. Your skin wounds may heal a lot quicker when you wash with turmeric soap. The anti-inflammatory properties decrease the skin's inflammation; and speed up the skin's ability to form new tissue.
- Spirulina Powder - has been shown to eliminate toxins from the skin and increase skin metabolism. Rich in nutrients, vitamins and both fatty and amino acids, Spirulina decreases inflammation, tones the skin and encourages cell turnover to promote a more youthful-looking complexion.
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Micas
Micas are colored powder that's made from a natural mineral called muscovite. Muscovite is a silicate mineral, in the same family as quartz. Before it's processed, mica comes out of the ground in large pearlescent sheets or flakes, which have a naturally shimmering, iridescent property. Micas are safe when used within the standard guidelines of the FAD and are widely used in the cosmetic industry. Micas are also know to clog pores.
Fragrances
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Essential Oils
Essential oils are highly concen-trated aromatic extracts that are distilled or expressed from a variety of aromatic plant material, including flowers, flowering tops, fruits/zests, grasses, leaves, needles and twigs, resins, roots, seeds, and woods.
Our essential oils are 100% pure, in categories of therapeutic grade, standard essential oils. Both and are sourced from reliable and ethical suppliers.
Our oils are:
- Phthalate Free
- Paraben Free
- SLS + SLES Free
- Vegan and Cruelty Free (not tested on animals)
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Fragrance Oils
Fragrance oils are composed of many aromatic ingredients. Many of the common ingredients used in fragrance oils include:carrier base, alcohols, aldehydes, esters, and other synthetic compounds.
Our fragrance oils are sourced from reliable and ethical suppliers, that meet the IFA guidelines, and were chosen based on their ability to be used in the cold process method of soap making. Our oils are:
- Phthalate Free
- Paraben Free
- SLS + SLES Free
- Vegan and Cruelty Free (not tested on animals)
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Rose Water
Rose water is created by distilling rose petals with steam. One of the greatest benefits of rose water is its strong anti-inflammatory properties. These properties can help treat multiple ailments, both internal and external. Rose water helps to reduces skin redness and irritation and has antiseptic and antibacterial that can help wounds heal faster. Used in our Yoni bar.