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HONEY AND SHEA BUTTER NATURAL SOAP

ARTISANAL SOAP BY COLD PROCESS

HANDMADE IN SMALL BATCHES

Suitable to use all over the body, face and hands.
Based on organic olive and coconut oil. Without palm oil.

The main ingredient is the extra virgin olive oil, extracted from local olive trees that grow all around this area and give Portugal its characteristic landscape. To add to the moisturizing characteristics of the olive oil, the organic cold pressed coconut oil provides the cleansing and firming properties and creates a bubbly lather.

Shea butter is a fat extracted from the nut of the African shea tree and is mostly used for its healing, protecting and moisturizing properties. It has a high concentration of linoleic and oleic acids, which provide conditioning properties and produce gentle and mild soaps. It also has a high content of unsaponifiables (additional components that don’t completely convert into soap, fully keeping its properties), which means it’s an excellent skin-loving ingredient in cold process soap.

Castor oil is a luxurious oil extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a thick and viscous texture and a slight odor. In cold process soap, it contributes to large bubbles and is known for its cleansing properties. It feels similar to glycerin with a thick and sticky texture acting as a humectant on the skin.

Calendula is widely known for its anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and healing properties, making it an amazing plant to treat rashes, scratches, eczema, psoriasis, chapped skin, insect bites and damaged skin. Natural soap infused with Calendula olive oil is considered to be a very effective herbal remedy for skin problems.

Honey is a natural humectant, which means it absorbs moisture from the air. Humectants are great for the skin, as they can help the skin retain moisture. It also contains antioxidants and natural sugars which can increase the lather of cold process soap.

HOW TO USE

1.Wet the soap bar.
2.Rub the soap in the hands or directly on the body.
3.Always leave the soap on top of a sponge or a soap holder with holes for the water to go through, making sure that it dries well between uses. This is the most important step for the soap to last a longer time. If it doesn’t dry properly, it becomes soft and every time it comes off a lot more quantity than needed.

Check out our cork soap holder and cork soap box for traveling! Artisanal made by corkconnections in south Portugal!

INGREDIENTS

virgin olive oil infused in calendula* (sodium olivate), coconut oil** (sodium cocoate), calendula* water infusion, unrefined shea butter** (sodium shea butterate), cold pressed castor oil (sodium castorate), cold pressed almond oil**, honey*, pink clay, dried globe amaranth flowers.

*organic locally sourced
**from organic production

Cruelty free.
100% biodegradable.
No synthetic fragrance or colour.
No toxic chemicals.

ARTISANAL SOAP

Each soap weights around 110g.

This is a handmade artisanal soap where the decorations and final cutting might slightly affect the soap weight and aspect, making each one unique and special!