Enjoy clearer skin with our By the Sea Soap Shoppe "Oatmeal Exfoliating" soap. The fine oatmeal in the soap makes a completely natural scrub, removing dead cells and leaving your skin more vibrant.

     This soap is unscented. 

     Castor oil also helps to lock moisture in your skin while bringing rich lather.

     If you'd like a regular size bar, you can find it here.

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

 Oatmeal:

• You might think that oatmeal is "dry", but it actually helps to keep skin hydrated! 
• It soothes, conditions and nourishes, improving skin dryness and roughness
• helps to reduce skin inflammation, making it ideal for treating inflammatory skin conditions
• oatmeal is antioxidant properties
• contains flavonoids that protect your skin from UVA damage
• is suited for all skin types including for sensitive skin 
• helps with skin problems such as acne, eczema and psoriasis 

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!

 Coconut Oil: 

• Protects the outside layer of your skin from infection
• Repairs your skin barrier
• Helps to keep your skin hydrated 

Olive Oil:

• Nourishes your skin - includes Vitamins A, D, E and K
• Antioxidant - Vitamin E helps to prevent skin damage and may prevent 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 1/2 in. x 1/2 in. - or 6 cm. x 2 cm. x 1 cm. Weight is 1 oz. or 28 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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