Our By the Sea Soap Shoppe "African Garden" Mini Soap is a favourite with its unique and beautiful colours, and also because of its floral scent.

     This is one of our soaps that includes Castor Oil which leaves your skin feeling moisturized and smooth. 

     These mini bars are great for gifts, stocking stuffers, wedding favours, or select a few for yourself to try out the different kinds of soap we have! 

    Castor oil also has a high fatty acid content which deeply moisturizes, softens and soothes the skin - it stimulates production of that all-important collagen and boosts elasticity in the skin.

     What does this do for you? You won't get wrinkles as soon, your skin will look younger, you'll have reduced acne and it's anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anti-fungal.

     And it's a great soap!

Ingredients

Coconut oil, Olive oil, Palm Oil, Distilled Water, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Castor Oil, Green Oxide Powder, Spring Flowers Organic Aromatic Fragrance, Yellow Oxide Powder, Titanium Dioxide, Pink Ultramarine Powder

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

Benefits

     Castor oil is one oil I didn't know a lot about. Now I think I should use it by the gallon (or liter)! 

     It moisturizes, softens and soothes your skin.

     It boosts elasticity in your skin so you won't get wrinkles as soon and your skin will look younger.

     It helps to reduce acne, and is anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.

     Coconut oil is easily absorbed into the outside layer of your skin and helps to protect your skin from infection.

     One of the reasons this oil is so moisturizing is that it actuallyf helps to regulate how much water you lose through your skin.

     Olive oil has lots of Vitamins A, D, E and K. Each vitamin has a positive effect on your skin, but Vitamin E is especially great as it is an "antioxidant", which helps to prevent skin damage and may prevent premature aging and sun damage. 

     Palm oil has a high amount of antioxidants, carotenes and other nutrients, making it beneficial both for the inside and the outside of the body. It has loads of Vitamin E which may help with skin conditions such as eczema, acne and dermatitis.

     It is also a good moisturizer and helps to smooth your skin. 

Size

    Each bar is approximately 2  in. x 1 in. x 1/2 in. - or 5 cm. x 2.5 cm. x .5 cm. Weight is around 1 oz., or 28 grams. 

     Please note that because this soap is handmade, the appearance of the soap may not be exactly as pictured. 

   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.

     Let's talk about Oxides - that sounds like some kind of weird chemical, doesn't it? 

     Oxides (or metal oxides) are types are natural substances which make up most of the earth's crust; they're formed when metal react with oxygen and they create a certain colour.

     For instance, everyone is familiar with rust which is iron oxide - the iron reacts with oxygen (which is in water). Perhaps you've seen the green roofs on cathedrals - that's copper oxide.

     So the red, green, pink and yellow powders that we use are all from these natural metal oxides.  

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