Mini Soap - Australian Eucalyptus
Our By the Sea Soap Shoppe “Australian Eucalyptus" soap is one of your favourites. We love it too. We even find that if we have a bit of a cold, it clears up when we spend a bit of time labelling the soap!
I was at a craft fair one time and a lady walked up and picked up the Eucalyptus soap with a bit of attitude (lol). She smelled it and almost seemed a bit startled and said, "Oh! It DOES smell like Australian Eucalyptus!" She was actually from Australia and was prepared to find that we had some kind of a fake, I guess. It was a bit funny.
I have a daughter who travels a lot and she says "You always get sick when you travel. There are different germs and viruses in other places..."
This is a great reason to take Australian Eucalyptus mini bars with you. It's pretty, smells wonderful, and it also has natural antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal properties.
And with castor oil and cocoa butter for extra moisturizing and lather, it's pampering. Perfect for a vacation, or to feel good while you're on your to work.
If you would enjoy the regular size bar, find it here.
Use this special discount code to get 4 mini bars for $10.00!
(mix or match)
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Vegan, all-natural ingredients
No parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrances
Ingredients
Olive Oil, Coconut 0il, Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Distilled Water, Lye, Castor Oil, Cocoa Butter, Eucalyptus Essential Oil, Peppermint Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Green Oxide
Vegan, all-natural ingredients
No parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrances
Benefits
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
- Purifies, cleanses and disinfects, eliminating airborne bacteria and viruses on contact
- Eucalyptus is “phagocytic” – (Yes, I had to look that one up lol). This means it ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria and cell debris
- Clears fluid from respiratory passages, often used in vapour rubs and inhalers
Peppermint Essential Oil:
- It's an "astringent", meaning it closes your skin pores and tightens your skin
- Clears your sinuses
- Relieves muscle and joint pain
- Energizing
Castor Oil:
- High fatty acid contents - deeply moisturizes, softens and soothes the skin
- Collagen - boosts elasticity in your skin, keeps you looking younger longer!
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-bacterial
- Anti-fungal
- And adds lots of lather!
Cocoa Butter:
- High fatty acid content - deeply moisturizes, softens and soothes the skin
- Healing - heals chapped skin and relieves symptoms of skin ailments such as eczema and dermatitis.
- Antioxidant - meaning it fights free radicals that cause premature aging
- Anti-inflammatory
Sunflower Oil:
- Antioxidant - Vitamin E helps to prevent skin damage and may prevent premature aging and sun damage.
- Antifungal – useful in treating athlete’s foot
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
- Keeps your skin hydrated
Olive Oil:
- Nourishes your skin – contains lots of Vitamins A, D, E and K
- Vitamin E gets special notice as an “antioxidant”, helping to prevent skin damage and possibly preventing premature aging and sun damage
Palm Oil:
- Antioxidant - fighting free radicals that cause premature aging
- Nourishes your skin with carotenes, Vitamin E and other nutrients
- High Vitamin E content which helps with skin conditions such as eczema, acne and dermatitis
- Moisturizing
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.