Soap - Spearmint Lavender
Have you ever used a Spearmint Lavender soap?
At By the Sea Soap Shoppe, sometimes our ideas for new kinds of soap come from You. This is one of them. Someone said, "I once had a Spearmint Lavender soap from... somewhere... don't remember from where... but I really liked it! Do you have one?"
Well, we do now! And the combination of these two essential oils is amazing!
You probably already know about the soothing and stress relieving benefits of Lavender, but Spearmint essential oil is also stress relieving and calming.
Both oils are anti-inflammatory, and Spearmint kills bacteria and fungi.
All while smelling absolutely wonderful! Try it today!
Use this special discount code to get 3 for $19.95!
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Ingredients
Distilled water, Coconut oil, Olive oil, Palm oil, Castor Oil, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Lavender Essential Oil, Spearmint Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide powder, Purple Mica, Cocoa 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
Spearmint Essential Oil
- Calms and soothes, it can help you sleep
- Anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
- It's great for your digestion, but this doesn't really apply to soap - you're probably not going to eat it! lol
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!
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
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. 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.