OUR PROCESS & PRODUCTS

All of our products are made using plant-based fats/oils, butters, and are palm-free. With the exception of our Oatmeal & Honey soap, all of our products are vegan friendly.

We use high quality pure essential oils and natural fragrance oils, natural colorants such as clays, herb & root powders, and oil infusions; dried herbs and botanicals to decorate our soaps.

We also offer several products made with skin-safe micas; and phthalate-free fragrance oils.

While preservatives are needed in some of our products, they are paraben-free and formaldehyde-free.

COLD PROCESS

Each of our soaps are handcrafted using the traditional cold-process method.

All soap is the result of a chemical reaction called the saponification process, that occurs between lye (Sodium Hydroxide) and a fat or oil (animal or plant based). After the lye water and fat/oils are combined; additives such as essential oils or fragrance oils, colorants, and more are blended in and then poured into soap molds.

When we take out the soap from the mold, it still contains water and lye. This is why the soap needs a period of time, called curing, to allow it to be in the best condition to be used. Otherwise, the soap bars will not last, turning to mush when they are handled.

Curing is the process of allowing saponification to complete and for water to evaporate out. In this way, the soap is dry, harder, milder and the lye non-existent in the finished product.

ABOUT SODIUM HYDROXIDE

Sodium Hydroxide is a required and an essential ingredient in soap making. This material has been used for centuries in natural soap making, and when used correctly, it can help create
safe all-natural products. However the final result after saponification has occurred Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)is no longer present in the final product.