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Another lovely creation for our #SoapriseExfoliation series – Himalaya Pink Salt. A pretty pink hued salt naturally found in the Himalayan mountain region, Himalayan pink salt is a wonderful substance.

Ingredient: Himalaya Pink Salt

How does it benefits our Skin?

Skin Detoxifier – Himalayan pink salt is renowned for its detoxifying qualities. It drives out dirt, pollution and bacteria from deep within the pores. This enables skin to remain clean and pure, which prevents breakouts!

Exfoliates Dead Cells – They scrub off dirt and dead cells and keep skin silky soft!

Reduces Oily Skin – Salt sucks up excess oils from skin

Treats Acne – Himalayan pink salt is a natural antiseptic. So it’s good for disinfecting acne prone skin. It will kill off acne causing bacteria, which will help reduce breakouts.

Ingredient: Coconut Oil

What is Coconut Oil?

Coconut oil by nature is a refined product, because oil does not grow on a tree. The oil is extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.  It is made up of saturated fats with a high amount of medium chain fatty acids, with a good percentage of the fatty acid being lauric acid and contains vitamin E, which is known to protect the skin from free radical damage

How does it benefit our skin?

Condition and Soothes Skin – It absorbs quickly, which leaves silky smooth skin.

Cleanses and Tones Skin – Coconut oil cleanses and moisturizes all in one.

Ingredient: Sweet Almond Oil

What is Sweet Almond Oil?

Nearly half of a dried almond’s weight is oil. Ripe almonds are pressed to extract the oil with minimal heat. This unrefined almond oil protects the nutrients and the flavor of the oil. While refined almond oil is more heat-tolerant, it may lack the nutritional value of unrefined varieties. Almond oil, which is also called sweet almond oil. They’re full of healthy fats, fiber, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals.

How does it benefit our skin?

Promotes Flawless Skin – Almond oil is mild and has hypoallergenic properties which makes it great for sensitive skin too.It is so good for skin is because it is rich in Vitamin E which is a very effective anti-oxidant.

Deep Cleanses Skin & Prevents Acne – One of the best characteristics of sweet almond oil is that it is very light textually. This makes it easy for the body to absorb it as well as for the oil to penetrate skin deeply and get rid of accumulated debris. This in turn prevents the formation of acne and is rich in Vitamin A which is known to reduce acne flare-ups.

Reduces Signs of Ageing – Ageing is natural but premature ageing isn’t. With the aid of sweet almond oil you can reverse the effects of skin ageing caused by exposure to factors like the sun, smoke as well as from dehydration.

Ingredient: Olive Oil

What is Olive Oil?

Olive oil is a fat obtained from the fruit of the Olea europaea (olive tree), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean region, where whole olives are pressed to produce olive oil.

The oil is used in cosmetics, medicine, cooking and soaps, and was also used as a fuel for traditional lamp.

How does it benefit our skin?

Rich in vitamins – Olive oil has many vitamins, including A, D, and K, as well as vitamin E.

It has antioxidant properties – Olive oil is also an antioxidant, so it might help prevent or reverse damage from cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation.

It moisturizes and fights bacteria – If you’re prone to acne, using a soap made with olive oil may help decrease your acne by killing off the bacteria that causes the acne. Olive oil is also known to moisturize and hydrate your skin.

What Are Hydrosols?

Hydrosols are also called Floral Water or Distillate Waters. Hydrosols are very similar to essential oils but they aren’t as concentrated and are typically steam distilled by the process of extracting essential oils. Typically from botanical material like Rose, Ginseng and Lavender.

Unlike essential oils that should be diluted prior to application to the skin, hydrosols are much gentler than their essential oil counterparts and can generally be used directly on the skin without further dilution.

Hydrosols can be used in place of water in creating natural fragrances, lotions, creams, facial toners and other skin care products.

Suitable for the following use:

1. Facial Toner

   Can be used as natural facial toners that act as astringents to help close the skin pores, making a smooth finish for application of other skin care and makeup products.

2. Hydration

   Misting with Floral Water to moisturize and hydrate the skin for 24 hours.

3. Reduce Puffiness

   Spritzing onto a compress and applying to those puffy areas under the eye, will reduce the swelling and leave you looking fresh and rested again.

4. Stay Refresh

   Take your spray of floral water with you to refresh and hydrate during the day. Those air conditioned offices, or being outside in the hot sun will have your skin loving you for a refreshing mist from time to time.

5. Set Make Up

   Spritzing your face is the final touch for your make up routine. You’ll find your make up will look fresher longer.

6. After Shave

   Hydrosols can have a slight tightening effect as well as soothing properties. Spraying a bit on after shaving can protect the skin as well as calm and prevent irritation.

7. Freshen Linen

   Keep your linen from smelling musty and moldy by spraying hydrosols in your linen cupboardsWe have 3 types of Floral Water available in store –

Available in store:

Ginseng, Rose and our very own blend of Ginseng, Rose and Lavender.

Last but not least our #SoapriseBatch5 is out – Dazzling Babe. 

Dazzling babe is one of our founder’s favorite cold process soap! It started with bright and attractive natural color and after curing a litte orangy and whitish – a very unique natural color. Find out the full range of benefits below.

Why exactly Red Palm Oil and Castor Oil?

Ingredient: Red Palm Oil

What is Red Palm Oil?

Palm oil contains the hard to find toctrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family. The common form of vitamin E, tocopherol, has long been used to treat many skin ailments and is found in many anti-aging products. Vitamin E is a strong antioxidant that helps the skin to fight free radicals that damage the skin and cause fine lines and wrinkles.

How does it benefit our skin?

Effectively remove oil and dirt from hair and skin –  It also contains a refatting agent that helps restore the hair and skin natural oils, most soaps and shampoos strip away letting moisture escape.

Rich concentration of vitamin E – Tocotrienol, which is a form of vitamin E present in red palm oil help to avoid wrinkles, cell regeneration and lighten the appearance of dark spots.

Moisturize your dry and sensitive skin – Most skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis and stretch marks can be prevented by hydrating your skin. Re-fattening agents in palm oil help to restore lost natural moisture over the skin and hair

Ingredient: Castor Oil

What is Castor Oil?

Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the castor oil plant. The common name “castor oil”, from which the plant gets its name, probably comes from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume base made from the dried perineal glands of the beaver (castor in Latin).

How does it benefit our skin?

Fights Signs Of Aging – It penetrates deeply and stimulates the production of collagen. This, in turn, helps soften and hydrate the skin. It delays the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines and makes the skin smoother, softer, and younger.

Fades Blemishes – It is often used for fading blemishes and scars. The results won’t be visible overnight. It works slowly in this regard and needs to be used regularly to see prominent results.

Reduces Pigmentation – Its extremely good for clearing your skin of spots and marks. It is so effective that dermatologists recommend castor oil to treat uneven skin tone, spots, and marks because of its ability to reduce pigmentation. Castor oil is crammed with fatty acids, specifically omega-3 fatty acids. These omega-3s hydrate the skin, while stimulating the growth of healthy tissue, thus giving you a blemish-free and supple skin.

Over the days of curing, the natural color of Red Palm Oil lightens and develops whitish spots. We love just how natural cold process soap can be and give us surprises at the very end.

You may purchase our lovely babe here.

Our ever popular Cold Process Soap design named by many- Black Affair is here! It is made up of Activated Charcoal, Sweet Almond Oil and Coconut Oil.

It was created as our first pioneer batches because Activated Charcoal soap was the first soap given to our founder by her sister in law. She loves it not only because aesthetically it looks beautiful, but the ingredient Activated Charcoal was an incredibly deep cleansing gentle soap that clarify and detoxify the skin without dehydrating it.

Other than Activated Charcoal, we have other few ingredients that was specially blended together to further enhance our skin. Let us bring you through the ingredient journey…

Ingredient: Activated Charcoal

What is Activated Charcoal?

Activated charcoal simply means common charcoal that has been heated in a way that it develops a lot of small spaces or ‘pores’ in it that trap chemicals. It is produced by small particles of carbonaceous substances such as saw dust & coconut shells heated to very high temperatures, which forms charcoal.

To ‘activate’ the charcoal, steam or very hot air is used to erode the internal surfaces thereby increasing its absorptive surface area. This absorptive surface area is the one which draws out harmful substances, toxins and impurities from deep within the skin.

How does it benefit our skin?

Treat Acne – It works wonders in fighting off acne-causing germs, sucking out impurities, reducing inflammation and keeping your pores clean.

Gets Rid of Acne Scars & Blemishes – It can be used to gently face away acne scars and blemishes. It’s slightly abrasive texture helps slough off the dead skin on top of the acne scars, revealing new skin beneath.

Sucks out Impurities from the Skin – It is known to be very absorbent. It works by pulling out impurities and heavy metals from the skin.

Whitens Dark Underarms – It is a popular remedy for whitening dark underarms. It exfoliates the area, sucks out impurities, lifts the dark dead skin cells and even neutralizes underarm odor!

Gently Exfoliates Skin – With its slightly gritty texture, activated charcoal is good for skin exfoliation. Its impurity-sucking properties make it an even better exfoliator!

Ingredient: Sweet Almond Oil

What is Sweet Almond Oil?

Nearly half of a dried almond’s weight is oil. Ripe almonds are pressed to extract the oil with minimal heat. This unrefined almond oil protects the nutrients and the flavor of the oil. While refined almond oil is more heat-tolerant, it may lack the nutritional value of unrefined varieties. Almond oil, which is also called sweet almond oil. They’re full of healthy fats, fiber, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals.

How does it benefit our skin?

Promotes Flawless Skin – Almond oil is mild and has hypoallergenic properties which makes it great for sensitive skin too.It is so good for skin is because it is rich in Vitamin E which is a very effective anti-oxidant.

Deep Cleanses Skin & Prevents Acne – One of the best characteristics of sweet almond oil is that it is very light textually. This makes it easy for the body to absorb it as well as for the oil to penetrate skin deeply and get rid of accumulated debris. This in turn prevents the formation of acne and is rich in Vitamin A which is known to reduce acne flare-ups.

Reduces Signs of Ageing – Ageing is natural but premature ageing isn’t. With the aid of sweet almond oil you can reverse the effects of skin ageing caused by exposure to factors like the sun, smoke as well as from dehydration.

Ingredient: Coconut Oil

What is Coconut Oil?

Coconut oil by nature is a refined product, because oil does not grow on a tree. The oil is extracted from the kernel or meat of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.  It is made up of saturated fats with a high amount of medium chain fatty acids, with a good percentage of the fatty acid being lauric acid and contains vitamin E, which is known to protect the skin from free radical damage

How does it benefit our skin?

Condition and Soothes Skin – It absorbs quickly, which leaves silky smooth skin.

Cleanses and Tones Skin – Coconut oil cleanses and moisturizes all in one.

Other than the many benefits, it smells therapeutic and calming because of Rose Geranium and Lavender essential oil added to it. It is definitely one of must have cold process soap you need in your bathroom. It can be purchased here.

Our cold process soap #soapriseBatch1 is finally launched and ready to be purchased.

Her name is Plain Jane and she smells peppermint and is blended with Shea Butter, Coconut oil, Castor oil, Mulberry leaf powder and Kaolin clay. It is extremely moisturizing with 70% Shea Butter in it and is suitable for eczema, acne or normal / dry skin type.

Plain Jane is specially created with these main ingredients that can benefit our skin. We doesn’t want people to shower for the sake of  just keeping clean but also to give their skin a proper care with little maintenance. Let us take you through the ingredients journey…

Ingredient: Shea Butter

What is Shea Butter?

Shea butter is a skin superfood that comes from the seeds of the fruit of the Shea (Karite) tree and that is naturally rich in vitamins A, E and F. It offers UV protection (it is SPF ~6) and provides the skin with essential fatty acids and the nutrients necessary for collagen production.

How does it benefit our skin?

Highly Moisturizing – The concentration of natural vitamins and fatty acids in Shea butter makes it extremely nourishing and moisturizing for skin. It is often used to remedy dry skin and to help protect the skin’s natural oils.

Skin Smoothing – Shea butter aids in the skin’s natural collagen production and contains oleic, stearic, palmitic and linolenic acids that protect and nourish the skin to prevent drying. With long term use, many people report skin softening and strengthening as well as wrinkle reduction.

Ingredient: Kaolin Clay

What is Kaolin Clay?

Kaolin clay is a type of soft white cosmetic clay. It is named after the Kao-ling mountain in China, where the clay was mined for centuries. Kaolin clay has been traditionally used in caring, nourishing, and soothing different skin types. Currently, kaolin is one of the major active ingredients in most of the facial and skin products, body powders, deodorants and scrub.

How does it benefit our skin?

Reduces Oily Skin – When applied on skin, it will soak up excess oils and stale sebum on the skin and within the pores.

Purifies Pores & Detoxes Skin – Since it has detoxifying effects, kaolin clay sucks out impurities such as grime, dirt, pollution and germs from the pores. This cleanses out the pores and prevents them from clogging up and causing breakouts.

Ingredient: Mulberry Leaf

What is Mulberry Leaf?

Mulberry leaf is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Mostly used for internal application as they are deemed useful for dispelling wind-heat, moistening the lungs, soothing the liver, and for brightening the eyes. But it also has wide applications in natural skincare products

How does it benefit our skin?

Reduces acne-prone skin: It can clear heat, reduce inflammation and skin oil secretions. It can also reduce mild swelling and promote healing of acne.

You can imagine a calming shower with the scent of peppermint and leaving your shower all smooth and bright. Our stock is ready and you may purchase it over here.