If you're a fan of Anne of Green Gables, you'll enjoy our By the Sea Soap Shoppe "Anne of Green Gables" soap! And our Avonlea Rosemary Mint soap with its Rosemary and Mint essential oils is surprisingly delightful.  

     This soap includes cocoa butter which pampers and moisturizes. Also we've added summertime Sunflower oil with its extra Vitamin E which increases its anti-oxidant and anti-fungal benefits. 

     I'm sure Anne would love it and so will you! 

     If you'd like to check out the mini sized bars, you can find them here. 

Use this special discount code to get 3 bars for $19.95!
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Ingredients

Coconut oil, Olive oil, Palm oil, Sunflower oil, Castor oil, Water, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Rosemary essential oil, Mica, Peppermint essential oil

Vegan, all-natural ingredients
No parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrances

Benefits

Rosemary essential oil

• has a high antioxidant count and antioxidants destroy free radicals in the body.
  When you have too many free radicals in your body, you could compare it to having rust in your engine. You won't "run as well" and will likely "break down sooner."
  In other words, you'll stay healthier longer with more anti-oxidants and fewer free radicals.
   
• Rosemary essential oil can help your hair grow thicker with less hair loss. If you'd like to try a DIY shampoo recipe for a Rosemary Mint shampoo, you can find one here (let me know how you like it!)
  

• Apparently Rosemary essential oil makes a pretty good mosquito repellant!
  We've been told by some people who have bought our soap that putting pieces of our Refreshing Lemongrass soap in their pockets helps to keep mosquitoes away. I'll have to try that this summer with our Rosemary Mint soap as well and see how that works!

Peppermint Essential Oil:

• Just smelling peppermint has been shown to increase your energy levels - sleepy in the morning? Use our Peppermint soap in the shower!
• Good for your skin, it's a natural astringent, closing your skin pores and tightening your skin
• Opens up your air passages and sinuses, helping to clear up your breathing when congested
• "Antioxidant", fighting free radicals which can keep your skin looking younger longer
• Can help to relieve sore muscles and joints

Cocoa Butter

• Healing – heals chapped skin and relieves symptoms of skin ailments
• Antioxidant – meaning it fights free radicals that cause premature aging
• Anti-inflammatory

Coconut Oil

• Easily absorbed into the outer layer of your skin (called the epidermis)
• Helps to protect the outside layer of your skin from infection
• Repairs your skin barrier
• Helps to regulate how much water you lose through your skin
• This is why it keeps your skin hydrated!

Olive Essential Oil

• Nourishes your skin, contains lots of Vitamins A, D, E and K
• It's an excellent antioxidant, helping to prevent skin damage and possibly preventing premature skin damage

Palm Oil:

• Antioxidant - fighting free radicals that cause premature aging
• Nourishes your skin with carotenes, Vitamin E and other nutrients
• Contains lots of Vitamins A, D, E and K
• High Vitamin E content which helps with skin conditions such as eczema, acne and dermatitis
• Moisturizing

Lye

     Some of you might be wondering, "Lye? Isn’t lye dangerous? Won’t it harm my skin?”

     First - all actual soap is made with lye. No lye, no soap. (A lot of "soap products" in the stores are actually detergent. If you look at the labels, they are not called "soap". They are called "hand wash" or "body cleanser" or some such thing.)

     This could become a chemistry lesson, but to make it short - soap is made from lye, fats and liquid. When the lye mixes with the fats and liquid, some kind of chemical reaction goes on, and the lye and fats change into soap and glycerin. In the process, the lye is all used up. Even though lye is used to make the soap, there is no lye left in the soap at all.

     This is why soap made with lye is not dangerous, and it definitely won’t hurt your skin.

Size

     Because the bars are handmade, you can expect to see slight differences in the size and weight. After the soap is made, it needs to cure for at least one month. However, after it's cured, some of the moisture in the bar continues to evaporate out. The bar shrinks a little; enough that the label we've wrapped around the bar becomes a bit loose and the weight decreases a little. The bar gets harder, and this is actually better. There is nothing lost from the soap, and it will not dissolve as quickly when it does get wet in a shower or bath. 

    Each bar is approximately 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 1 in. - or 6 cm. x 6 cm. x 2 cm. Weight is between 3.5 and 4 oz., or between 99 and 113 grams. 

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