Our By the Sea Soap Shoppe "Luscious Lavender" soap continues to be most popular - people love Lavender!

     Occasionally, we come across someone who says they don't do well with Lavender, and when I ask them, it's usually the artificial lavender scent that they don't like.

     Our Luscious Lavender soap is scented with genuine Lavender essential oil, and it brings the relaxing and relieving qualities that Lavender essential oil is known for.

      Lavender doesn't only just help to calm, soothe and relieve stress, it's also good for you in other ways. It takes care of all "anti" tasks:  it's antimicrobial, antioxidant and has antidepressant properties.

     This means it can help to ward off infections, helps to prevent damage to your cells, helps to keep your skin healthy and wards off signs of aging. 

     And with the added sunflower oil, castor oil and cocoa butter - you will feel so pampered! 

    If you would like a regular size Lavender bar, you can find it here. 

Ingredients

Coconut oil, Olive oil, Palm oil, Sunflower oil, Castor Oil, Cocoa Butter, Water, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Lavender Essential Oil, Patchouli Essential Oil, Orange Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide powder, Purple/Violet Ultramarine powder

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

Benefits

Lavender Essential Oil

• Lavender essential oil helps you relax, relieves stress and soothes
• It’s a gentle oil that can be safely applied directly on your skin
• Protects your cells from free radical damage
• Lavender essential oil can help improve a number of skin conditions, from canker sores to allergic reactions, acne and age spots
• Its inflammatory and antioxidant properties help ease skin conditions and reverse signs of aging

Patchouli Essential Oil

• Good for acne, eczema, inflammation, cracked, chapped and irritated skin
• Patchouli is used in many anti-again skin care products and can lessen the look of scars or marks on your skin
• Antiseptic, so this soap is a good choice for cleaning out cuts or sores so they become infected
• Also helps to reduce inflammation if you have skin infections and irritations
• Anti-fungal – useful in treating athlete’s foot
• Antibacterial, effectively combats any already existing infection

Sweet Orange Essential Oil

• Cheerful and uplifting, while also calming and relaxing
• Stimulates the strength and resilience of your immune system
• When diffused, this oil can eliminate airborne bacteria

Castor Oil

• High fatty acid content – 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

• 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
• Keeps your skin hydrated 
• The above reasons are why coconut oil is so moisturizing!

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

Sunflower Oil

• Antioxidant – vitamin E helps to prevent skin damage and may help prevent premature aging and sun damage
• Antifungal – useful in treating ailments caused by fungus such as athlete’s foot

Size

    Each bar is approximately 2 1/2 in. x 1 1/4 in. x 1/2 in. - or 6 cm. x 2 cm. x 1 cm. Weight is between 1 oz. or 28 grams.  

     Please note that due to the handmade nature of the soap, there may be some differences in appearance from what is 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 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.

     How about Ultramarine powder? This is a “mineral pigment”. Grind up a certain kind of rock and do a few other things to it, and you have Ultramarine powder. There are many indigo farms in India which are a source for Ultramarine powder, I wonder, are they farming – rocks? lol

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