We use the cold process method of soap making to produce our soaps. The base oils, which include olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sweet almond oil, castor oil, and avocado oil, are heated and combined with a mixture of water and sodium hydroxide.  The amount of these oils is balanced with the quantity of sodium hydroxide so that during the saponification process, all of the sodium hydroxide will be converted to soap.  This insures the bar will be gentle on the skin and not harsh.

The natural chemicals of your skin form a protective barrier that is slightly acidic.  Soap itself is a base, so to create a soap that doesn’t destroy the natural protective chemicals produced by your skin, we balance our ingredients, and then add extra oils to guarantee there will be moisturizing oils in the soap after its curing process has finished.  This is also known as superfatting the soap.

Before the soap mixture is poured into molds, scent oils and botanicals are added to the mixture, as well as other plant derived conditioners for your skin such as aloe vera juice and cucumber.  Natural rosemary preservative oil or vitamin e preservative oil are added at this stage also.

The Curing Process

After the soap has been poured into molds and has cooled enough to retain it’s shape, the mold is loosened, and the soap cut and moved to shelves to complete it’s curing process.  This is an important period because it takes about four to six weeks for the oils and the sodium hydroxide to fully combine and produce the final bar of soap. Allowing the bar to cure sufficiently directly affects the chemical balance of the soap and will result in a gentle cleanser that disinfects your skin without drying.

Chemicals And Packaging

During this entire process of manufacturing the soap, there are no residual by products of which to discard or dispose. All the oils and ingredients used to make this exceptional product remain in the bar.

When the soap has reached it’s maximum curing period, we wrap each bar in a label that discloses all of its ingredients. We’re fortunate to have found a source for our label paper that is both a free trade product, and ecologically friendly. The paper is made in Nepal from the bark of a tree botanically known as Daphne Bhoula or Daphne Papyracea. After the bark is harvested as it is naturally shed from the tree, it grows back and the plant is not destroyed.