Description
A deep-clean feel with no soap film, plus soft, moisturized-feeling skin.
- Deep clean. Activated bamboo charcoal gives a thorough, fresh clean, perfect after gardening, workouts or a hot day.
- Gentle exfoliation for skin that feels smoother.
- Soft, not stripped. Kokum butter, sal butter and coconut oil leave skin feeling moisturized.
- Unscented. No added fragrance, parabens or preservatives.
- Firm and long lasting. One customer: “It’s hard and durable… isn’t ‘disappearing’ quickly like some other soaps.”
Why it fits low-toxin, bioenergetic living. The bar is built on kokum butter, sal butter and coconut oil, stable fats rather than a seed-oil base, with food-grade charcoal and no synthetic fragrance.
Customers say: “Love the feeling of not having a soap film on my skin!! Very clean feeling!!” And: “Gentle yet deeply cleansing all in one. Truly my favorite soap.”
Ingredients: Saponified oils of kokum butter (wild harvested), coconut oil (organic), sal (shorea) butter (wild harvested); activated bamboo charcoal (food grade, 100% pure); distilled water.
Made by hand, in-house, by our family. For external use as a cosmetic cleanser. 60-day no hassle returns.
Weight: about 3.0 oz per bar. Each bar is handmade, so weights vary a little.
Bar soap is made from oils and butters. Here is research on cleansers, skin lipids and how skin feels after washing.
How cleansers work
Draelos ZD (2018). The science behind skin care: Cleansers. J Cosmet Dermatol 17(1):8-14. PMID 29231284.
Cleansers and the skin barrier
Ananthapadmanabhan KP, Moore DJ, Subramanyan K, et al. (2004). Cleansing without compromise: the impact of cleansers on the skin barrier and the technology of mild cleansing. Dermatol Ther 17 Suppl 1:16-25. PMID 14728695.
Moisturization and skin feel
Rawlings AV, Harding CR (2004). Moisturization and skin barrier function. Dermatol Ther 17 Suppl 1:43-8. PMID 14728698.
Soap, skin pH and moisture
Gfatter R, Hackl P, Braun F (1997). Effects of soap and detergents on skin surface pH, stratum corneum hydration and fat content in infants. Dermatology 195(3):258-62. PMID 9407174.
Lipids and the skin barrier
Feingold KR, Elias PM (2014). Role of lipids in the formation and maintenance of the cutaneous permeability barrier. Biochim Biophys Acta 1841(3):280-94. PMID 24262790.
Bioenergetic & low-toxin perspective
Ray Peat favored stable saturated fats over unsaturated oils, including for the skin.
"More recently, a variety of studies have demonstrated that ultraviolet light induces peroxidation in unsaturated fats, but not saturated fats, and that this occurs in the skin as well as in vitro." — Ray Peat, "Coconut Oil" (https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/coconut-oil.shtml)
A related study, not one Peat cited: Feingold & Elias 2014 (above), on lipids and the skin barrier.
Note: These studies are about cleansers and skin lipids in general, not this exact bar. For external cosmetic use. This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
A deep-clean feel with no soap film, from a charcoal bar customers call their favorite.
- Food-grade activated bamboo charcoal with kokum, sal and coconut.
- Unscented, no added fragrance, parabens or preservatives.
- "Perfect for summer when there's extra dirt and sweat," one customer says.
- A firm bar that lasts.
- Made by hand, in-house, by our family for bioenergetic, low-toxin living.
- 60-day no hassle returns.
