What
are the Ingredients in your handcrafted soap?
At
Earth Maiden Soap and Sundries, we choose each
of our oils for the qualities they impart in the
final soap product. We begin with a base of
olive oil to condition the skin, palm and
coconut oils contribute superb, fluffy lather,
excellent cleaning qualities and make for a
longer lasting bar in our South Carolina
humidity. Palm oil is a good alternative
to animal tallow in our all vegetable soaps. We
also add shea butter which is gentle and creamy
for added moisture and nourishment, and castor
bean oil, a humectant, which contributes to
lather and skin conditioning.
To
this base, we often add other specialty oils,
sweet almond, jojoba, apricot kernel, kukui nut,
wheat germ oil or herb infused oils and butters
such as mango or cocoa butter for their
beneficial properties for the skin. Each oil or
butter adds unique skin benefits. We are proud
of our soaps and of our quality ingredients, so
every soap label provides a complete listing of
the ingredients. We want you to know exactly
what you are putting on your skin.
Most
all our scented soaps use pure essential oils.
In certain instances, quality fragrance oils are
used. This usually occurs when the natural
essential oil is prohibitively expensive, would
cause continued depletion of natural resources,
in the case of sandalwood, or the scent
cannot be easily expressed from nature, such as
cucumber. We use no preservatives, chemicals or
synthetic colorants in our products. Most of our
soaps contain certified organic ground oats,
and/or natural plant materials to gently sooth
and exfoliate .
