What
are the Ingredients in your handcrafted soap?
At
Earth Maiden, 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 .