This By the Sea Soap Shoppe "Let It Lime" soap has such an invigorating scent from the Lime essential oil!

     It's fresh, lime scent will perk up your mood as it gently cleanses and moisturizes your skin.  

     Shea butter also adds extra moisturizing and smoothness.

     Because of the lime essential oil, this soap is antibacterial, and helps to bring relief to conditions like acne, psoriasis and eczema.  

     If you'd like to check out the mini size bar, you can find it here. 

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Ingredients

Coconut oil, Olive oil, Palm oil, Shea Butter, Water, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Lime Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide powder, Purple/Violet Ultramarine powder

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

Benefits

Lime Essential oil

• A highly effective disinfectant and is good to use in any cut or wound that you need to clean out
• Antibacterial, effectively combats any already existing infections
• Provides relief to skin conditions like acne, psoriasis and eczema 

Shea Butter

• Comes from a nut, not a cow :)
• Nourishing for your skin – containing fatty

Shea Butter

• Comes from a nut, not a cow :)
• Nourishing for your skin – containing fatty acids and Vitamins A & E
• Moisturizing and healing
• Anti-inflammatory
• Protects your skin from infections
• Antioxidant – meaning it fights free radicals. Free radicals can harm your cells, cause mutations and increase signs of aging
• Both Patchouli and Shea Butter are commonly used in anti-aging products

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 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

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. 

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

   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 Titanium Dioxide - I mean, that sounds like some kind of weird chemical, doesn't it? 

     Titanium Dioxide is a type of metal oxide. Metal oxides make up most of the earth's crust and are formed with metals react with oxygen from the air or water. 

     It's a natural substance. And it also happens to make whiter soap.

     What about Green Oxide powder? It is another oxide, a natural substance; in this case it's chromium that's reacting with the oxygen. Interesting trivia – because it was hard to counterfeit on the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the original ink used to print American bills. It’s a very stable, durable compound used to tint paint, ceramics, glass  and yes – soap!  

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