Our Soaps are Coming!

Our soapmaker in the US sent us some pictures of the soaps that will be coming in soon, and they look great! YAY! Our soaps are 100% handmade using the cold-process method, and contain no harsh detergents. They won't dry your skin out - our (helpful, kind, generous) testers so far have all agreed that our soaps leave them feeling clean and refreshed without that tight, dry feeling.

Some of our yummy ingredients:

Olive oil - A classic oil that's great in both food and skincare, olive oil is provides gentle cleansing, and contributes to a mild, skin-pampering bar that's suitable even for sensitive skin.
Coconut oil - Foam, baby, foam! Coconut oil creates that rich and fluffy lather everyone loves and adds cleansing power to a soap bar.
Palm oil - This seemingly commonplace ingredient contributes to a harder and longer-lasting bar in conjunction with coconut oil, as well as adding cleansing power.
Shea butter - Rich in skin-loving unsaponifiables, shea butter adds moisturizing and conditioning properties to soap, as well as helping to make your bar harder and longer lasting.
Rice bran oil - Also high in unsaponifiables, including antioxidants such as gamma oryzanol, tocopherols, tocotrienols and squalene, rice bran oil contributes to a mild, moisturizing bar that's gentle on the skin.
Castor oil - A humectant, castor oil pulls moisture from the air into the skin and gives a bar creamy lather as well as soothing, emollient properties.

We've thought long and hard about whether to include soaps with fragrance oils and colorants in our range, and we've decided that while some may prefer their soaps all-natural, some do want their soaps fragrant (with aromas not usually found in nature, that is) and colorful (again with shades not usually found in nature). We've decided to offer both, and let YOU decide what you want.

Our soaps will be offered in 1oz minibars and full-sized 4oz bars.

Our soapmaker's recipe is awesome, it cures to a wonderfully hard bar which lasts a nice long time! A 1oz minibar will last about 5-6 weeks if used only on the face and about 2-3 weeks in the shower if kept properly in a soap dish with good drainage between uses. 4oz bars will last... 4 times longer, of course!

The timeframes given are just estimations... if you're the sort who really loves a good lather, and showers 3 times a day, your soaps are obviously going to finish a lot faster!