Soap - Lilac and Lilies
This soap was an instant success; everyone loves it!
If you love our Luscious Lavender soap, you'll probably love this one as well. I say that because at craft fairs, people dither between the two, "Should I get this one or should I get that one?"
It's a gentle soap with Coconut, Olive and Palm oils, moisturizing and healing.
And it's beautiful with a lovely scent, like a fresh bouquet of flowers on a summer day!
Ingredients
Olive oil, Palm oil, Distilled water, Coconut oil, Lye (Sodium Hydroxide), Fragrance, Titanium Dioxide (colour), Mica (colour)
Vegan, natural ingredients
No parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrances
Benefits
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
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.
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.